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I'm going to try to use a design kind of like this to build an enclosure that mounts onto a trailer to cover two generators how would you recommend to reinforce it and also I was going to do angle iron and Sheet Metal for the doors do you think that 1"×1"× 1/8th would be good for that I was thinking on doing that and then doing an inch and a half angle for the frame because there might be another one of the enclosures being put on top of it.
@erichuffman8758 There's a lot of vibrations. I would probably beef it up some for that, 2x2x3/16 would probably be good. The sheet metal is either 14guage or 16guage. Make a good strong frame around the opening, the biggest concern will be cracks after a few thousand miles.
Thank you I appreciate the information. I was also going to ask if you were to build that from someone else how much would you estimate as a price to charge?
I've just been given a MIG welder (and an Arc Welder.. but something tells me I'll be starting with MIG) and I need to build lockers for my sharpening business so people can drop knives and tools off, fill a form out, leave payment and lock it all safely outside my house. Thanks so much for this video, it gets me so far ahead in planning.
A lot. All professional kitchens are stainless steel, it looks great but it's gotta be expensive. Not to mention, there is A LOT of skill involved to fabricate sheet metal without warping, denting, scratching, etc.
Set it to AC, probably 150amps. If it takes more than a few seconds to form a nice puddle, turn up the amps. I'd probably run the ac balance around 60%, depending on how dirty the material is. If it's clean you can be up to 70-75% but if it's really dirty you might have to lower it to 55%. I usually never go above 75% or below 55% on aluminum. Thanks for watching, hope this helps
Yeah, I think this was 14ga so not quite as prone to warpage. I didn't have access to a brake press at the time and I wanted to see how it would turn out with the angle. I didn't plan on having the doors formed, that was kind of a nice surprise, I was planning on building them with angle like I did the cabinet.
Am a beginner with a Chinese 650 amp weld machine (Zard). I often see the 6013 rod set at 40/60 amps on a 150 amp machine would i set the same amps with the 650 amp machine with arc force and hot start. Thank you
Hi, I'm not very familiar with arc welding but there are some good RU-vid videos out there you can learn from. Good luck! Just like anything else, the more you practice the better you will get!
If you're table isn't flat, mine has a crown to it so the middle is higher than the edges, then this helps keep your pieces straight. If you can get away with only using 3 shims then, in theory, your part should come out flat no matter how jacked up your table is.
