looking to make another welding cart for the garage with good casters. is albion and colson one in the same ? any suggestions for a good online source to buy them ? two 4" rigids and two 4" swivels should do. dont really need lockers but im not opposed to them either
cart casters
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joe49
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In one of Fitzee's Fabrications videos, he showed his welding cart. Large wheels on one end other end was a pipe foot cross ways to the cart. Reasons 1) if bumped or pulled it doesn't roll off into a car or anything else, 2) Big wheels let it be moved leaned over like a 2 wheel dolly so easy to move over steps or uneven terrain. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6JPmJ_aicru8XPWr3EvJnw/videos
Welding cart.
Welding cart.
paulsomlo
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I bought casters for my Blackhawk floor jack from Bond Caster, they were very high quality:
http://www.bondcaster.com/
http://www.bondcaster.com/
JJohns3WG
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Surplus Center.com good prices on casters shipping can be much. If you have a heavy load the harder casters roll easier - iron vs rubber. The larger the diameter the easier they will roll over obstructions. I like to put two larger fixed wheels around 2/3rds the way under the load then two swivels in the front.
lol no ill pass. been to the local hf several times looking at what they got. for not a hek of alot more money i can get mid grade usa albions
mrb1
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There are lots of places on the net that sell casters exclusively. I get that for not much more than HF prices one can get a much better product. That said, if the project doesn't require high quality casters I have found that buying a HF hardwood mover's dolly (especially on sale) yields a set of decent casters and some firewood.
Fitzee does amazing work with virtually no tools. I like his idea
these 4" casters for my cart showed up. was suppose to be just 300lb medium duty but they seem more like superduty . oddly theyre made in usa with chinese wheels (website never mention a word about it). ya just cant win no matter what you do i guess.
here they are next to some 4" 330lb HF casters lol. albion capacities must be severly under rated
here they are next to some 4" 330lb HF casters lol. albion capacities must be severly under rated
Retroman
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How do you like the Fronius? I went with a Miller 211 I didn't think I really needed a MP machine. Nice work on the cart.finished the cart. bolted my saw to it and theres two shelves for material pieces
i like it. should have several hours this weekend to mess around with it. 211 can do some decent welds but as you know ,or will soon find out , its very basic machine with almost no adjustability. multimatic 215 i think is only $200 more ,has digital interface with more adjustability and can stick weld. but at that point your nearly at the same price as transsteel 2200 lol