I'm sorry I don't have a source readily available for you. But just one, quick, cautionary question:

You've given that rig-the once-over and are sure it functions properly and safely, right?

I'd suggest you make the projects fit the need of the moment. So the question bounces back at ya.

What do you need?

I don't even know what that thing is you bought, but a search brought up some books and such:

Artisan Welding Projects: 25 Decorative Projects for Hobby Welders
www.amazon.com/Artisan-We.../1589232801

Welding for Arts and Crafts
www.amazon.ca/Welding-Art...p/0766818969

Welding message boards:
www.hobartwelders.com/weldtal...play.php

A page of links to projects:
www.davewrightwelding.com/projects.htm

Check out the art created here:
www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_m...9,00.html

Here's a free e-book:
www.gutenberg.org/etext/7969

Ideas can come from anywhere, including artists:
pmacraftshow.org/artists-metal/

You could have a great time being creative with recycled materials, aka JUNK ;)
www.welding-advisers.com/Weldi...t.html

Combine things to create artistic headboards for beds:
mattresszine.com/mattress-...bed-frame/
mattresszine.com/mattress-...cled-wood/

That could be a real money-maker too. Making headboards, custom creations. You could try selling on Etsy:
www.etsy.com/

Check out their furniture area, you'll find tables and clocks and mirrors. This is a gorgeous wood headboard:
www.etsy.com/view_listing.php

Imagine doing that with metals...

I love this guy's work:
johntunger.typepad.com/artbuz...l_.html

Last idea, go here to the row of little houses:
www.makeitrightnola.org/

Wait, here's the page...LOL...
www.makeitrightnola.org/mir_SUB.php

Notice the long, large panels on the outside of the home. And in the interior image, it shows the effect of light through the panels as being "foliage-like" without it being leaves or tree outlines. That could be very interesting for window panels, fireplace coverings, stair railing inserts, room dividers, etc.

I hope something in this helps. Since I know NOTHING about the topic. Ideas I'm good at.

I seriously suggest that you take a course in oxy weldng.

Not only should it teach you how to oxy weld properly, but it shoul also teach you how to inspect and care for the equipment you have purchased.

DO NOT USE oxy gear in an enclosed space.
DO NOT let anyone else use your gear.

Oxy weldng is good for thin metals like pipe, e.g bicycle frames and non-ferrous metals like copper pipe, repairing aluminium castings (engine cases, tools, etc).

Note you both braze(filler) and weld with oxy, so it can join dissimilar metals

It can do stuff that the other can not do, but you have to have to understand that stuff needs to be warmed and cooled properly for best results, then to cap it off certain jobs require a quick hand.

Someone recently gave me a metal gazeebo sans several parts, I too am enjoying rural living so we have chickens. We built the outside of the enclosure using the door to the gazeebo by welding it to posts and inside the chicken enclosure we welded some of these metal triangles onto posts as perches for the hens. They love them they are always going up on them!

I'm going to use the rest of the long rectangular metal pieces weld them together and make some arches & ladder like things to grow viney plants on.

I bought one of these games called ladder ball but some friends of mine have made a home made one/welded it up they call it red neck golf out of pipes it's alot of fun to play and if you have a big back yard it's good b/c it's permanently fixed there.

Have fun and enjoy your new welder rig!

A decent wood splitter is always handy on a small farm.. *note to remember once you make one you will want to make bigger and better :D

This is my semi-annual revival of the thread. II'm still gratefully collecting Web-sites/URLs on this topic.

Sites with good metal-project plans for farm/garden are what I'm after. Thanks in advance for any that you can supply!

Try journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html

I think you would like to learn of the existence of Farm Show Magazine (a newsprint paper full of ideas on things people built when they had a need for something on the farm, and hilarious reviews of various products by farmers who mince no words when they don't like something). They also put out the Farm Show Encyclopedia of Made It Myself, which is an amazing compilation. Buy it and you'll be welding yourself up some Trucktors in no time (bus-based homemade tractor, if I remember right- seemed liek there were a lot of variations on this project).

www.farmshow.com/