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Welcome to our welding projects section!

Now that you have your new ZENA mobile welder installed (or have your new ZENA Backpak welder), it's time to put that equipment to use. To help you to do this, we have organized links to a number of welding projects.

If you don't have a ZENA welder yet, WELCOME ANYWAY!

While you're here, see how easy, and inexpensive, it is to attach our high power, 100% duty cycle, low cost, multi-process DC mobile welder to your vehicle or engine. CLICK HERE for info. about our welders. If you are thinking about attaching a ZENA welder to an existing engine, you will be particularly interested in the guidelines/plans provided by some of our customers.

Our project resources fall into three categories:

• Project ideas generated and tested by our staff and/or customers; or
• Projects published on the Internet noted/reviewed by our staff or customers (but not always tested/tried); or
• Build your own mobile welder projects which we have developed "in-house" (engine driven, hydraulically driven, or PTO drive); or
• Companies and or individuals who provide project kits and/or information resources which we (or our customers) have used with success.

While we can't guarantee your results, we hope that you will have fun!

Simple Projects ZENA 150A Welding System Components	1. Making an Adjustable Welding / Cutting Support Stand 2. Making a Welding Vice from Scrap Material 3. Building a Portable Welding / Cutting Table 4. Building a Combination Shop/Truck Gas Tank Rack 5. Build a Roll Around Gas Tank Rack 6. Build a Simple Low Cost Sheet Metal Brake 7. Build an Anvil Stand 8. Building A Child's Backhoe 9. Build a Swedge Stand 10. Build a Tube Bender
Advanced Projects	1. An Easy to Build (on site) Spring House 2. Bicycle Cargo Trailer (carry loads pulling behind bicycle) 3. Build a Sheet Metal Slip Roll Machine 4. Build Your Own High Quality Cutoff Band Saw 5. Build a Heavy Duty Abrasive or Dry-Cut Chop-Saw Stand/Conveyor 6. Building A Child's Backhoe
Hybrid Projects (Steel & Other Materials)	1. Various Backyard Observatory Plans 2. Geodesic Dome Observatory 3. Building a Backyard Observatory
Build Your Own DC Mobile Welder	1. Build Your Own 150A, 100% Duty Cycle, Mobile Welder 2. Build Your Own 200A, 100% Duty Cycle, Mobile Welder 3. Build Your Own 300A, 100% Duty Cycle, Mobile Welder 4. Build Your Own 400A, 100% Duty Cycle, Mobile Welder 5. A Simple to Build Generic Engine Driven Welder Cart Which Can Easily Adapt to Hold a Freestanding ZENA Mobile Welder
Metal Fabrication Techniques	1. Forming a Complex Shape in Sheet Metal with Compound Curves 2. Build Your Own Custom Tubing Bender (very detailed photos for ideas - but not measured plans) 3. Instructions for Making an Angle Miter
Welding Techniques	1. Underwater Welding - General Information Requires DC welder 300-400A with current on/off control An ideal application for a 300-400 ZENA mobile welding system equipped with a ZENA special welding control interface. Call us for more information.
	Need a low cost backhoe or a front end loader to dig trenches, have water & power lines installed, dig ditches and culverts, or for small earth moving projects? The CADplans corporation sells low-cost high-quality plans for a number of great do-it-yourself welding projects (backhoes, front end loaders, log splitters, tractor hitches, etc.) which are ideal for small farmers, contractors, etc. Their products really work and their plans are really easy to use -- we've tried them ourselves -- very professional.	On ZENA welders, ALL welding controls are built INTO the electrode holder
	This is a neat resource/hyper link directory to sources of do-it-yourself plans which has been set up by HomeExpo.com. HomeExpo.com is different from most other web site directories. They do not sell merchandise, require reciprocal linking, accept commissions, or participate in affiliate programs.
	The folks at how-to-plans.com have a lot of different plans for sale at reasonable prices and offer a 30 day money-back guarantee on all of their plan kits. Some plan sets even include CAD drawings, 3D drawings, step-by-step photos, parts lists and material sources. If you don't see the project that you want on their site, they reportedly have a database with hundreds of how-to plans, OR they will even help you to find a resource for the desired item.	Not chasing ghosts -- the incredible ZENA Backpak welder
	Need small quantities of metal, or plastic, for a project? The people at OnlineMetals.com are likely to have just what you need in stock. They supply a wide range of stock lengths of all types of metal including cold and hot rolled steel, stainless steel, Aluminum, Copper, and Brass. They will also sell their stock items cut to your custom specifications.