Welder Mounted On Mower Deck

Welder Mounted On Mower Deck FARM SHOP Welders/Torches (64) 29-5-37 Dennis and Roger Koelling, Bartelso, Ill.: "By mounting our Lincoln AC-DC electric welder on the deck of an old 22-in. push mower, we can easily move the welder anywhere inside our shop. We stripped the engine and removed the blades from the deck, keeping the handle intact. The welder bolts to the deck, with a pair of 1 by 4 wooden boards providing an even surface for it to rest on. "It's nothing fancy or complicated, but it lets us move the welder right to the job without spending money on longer leads. We use the mower's handle to hold a heavy duty extension cord which we can plug into a 220-volt outlet. We have two 220-volt outlets, one on each side of our shop. "We got the idea after my dad decided he needed something better than his 40-year-old AC welder, which was permanently mounted in a corner of our shop. It had long leads, but we had a big welding project to do and needed DC capabilities so we decided to buy the AC-DC welder. The new welder came with two tiny wheels, which were almost useless, and it also had much shorter leads. We could have bought longer leads for it. Instead, we decided to save money by mounting the welder on the deck so that we can move it around. If the new welder would've had longer leads or bigger wheels, we probably wouldn't have needed to mount it on the mower deck, but it has worked out fine for us."

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