Three storey welding cart

[jvo]

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I built this welding cart to take advantage of cubic footage as I was running out of square footage in my 24 x 30 home shop. This is a test to see if I can post photos on the site. Wish me luck.
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Okay, I have no idea why the pics don't show up. Copied them from photobucket.

Sorry if I wasted your time.

 

[mtwaterguy]

You can get the photo if you use the blue box. Looks like a nice cart

 

[nissan_crawler]

 

[Kevin54]

Okay, I have no idea why the pics don't show up. Copied them from photobucket.

Don't know about the first one other than you didn't have anything in between the img tags, on the second try you had a missing "H" in front of the "HTTP" or what should have been "HTTP". When you copy and paste an address, start at the beginning and go to the end instead of the end and going to the beginning. Depending on what site it is hosted on, not all addresses show up completely and a few things may be hid. Front to back usually will encompass it all.

On the other hand. Nice welding cart, but it looks like it would be awful top heavy when having to move it. Hopefully it has casters on the front to where you don't have to tip it.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Hopefully it has casters on the front to where you don't have to tip it.

It does, you can see them.

 

[jvo]

[/IMG]Thanks to whoever fixed the pics. I have a terrible time posting pics. Been spending time with photobucket and tutorials. I post on MetalMeet and there are some pics of it there as well.

The cart is not top heavy at all. The Miller 180 is on the bottom, and it weighs a lot. If you look at MetalMeet at the North of 49 post, we took it across town on a trailer and rolled it down the ramps, used it for 5 days, then brought it home again. Very stable. Designed to fit through a regular 84 inch high walk in shop door. I have to take all the tools off it of course, to haul it around. Not painted yet, as I haven't finished everything. Thanks.

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[swgray]

I fixed the links and added some.

How hard is it to change the wire spools?

 

[Vicegrip]

Looks like a Tig to me so no spools of wire as in Mig.

 

[Itzkwik]

His post says Miller 180 so I guess its a MIG.

 

[jvo]

Okay, I finally figured out from a friend how to post photos. Thanks to whomever fixed my screwups. Yes, its a Miller 180 syncrowave tig welder.

It was just the thought process that I wanted to combine a rolling tool cart as well as welding cart. I just got tired of working on something, and tripping over the cords and having tools strewn all over the place. The toolbox has drill bits, layout tools, screwdrivers, cutting tools, and other stuff. The idea was to use something and hang it right back up again, so it wasn't laying on the floor beside the car.

I've seen a lot of welding carts, and thought perhaps mine might make someone take it another step further. Thanks.

 

[autoclassicnut]

Add an engine and steering wheel and you'd have a great service cart...

 

[zr1nsx]

That's a great example of creative thinking. Excellent job! I'd like to ask a few questions. How do you like the Syncrowave TIG machine? I'm contemplating a Syncrowave 200 for use at home and have heard very good things about the Syncrowave series machines. Have you done any Aluminum welding with it, and if so, how does it perform on the AC side? Are you using it at home on single phase power? Being a air cooled torch head, how much power can you apply and for how long without the torch getting too hot? Every TIG machine I have ever used had a water cooled torch, and still at high amperage the torch water line would melt if even a very slight kink in the line occurred.

Again, nice work on the cart. Gives me a variety of good ideas for a cart I will undoubtedly build if I purchase a welder for home.

 

[swgray]

Looks like a Tig to me so no spools of wire as in Mig.

His post says Miller 180 so I guess its a MIG.

Its true, I assumed. I fixed the links to the pictures, but didn't study them. I wasn't until now I saw the tig torch. Its also in a different position in each picture.

 

[jvo]

I have never welded aluminum with this machine, nor any other machine. Gas welded a couple coupons with a Henrob torch a couple years ago, that's the extent of my aluminum welding expertise.

I have welded up a few pieces of 1/4 inch plate on some post dollies I made. Ran beads several inches long at 110 amp setting. The torch was fine, was getting fairly warm by the time I was done, but I work in a home shop. I never use it long enough for it to get really warm. For the sheetmetal work that I do, it has never gotten hot on my hand. No problems at all, and I've had the machine for about 4 years now. The torch is a Black Diamond torch that came with the machine.

I'm using it at home on an 80 amp breaker on single phase power. Thanks for the compliments.

 

[JohnK007]

That, my friend, is very unique and well thought out. I especially like the fins on the rear fenders! Nice touch How about giving it a coat of "Bel Air Blue" ?

 

[jvo]

I finally painted it.

 

[jhn9840]

That is one nice cart. Thanks for the updated pics.

jhn9840
John

 

[PCO6]

I finally painted it.

I like the red. All you need to do now is replace the Miller with a Lincoln. Seriously though, that's a great cart.

 

[mrgm]

great cart. Fire extinguisher is a very nice add.

 

[cnc-me]

Sweet welding cart you got.
I like the bat hammer also.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Cool!Le shop mobile.

 

[eborcim]

Is your cart stable with pneumatic tires? Or are they filled? Nice cart anyway!

 

[Holedgr]

Nice cart!! It looks like it may be top heavy, but if you have the skills to fab such a cart, I doubt you would have neglected that detail. Is your garage really cramped to force you to go so high or just doing something different?

-T

 

[jvo]

The cart is very stable. The tires are pneumatic and it rolls around quite easily despite its weight. The Miller welder is heavy. I can't lift it. In fact, when I brought it home, my friend and I put an old tire on the floor, and it was a controlled drop off the pickup tailgate. It must weigh 200 lbs or something like that.
All that weight down low keeps the centre of gravity low.
The toolbox doesn't have much weight in it. Mostly welding related stuff, and die grinder bits and layout stuff. The big argon bottle on the back is also very heavy, but the bottom of it is only about 2 inches off the floor.

It is quite tall, but the weight is all down low.

The original pics show a cheap extendable broomstick on it for the cords. It bent when I accidentally stepped on a cord one day. I pulled a portable tent out of the dumpster at work, and now have a fairly stout extendable piece up top that slides in and out about 3 feet.
Keeps all the cords up off the floor so you're not tripping over them, and keeps them clean.