Made a cable storage frame for my new Kemppi

[premmington]

 

[cumbriasteve]

With the added bonus of being a protection cage against knocks and items falling....can't be bad

 

[premmington]

With the added bonus of being a protection cage against knocks and items falling....can't be bad

The bonus is... I had a length of 20x5mm stainless and a short length of pipe for the handle. Plus I found the rubber feet as well. So I did not have to buy anything.

The thought process was:

1. Light construction
2. High enough to hang a welding helmet on
3. Cable tidy must double as a rack to lay a few welding electrodes on, off a wet floor.
4. Rack must be narrow enough to lay welding electrodes on it, staggered so I can pick rods up with gloves on one at a time!

If you look at the bottom of it, I have double rubber mounted the welder, and sort of put the feet on "leafs". Sort of a anti-vibration base for a trip in the van.

I am so - so tempted... To purchase the 5m remote for this welder

It is £150, not sure if I can justify it!

I weld allot of stainless exhaust pipes in situ.

Anybody else change the amps a bit with a remote while MMA welding pipes or tubing?

 

[Jim Davey]

I've got a used Kemppi remote like that you can have for £50 if you want?

Nice cage by the way, you ought to send a pic of it to Kemppi, they might give you something for the idea.

 

[Kent]

how about a picture or two of the frame on its own, I might even copy it myself

 

[premmington]

I've got a used Kemppi remote like that you can have for £50 if you want?

Nice cage by the way, you ought to send a pic of it to Kemppi, they might give you something for the idea.

I hate you!

(teehee)

just ordered remote from Rapid at £147

then read you have one at £50 plus postage.

Sods law....

 

[wheresmejumper]

I hate you!

(teehee)

just ordered remote from Rapid at £147

then read you have one at £50 plus postage.

Sods law....

I would buy jims,return the one to rapid,and spend the money on another item from rapids shop.
win win win

 

[Jim Davey]

Rapids win, my loss lol

 

[Jim Davey]

I would buy jims,return the one to rapid,and spend the money on another item from rapids shop.
win win win[/QUOT

Or, spend the saved money with me in my shop

 

[Richard.]

Send it back for a refund and buy the one off Jim at a 1/3 of the price. It's a no brainer.

 

[Jim Davey]

Don't worry about it, Rapid need the money more than I do lol.

 

[Richard.]

The bonus is... I had a length of 20x5mm stainless and a short length of pipe for the handle. Plus I found the rubber feet as well. So I did not have to buy anything.

The thought process was:

1. Light construction
2. High enough to hang a welding helmet on
3. Cable tidy must double as a rack to lay a few welding electrodes on, off a wet floor.
4. Rack must be narrow enough to lay welding electrodes on it, staggered so I can pick rods up with gloves on one at a time!

If you look at the bottom of it, I have double rubber mounted the welder, and sort of put the feet on "leafs". Sort of a anti-vibration base for a trip in the van.

I am so - so tempted... To purchase the 5m remote for this welder

It is £150, not sure if I can justify it!

I weld allot of stainless exhaust pipes in situ.

Anybody else change the amps a bit with a remote while MMA welding pipes or tubing?

Bet that's good for small diameter pipes where you will be changing weld position on the fly. Knock up the current slightly as you get closer to the top.

 

[premmington]

Joking aside..

Lets hope the Kemppi lasts longer than the Tec-Arc unit it replaced!

 

[premmington]

Bet that's good for small diameter pipes where you will be changing weld position on the fly. Knock up the current slightly as you get closer to the top.

My thoughts...

 

[Jim Davey]

Don't run it off undersized cables or generators. That's the best advice I can give to anyone who wants an inverter to last.

 

[premmington]

Don't run it off undersized cables or generators. That's the best advice I can give to anyone who wants an inverter to last.

I only use it in the workshop fed by a 16amp plug connected to a 5metre 6mm amour cable run to a 20amp breaker contained in a 100amp consumer unit.

I have a towable DC diesel set for outside work (not that I do any of late).

 

[Jim Davey]

What happened to the tech arc unit?
Most of my fleet of road tow diesels don't go out anymore, not since Hember then Red D Arc decided to park engine driven welders on my doorstep for £55 a week lol

Muppets

 

[premmington]

I am a mechanic, we used to do allot of engine work and welding on local fishing boats!

But the local shellfish industry downsized so much. My diesel set stands idle!

The Tec Arc 251 died after two years of light workshop use.

But I have to recall I did do some welding on my front gates at home, the week before it died.

And yes I would have run loads of long thin leads from my garage to power it up.

Sad fact is, the diesel set is in my garage at home, I could have used that.

This is about as sad as paying £147 for something Jim would have sold me for £50.

Sob... sob....