Workshop Boom

[stablegirl]

I fancy making a boom for in the workshop, with a mig welder on it (just the wire feeder) and probably an air line and an electrical socket?

Probably 2 9ft long sections with a pivot in the middle and at the end to make 18ft total?

Has anyone done similar or even better got any pictures?

 

[Zebbedee]

I fancy making a boom for in the workshop, with a mig welder on it (just the wire feeder) and probably an air line and an electrical socket?

Probably 2 9ft long sections with a pivot in the middle and at the end to make 18ft total?

Has anyone done similar or even better got any pictures?

Fair boom to go 18ft be interesting to see what others have done

 

[Nearly]

I've 3 made out of 40mm box for airline and electric socket. Each are 2 x 2.4m lengths with field gate hooks as hinges.
There's a double jointed hinge next to the post so the skyhook will go around almost 360 degrees of the post.

 

[B R C]

Got me thinking, not sure about welder wire feeder might be a bit heavy and don’t tend to move welder much, but a longish arm with rack for 3x grinders which get used a lot, socket and led light could be useful. Easy enough to make as well.
Perhaps a tripod trolley with all the above might actually be more useful as no restriction at all, just the one wire. Grinders all 110v.

 

[spanners and hammers]

did mine for the welder from 50 box bit like a upside down gate with a door track on the underside so the feeder can go anywhere and some 50 round solid and two plates on the post of the shed

 

[B R C]

How long is the cable between welder and feeder?

 

[quattro]

Fair boom to go 18ft be interesting to see what others have done

one side off a old sprayer, hinge already in place

 

[spanners and hammers]

have got from memory 11m interconecting leads ... does mean you need to turn gas of when not in use as there is a fair bit to lose in the pipe run

 

[Nearly]

Inside

Bend out through the door

and straighten up

It bends round to point straight at camera.
Extension cable always there and always clean.

 

[stablegirl]

These are exactly what I'm after, I thought using gate hinges would work quite well.

If you think about it not massively heavier that a big sheeted door!

Any more pictures?

 

[stablegirl]

Just got sent these look really useful!

 

[milkloss]

A coil of mig wire will be 15kg and the feed is going to be the same so you're going to have some weight out there.

 

[stablegirl]

Build it to take 50kg must be the aim?

 

[Zebbedee]

Build it to take 50kg must be the aim?

Be all of that,,,wire feeder plus wire and big heavy copper cables all the way out from power unit it fair adds up I know my feed unit very rarely gets lifted anywhere it sits on top of welder. When the second boom is at 90 degrees there is scope for a bit of flex, but very handy idea though must do ours too

 

[mx110]

Extra weight I know but would including a fume extractor pipe be something to consider now that we're all supposed to have them for mig welding

 

[stablegirl]

I didn't think of the twist force with the second piece at 90 degrees..


Would be better with a longer first section and shorter second.

 

[Classichay]

Why not just get a 10m torch? Surely your wire feeder is a four roller? Cheapest option is safest, don’t fancy that coming down on my head welding away.

 

[Zebbedee]

I didn't think of the twist force with the second

Why not just get a 10m torch? Surely your wire feeder is a four roller? Cheapest option is safest, don’t fancy that coming down on my head welding away.

it could be argued that the boom is safer as less cables on the floor to trip over or get damaged a lot of fab shops would have the feeders overhead

 

[Cowcalf]

Why not just get a 10m torch? Surely your wire feeder is a four roller? Cheapest option is safest, don’t fancy that coming down on my head welding away.

take a special feed unit to be 10 metre and very straight

 

[Classichay]

take a special feed unit to be 10 metre and very straight

ive seen them being used on industrial platforms rather than dragging wirefeed setups (Lorch afaik) ( i assume it was a 6 roller feed on 1.2MM wire) depends what your welding. Theres another forum called https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/ there may be people who already have designed such a unit. I agree theres no excuse for a million wires round your ankles.