Mobile Welder Goes Anywhere

Mobile Welder Goes Anywhere WELDERS/TORCHES Welders/Torches 28-2-39 It's nice to be able to take the welder to the job, and not always the job to the welder, according to Aron Wiebe of Niverville, Manitoba, who built his own mobile system, which he says works well and wasn't hard to do. What initially motivated him to take on this project was the humidity in the building where he had originally been storing his welding equipment. The indoor humidity in that building was harming the performance of his electronic helmet and the generator's electronics. To alleviate the problem, he decided to set up his system so that he could leave it outside year-round. His Dayton 25 K.W. generator and a Lincoln Ideal Arc 250 amp welder sit on a trailer that he made himself from scrap materials, and the equipment is housed inside a plywood shell. The enclosure has sliding doors at either end and shelves to hold the welding cables, electronic helmet, welding rods and miscellaneous. Since the shell has no bottom, the air can circulate, and Wiebe's humidity problems are solved. He can also move the rig to any location where welding needs to be done. "I'm always building things, so it's handy. The generator is driven by the power take-off of the tractor that's pulling the trailer ù in this case, my Allis Chalmers D14," he says. "I also have the option of parking the trailer alongside a shop and plugging it in to the electrical outlet." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Aron Wiebe, Box 296, Niverville, Manitoba, Canada R0A 1E0 (ph 204 434-6478).

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