4' x 4' x 8" Router Build

[m.i.k.e]

Great start, the thing about welding is that it doesn't matter what it looks like as long as it's strong which that looks as tho it is. It can be tarted up later with a grinder or flap disc and it's not easy to get neat welds with mig on thick material unless you have a really powerful machine and then it just pulls out of alignment more.
Mike.

[JAZZCNC]

it's not easy to get neat welds with mig on thick material unless you have a really powerful machine and then it just pulls out of alignment more.
Mike.

Not strictly true, with the correct setup and a skill full welder then even a cheap welder can give excellent welds on thick material without too much pulling or distorting as you can see on these pictures of machine we made, one is 5mm plate onto 10mm done with a Cheap £150 180A Ebay Mig, the other is this base frame with some long welds on10mm plate.

You can see the Mig in the pic of the base frame and if you zoom in you can see 10mm pads welded to a 10mm plate, nothing pulled on this frame. Full disclosure here this was My Son Jareds (Jazz) welding, not mine, my eyes are knackered so my welding days are done.!

This said practice makes perfect and a grinder mask's 1000 sins until something falls off...

[Doddy]

You can see the Mig in the pic of the base frame and if you zoom in you can see 10mm pads welded to a 10mm plate, nothing pulled on this frame. Full disclosure here this was My Son Jareds (Jazz) welding, not mine, my eyes are knackered so my welding days are done.!

...and to the left of the welder, the ubiquitous DeWalt grinder :)

All seriousness - that's a nice job - surprised that's the result of MIG, approaching TIG quality. Impressive.

[JAZZCNC]

...and to the left of the welder, the ubiquitous DeWalt grinder :)

Yes, the good old Dewalt grinder and it's got the Evil wire brush on it.

All seriousness - that's a nice job - surprised that's the result of MIG, approaching TIG quality. Impressive.

If you think that's good you should see the welds that he does with the big German-made EWM Mig welder.!....That thing is amazing and the speed it welds at is unbelievable, the control panel is like a spaceship, you tap in a code for the material and type of weld joint you are doing and it sets all the settings amps. volts, wire feed, etc and monitors them as you weld, you basically pull the torch along and the metal just flows like water, he says it almost feels like cheating because it's so easy.

My reply is " So it bloody well should @ £6k"....