Just finished hooking up the 250EX today

[brad3579]

Put the cart together, picked up an argon tank and got everything hooked up.
Checked the gas flow and made sure the water cooler was working.
I Picked up some scrap stainless and aluminum from the scrap yard and just have to wait on my tungsten and a few other things.
I will be watching some of the welding Tips and Tricks video’s tonight or tomorrow.
It should be a lot of fun.

[everlastsupport]

Looks like you are off to a good start. The local welding supply did not have tungsten or wanted too much? And you need some filler too.

Post up pictures and have fun.

[Rodsmachineshop]

I f you have a ace hardware they usually carry welding supplies at a good price

[brad3579]

Looks like you are off to a good start. The local welding supply did not have tungsten or wanted too much? And you need some filler too.

Post up pictures and have fun.

When the tank was purchased, I looked at the prices on the tungsten and filler at the LWS and decided no thanks.
Ended up buying from WeldingCity.com and WeldingSupply.com.

[everlastsupport]

The tank is large and normally picked up locally. But there are deal online for sure. Just restocked tungsten, MIG wire and filler from the internet.

[Rodsmachineshop]

Brad same here were i live are welding supply price are crazy way to much i get all my stuff on the internet

[brad3579]

Brad same here were i live are welding supply price are crazy way to much i get all my stuff on the internet

Yep
Everything I looked at was at least double the cost.

[Rodsmachineshop]

brad were did you get the cart , nice looking cart

[brad3579]

brad were did you get the cart , nice looking cart

It is actually the Powercart 250 that Everlast sells.
I was quite impressed on how nice it was for the money.
All I have to do is add some filler rod holders and I am good to go.

[Rodsmachineshop]

looks good have to buy one great price on cart I like the handle on the front oh what are you using for coolant

[redbeard]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

[5440]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

Agreed. One of the first things to be made with my 250EX will be a cart, most likely from aluminum.

[Rodsmachineshop]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

[CGCINC]

Have you TIG welded before?

I love my 250EX, it's a smooth machine!

[redbeard]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

Can't wait to see the pictures!

[67cudafb]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

So your building the cadillac of welding cart, 2X4 tough to weld

[Rodsmachineshop]

I was kidding lol' but going to start building a double cart soon so my mig and plasma are on one cart 'since i just having them sitting on a old craftsman tool box rite now , cant believe how steel is going up order a bunch today for my skids and under plating bill came to like 600 bucks. I do a lot of jeep Cherokee skids . I copy jcr skids since like how he designed them . He has a good price on his stuff but the cost of shipping today makes better to just make the stuff at my shop shipping on the skids are like 80 bucks . almost half the price of the skids for shipping since heavy since done with .188 3/16 wall tubing

[brad3579]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

lol
If I had the time welding one would be an option but for now it seems that it will work very well.

Have you TIG welded before?

Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.

[redbeard]

lol
If I had the time welding one would be an option but for now it seems that it will work very well.

I must admit that it is quite a bit better than the old TV cart I am currently using for my plasma cutter.

Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.

I just started TIGing in December, I actually found it to be much easier to make pretty practice beads on AL than on mild steel. Haven't even tried SS yet.

[CGCINC]

I just started TIGing in December, I actually found it to be much easier to make pretty practice beads on AL than on mild steel. Haven't even tried SS yet.

I agree about the Aluminum. When I took welding classes last year, they started me TIG'ing on Aluminum, he said if you can Tig Aluminum you can Tig anything. After months of working with Aluminum only, I found it difficult to Tig mild Steel at first. I finally got in the groove but you can make some nice looking beads on Aluminum!