adding a tig welder has always been something i wanted to do
the idea of being able to weld different materials had opened up my curiosity
after learning how to use the machine it deserved at home all right so in today's video we're
actually going to take this cart that i made for my make machine and add a second machine
to it this is the lincoln tig 200. i'm pretty excited to use this but right you can see right
now it's just sitting right underneath my table not really optimal for the space that's here so
right now i can actually make it fit by putting it underneath but after designing this car and
using it for a while i figured having at the bottom is not the most optimal location
and we're also going to add a second tank so i also need to modify the back piece
on how the tank is held in now to allow for two tanks with that out of the way let's get
into building this thing so let's take another closer look so i also have to move this base down
and that new machine there will fit right there so you can see i'm also going to
taper it as well my only concern is we go back here is after i put the two tanks in
it's gonna make sure it clears the gas hose so you can see right now it's set up for one tank
so i'll have to take this piece here move it over here and also take this piece here
and move it over here and i may need to brace the bottom as well so we'll see how that goes
so
so you can see how it all is coming together right now i lowered the bottom rack but you can see this
tig welder a little bit long and as far as the depth and i gotta make sure i clear the power
cable and the gas line from hitting the tank so that's why i had to shift it up so it didn't
kink against the tank so i don't know how i like this right now kind of sticks out a little bit
from here to here so i'll probably end up cutting this here and make an extension maybe we'll see
how that turns out or i might just leave it at it as is and right now i just got the
tank just bungee cord just trying to get a feel for the location how close i want the tanks to sit
with one another i think i like where it sits right now uh just got to build the
back piece here backlash to hold the tank in place but uh yeah it's coming together
one thing that annoyed me was the loose and excess cable from the foot pedal
let's take care of that real quick
for tig welding steels i grab my favorite setup for my size 17 torch
so
next was to make the bracket for the tubes used to store the filler rods
i had a drill press but it was too fast for the two inch holes off
the mag girl came to the rescue and i love this tool
since the tube was about 50 dial over i grabbed my die grinder to open it up
so
to make the tube a one hand operation i used a quarter inch washer
to lock in the base and twisting as i turned the tube cap
so
after some touch up paint it was time to put everything back together
so
to keep my filler rod size organized i 3d printed this part to act as a divider
and that is what i modified from my previous cart to fit both machines
i'll link to the previous car build here if you missed it
all right so that pretty much covers the welding cart build uh for dual machines mig antique uh you
can see when i designed it i try to include every feature to make it super organized while keeping
it compact just because i got limited space in my home garage that's always the goal is to
design everything with intent and um if you guys decide you want to build
something like this i'll leave a link in the description for the pdf plans
you know purchasing it actually helps me with the channel helps me create content like this
for you guys uh but other than that if you guys learned something new if you guys like this video
make sure to smash that like button if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the
comments but other than that that's it for me today i'll see you guys in the next one later