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    Welder Cart

    For those in a similar boat as me, shop space is a premium, so anything that can be done to consolidate is a bonus. 10 lbs. of.....well, you know.. I recently sold my L-Tec welder, and replaced it with a Miller 211. Yes, the Migmaster 250 has left the building.....


    Sold it on CL, where the old machine was a two-story deal, the new one will be a three story. In order to take up less floor space, I need to incorporate the Miller 211, the Hypertherm Tig, and the Snap On dent puller, and two bottles:







    Starting with the base, some 1-1/2 square tubing makes up the frame. This stuff was free, and as with most free stuff, it isn't. Kyle spent a bit of the time in the shop media blasting rusty square tubing that has been sitting outdoors for a number of years. He also learned a bit more of mig welding..



    The Tig will go on the bottom, and it has some mounting holes on the bottom side...



    So some 3/4 square stock was used to make some rails for the Tig, along with some holes to tie in the front end..



    Next, adding the front casters.....



    A cross brace was added under the center line of each of the 2 bottles...



    12 gauge will be used to form a tray under the bottles...



    Support bracket added for Mig welder:




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    The rear axle was made from a piece of angle and two 3/4-10 bolts..





    Rear bottle tray made from some 12 gauge, and welded on using about 3/8 diameter plug welds..





    Top shelf added along with some gussets made of 12 gauge..



    Bottle relief and pull handle added....





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    Added these studs to make use of the bottle bracket that came off the old welder. My brother in law had borrowed it at one time, and it came back with the fancy bracket. He retired the ratchet strap I had around the two bottles. This worked pretty well, so rather than reinvent the wheel.... Reminds me, I have some other things needing finishing I should lend him...







    Then a bracket for the clip is added to hold the Mig torch..







    Holders for the various cables....











    .....and a test fit before we throw some paint on it...





    Looks like I have some room left, may have to add one more.... To be continued.
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    Great concept. A bit narrow for my liking (almost a 3 wheeler) and possibly top heavy. Changing out bottle closest to the rack looks to be a time thing for me but certainly overall gets the job done!!!

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    It primarily stays in the shop on concrete, once the two bottles are sitting over the rear wheels it's pretty stable. 12 x 40 footprint on the bottom base.


    OK, one last welder to add and I promise I'm done...













    Now to disassemble and paint it...
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    I really Like it , Some great ways to make a weld cart

    Thanks for sharing . I'm going to build one now



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    nice job, thanks for sharing.
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    That sure gets the job done and frees up some valuable space. Great job spelling it out for us all Robert. We appreciate that. Most of us are visual...so a lot of pics is super.
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    Thanks for the comments guys!


    Tonight I got busy adding some color to the welding cart. It was a toss up between some bright red (HD color) which was acrylic lacquer, or a bright yellow (H/K Lemon Yellow basecoat). As I didn't have any lacquer thinner in stock for the red, yellow it is...followed by clearcoat




    Along with the purple E-wheel, this should help to brighten up the shop!
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    Only Robert could have a welding cart that looks like it should go on the show circuit before using Looking good mp&c.
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