Best way to store/hold/rack TIG wire?

I figured I'd put labels on the door, but most of the wire in there is either flagged or stamped, or it's obvious what it is, so I haven't bothered.

It's a Heliwelder V squarewave, made by Esab.

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Ned Simmons
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Ayup..same one I have. My spare. Like it? Works pretty good, not as many controls and goodies as the 300 Amp Square Wave..but a decent basic machine.

This of course is my baby.....

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Gunner Asch

Heres my cheap way of doing it with what you have got lying around....... Variation on the wine rack concept as mentioned - You mentioned you scored a heap of 4 by 2's a while ago. Layout a grid, of sufficient size to hold each tube. Mark all the intersections. Alternatively notch each one so there a nice, easy fit. Make 2 sets of these, with 4 lengths of timber, nail them together in alignment so they are the (nominal) distance apart. Nail a good strong piece of ply on the bottom. Suggest you make it as a square - easier, and you can bang surplus casters on it if you want to...

Now, I will admit this sounds like a lot of work. BUT......If you got a working vertical mill, hopefully with a bed long enough to take the length of one side, tis simple. Set up one piece, stick a router bit in your mill, and run flat out. Cut each notch halfway, and set the depth stop on the mill.

When this is done, clamp it in alignment on your mill table. Clamp well. Butt the other pieces against the master one, use G-clamps (or anything) to hold them in place - your not looking for micron precision here. Just mill them out, as many as you can fit at the time across the bed. .... Do a drawing/sketch, number each piece so you dont get mind stuffed by all the bits of wood lying around.

So. There. Would give ya a hand if you weren't a continent away.

Andrew VK3BFA.

Andrew VK3BFA.

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