The fixture is the project.

Questions to settle first

• How many hours of arc time a week are waiting on a welder you do not have?
• Which parts repeat, how many part numbers a week, and how much does fit-up vary between them?
• MIG, TIG or laser, on what material, and how big is the biggest weldment you would put in front of it?
• Who would program it, where would it stand, and what pulls the fumes away while someone is nearby?