Originally Posted by
Jafro
My MIG works on 110V and welds up to 1/4" steel. I doubt you'd need more than that.
Burly Miller TIG's use 240V circuits... and you can probably find a 240V 80 gal compressor. Just use one outlet for both because you don't need the compressor while you're welding, and it will store enough air to last you until it gets plugged back in.
As for the floor... The concrete's pretty rough, and I wouldn't want to do that without having it sanded first. I'm thinking about knocking down the garage and building a 2.5 car jibbity. The slab is twice as wide as the garage that's built on it, and framing a new garage would be a piece of cake if I had 3 friends and a weekend. EDIT: But I have no friends. /EDIT It would also justify the cost of running better power (only have a 50A circuit) out there. The only thing stopping me is the cost of 2 new garage doors.
Yeah the welding equipment purchase is all up the air as of right now. The plan was to purchase a nice powerful MIG welder that could do both steel and aluminum. Later on get a nice TIG welder. The issue is just to get parts you need to setup a MIG machine to weld aluminum is expensive as well. So I'm thinking about picking up a cheap MIG to do steel with, and nice TIG to do aluminum.
I have to upgrade the electrical wiring in my garage no matter what. There is only 1 electrical plug in the whole garage. Since the walls are drywalled putting in new 240v plugs is not going to be cheap, plus running the wiring back to the electrical panel is also more work. I'm going to have to spend some money to get it to look pretty and functional. Drywall and painting isn't an issue for me, but the electrical will be. So I'm going to save up some $ and then start getting quotes. The way I have the garage laid out in my mind, multiple plugs would work better. Secondly, just putting in 1 plug will be expensive, any additional plug will probably be cheap in comparison. So if I go in, I'm going to go in with long term usage in mind. Obviously with the work I'm planning on putting in to the garage I don't plan to buy another home any time soon.
The epoxy coating holds up to everything! Bleach is not a good idea obviously.
I bought it from
www.epoxy-coat.com
Here's my garage build out.