go-kart cart build. welding class..

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What makes that welder so special? my cheapo mig/flux core welder does the job just fine, and you can get REALLY cheap (like $50) 220 arc welders on craigslist for the heavy stuff.

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Oh...wow nevermind, thats whats so special. Thats a HUGE range 0.020-1" thats just crazy... 100% duty cycle at 500A...
 
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Kaptain Krunch said:
What makes that welder so special? my cheapo mig/flux core welder does the job just fine, and you can get REALLY cheap (like $50) 220 arc welders on craigslist for the heavy stuff.

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Oh...wow nevermind, thats whats so special. Thats a HUGE range 0.020-1" thats just crazy... 100% duty cycle at 500A...
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LOL at you trying to compare a $50 welder to a $12,000 Welder.
 
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here is the beast im using.

here is my welds.

here is what i have been getting done.








front steering component.



and here is a jig i made to hold that peice at the right caster and camber. 20 degree caster and 10 degree camber.


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actually it goes up to 700 amps, its 450volts, water cooled torch and the crazy thing is we have 5 of them. and you can weld tin foil together.
 
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I know your only kidding, but my cousin built a motorized shopping cart in school quite a few years ago. The idea has been around for a while and has probably been thought of before him. His had no clutch and was extremely crude though.
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There was another shopping kart in a Popular Mechanic magazine :D

They used a Honda too o-o
 
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ugga bugga bugga. lol i want my gokart done alredy lol. i need 4 new bolts and i can get this thing done, still need to buy a motor. and make my motor mount. LEGIT. :2guns: :wai:
 
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Do you find when Tig'n the steel it gives off a awful smell? At the shop it smells horible no matter how much we clean the steel.
 
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No Kenny, Its not like the fiber cut off wheels. If you like that smell come to my school. At the end of welding class the entire 1st floor of school smells like fiber wheels and welding fumes. Gasoline doesnt smell that good, Alcohol smells like piss and burns your eyes, Racing fuel is the best smell in the world, Diesel doesnt make vapours at room temp. Freakboy the Alcohol your smelling is the fruity scents they add to it to cover up the eye burning fumes.
 
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nope our team didnt use additives and neither did anyother teams. and it only burns for the first few minuets then im fine.
 
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lol it clears the sinuses and were not on a race team anymore.. driver pmsed and took his chassis and left we put all the other stuff in another frame we had laying around and our team couldnt find another driver. you cant really put a ad in the paper for a sprint car driver.
 
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OK stay on topic pay attention to me people LOLOLO. i got alot done in class today got the front steering on the frame done. spindles should be done tomorrow. the jigs i made for the caster and camber worked perfectly. i hit a snag but i fixed it quickly. so should be done within 2 days.. but not drivable untill my parts come in the mail and i get my engine...
 
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