Side Project and the new Tig welder

Stefanie was nice enough to buy me the tig welder I had been drooling over. I had a Lincoln Precision Tig 180 amp transformer machine before and I knew there were a few things I wanted to do differently. I was looking for an AC/DC machine but one that was inverter based and had a smaller footprint. The answer- The Primeweld 225. The support you read about online is second to none and under $900 was not bad either. The unit is always backordered but they seem to get units shipped fairly quickly,

It sat on an inverted bucket until my wife fixed my next problem. I had been searching for a cart and never found any I liked. I wanted it to sit on the side of the garage and not take up a big amount of space. So what happened? While moving a piece of furniture inside a marble shelf broke and the wine rack became less useful. I offered to take it and added wheels to it.

It allowed me to have my plasma cutter on it as well and space to store things. Ultimately it was a great move. I am a big fan of both the cart and the welder. The next project was storing the 5 or 6 different tig rods I had collected. I had some fancy commercial tubes but needed more and was not willing to spend $30 a piece. Following an online video I found the PVC Idea.

Essentially it is a PVC tube cut into a 2 ft and a 1 ft piece. Caps on both end and a coupler in the middle- but only glued on one side. To get maximum style points I used my plotter and cut names for each tube. So far this has been fantastic! I am a fan!

Not pictured are the top lids. This allows for easy selection and identification. The blue commercial tool needed a home and I didnt have enough PVC so it can stay for a while..

Images of lathe plates

I haven’t updated much recently because of work plus family but think things will pick up soon.. Before showing down with a new born!

 

A few people sent me messages wanting the plate data from the lathe and so I have added that here:


 

2 Years with the Storebro Bruk

Shocking to believe that 2 years has flown by so quickly!   I bought this lathe after it fell over on a fork lift while being unloaded. Needless to say it needed work.

Looking back at it now I don’t regret buying the lathe because it fell and needed some work -all of those repairs were relatively easy.  What does concern me more is the footprint it occupies.  This is a big boy!

There are still some handles that need to be made and the motor has been rewired for  VFD. In terms of performance it is certainly a rock star!

In the near future I hope to provide some updates with where the machine is and what was needed to get there.