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30 <strong>Kemppi</strong> ProNews 2 • 2006 Foto: Kari Siren. Vastavalo.fi
Text: Jukka Pohjola, Technical Editor Welding expert: Jouni Karhu, Welding Instructor An empty metallic reel fi nds new life as a wine rack When the wire reel on a MIG welding machine runs out, there is nothing left but an empty skeleton. This is usually nothing more than garbage, but its symmetrical form sparks the imagination, compelling the user to fi nd some other use for it. Aker Yards Helsinki shipyard did not send one empty wire reel for metal recycling, but instead welded it into something every home has a use for: a wine rack. Anyone can weld together such a wine rack using, for example, an empty Kempact wire reel. A welding machine can be helpful to the user in some of the most surprising ways. If, for example, the welder also happens to be a wine connoisseur, there is a handy solution for wine bottle storage right inside any Kempact or other MIG welding machine. When the wire reel runs out, the reel body and a few connecting pieces can be welded together to construct a wine rack that is guaranteed to attract attention and even get a few ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’. The idea for using a wire reel casing for this purpose was born at Aker Yards Helsinki shipyard. The gaps between radial braces on the round casing were found to be perfectly for a 750 ml wine bottle. Furthermore, the radial braces are so strong that even when a full wine bottle is placed between them the bottle stays put without any risk of falling out. Each wire reel casing has space for eight bottles of wine, which are nicely arranged around the circumference of the casing. The structure holds the bottles snugly and it could even easily be mistaken for avant garde design. Another benefi t of the Kempact wine bottle rack is its environmentalfriendliness, as it is indeed made of recycled materials. In addition to the empty wire reel casing, other necessary parts could be found, for example, on the fl oor of a workshop, such as extra and waste materials. Building the wine rack begins when the wire reel runs out. Install a new reel and save the empty reel. You can continue welding with the same welding machine whose reel was changed. In this case we are using a Kempact MIG 2530 welding machine, which is suitable for both hobby use and in workshops and light industry. To weld the rack you can use 0.6-1 mm additive wire and pure carbon dioxide or an Argon/CO2 gas mix, with 8-25% CO2. Even though two types of wire reels can be used on the Kempact MIG 2530 machine, for our purposes, the larger or 15 kg reel with 300 mm diameter will be used. This will serve as the key part of the wine rack – the bottle slots. DO IT YOURSELF <strong>Kemppi</strong> ProNews 2 • 2006 31
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