Large Steady Rest

Woo Hoo! New tools arrived today.

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I did the math and it's been 33 years since I last did any TIG welding. Ugh! Where does the time go!

I hope it lives up to the reviews for a budget TIG welder. I made up some practice parts out of the square tubing so we'll see how rusty I am.

From the reviews I have read and watched it looks like they have improved the torch and hose as it is now comes an super flexible cable/hose. The foot pedal is still the wonky one but I got a proper one from SCC to replace it.

I only have a 30 amp circuit to the garage right now until we do a service panel upgrade this summer so I'm hoping the inverter welder is easier on the load vs my old Lincoln buzz box. I'm also curious to see how it does on 110v.

Unfortunately I don't have space in the shop to weld so I'll have to wait until the weekend to give it a whirl (weather permitting).

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I got side tracked with home shopping, re-learning to TIG weld and building a welding positioner.

I had some time this morning to get the welding fixture built to do the frame welds and use the welding positioner to do the circular welds.

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Steady rest is done!

Fingers finished and assembled.

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Frame welded, painted and assembled. Size range is 2" to 8". Also ended up making the knobs as the cast aluminum one I had were too irregular to make work.

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Thanks for following along!
 
Awesome work jbolt
 
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