170 Amp MOT Stick Welder

**nova_robotics** · Aug 19, 2020, 07:15 PM

Awesome work. The wooden box on a welder is no bueno. 1/8" aluminum is nice to work with if your experience and tooling is working with wood. You can even cut it with a circular saw. And the aluminum will help dissipate a lot of heat.

**scorch** · Aug 19, 2020, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

Awesome work. The wooden box on a welder is no bueno. 1/8" aluminum is nice to work with if your experience and tooling is working with wood. You can even cut it with a circular saw. And the aluminum will help dissipate a lot of heat.

It might be more useful to people reading you comment if you explained why you are saying that a wood box is "no bueno". I assume your main concern is not heat but that is what you mentioned.

Scorch

**nova_robotics** · Aug 19, 2020, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by scorch

It might be more useful to people reading you comment if you explained why you are saying that a wood box is "no bueno". I assume your main concern is not heat but that is what you mentioned.

Scorch

I was trying to be soft with my language by opening with a compliment before, but catching things on fire is just part of arc welding. Be careful and keep an eye on that machine.