Finished my welding cart.

I blew out the contactor and range switch on my 220v rig due to all the sheetmetal stitch welding I did on the roadster. Several hundred $$$ to repair it! That prompted me to pickup a cheap 110v Ebay special for sheetmetal work and save the 220v for heavy welding. I wanted to combine the two and make it easy to swap over from one to the other. In addition, I wanted the cart to bolt on and be easy to remove.

So here's my cheap and simple welding cart............



I started off by bolting a couple of lengths of 1" square tubing to the base of the 220v machine. This way I can use the machine base and utilize the factory casters.



Then I built the cart structure out of 1" sq tubing. Found a couple of trays in the metal bin at work. Sliced the sides off and welded them together.



After paint.



Found a U-shaped pipe in the metal bin, sliced about 2' out of the center and welded it back together for a handle.



I built the whip and ground cable hangars out of some 3/8" round stock. One on each side.



Can't flip the door all the way up, now. It can only go halfway so I rigged this little latch to hold the door up when changing wire spools. Just a 1/4" bolt with a couple of nuts and a small piece of steel that pivots and it holds the door up.





Here's a trick little item. An inert gas 'Y' valve. All I have to do to transfer gas from one machine to the other is close one valve and open the other.



I glued some old conveyor belt down to the top of the tray and set my Lincoln Handy MIG in place. Now I can easily swap from 220v to 110v in a heartbeat, saving my big machine for real welding!

Cool! Looks well thought out.

That's slick! In typical GJ fashion I looked at the pics and wondered wtf you have two welders for and had to scroll back up and actually read your post. That ***** about the contactor. I mostly weld thin stuff but always wanted a Miller or Hobart 210/211, now I'm glad I have a Hobart 140, I will keep it if/when I upgrade to a larger machine.

That said, do you like the Hobart 210 for thicker stuff? Nice cart, thanks for posting.

Great concept, I will be adding another machine sometime next year and this will be a good way to keep it handy but not take up any more floor space.

I dig it, nice job!

Very well done.

Great looking cart and superb use of the 220v's casters!! Thanks for posting!

Great idea. Might do something similar as I can't stand it that my Miller has nowhere to store/wrap the leads around.

Bump since you linked it in another thread and so I can find it easily again......

Looks really nice. I am going to use my Mig welder as a cert for my plasma cutter. I was going to add another hinge to the side door on the mig welder to be able to open it with the plasma on top. After looking at what you did I am going to follow your design somewhat. THANKS

Nice rig. I made a cart a few years back from angle iron and a metal 2 drawer file cabinet. Got the idea from here at GJ. This is a great site!

Looks Good, and I am sure it works as well as it looks.