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Well I decided to build my own welding cart. I needed 3 shelves and I just couldn’t find one I like that fit my price range so I just designed and build my own. Still have to add a few things but here it is!
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Looks good, will you paint it, or...
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LtBadd wrote:Looks good, will you paint it, or...
Not 100% sure yet, might grind it out and clear coat it raw or paint it. Just not sure.
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LtBadd wrote:Looks good, will you paint it, or...
Not 100% sure yet, might grind it out and clear coat it raw or paint it. Just not sure.
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very trick cart. nice ideas!
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NICE Bro .... you "knocked it out of the park".
My vote is to grind/sand it with a course disk (lots of swirl marks) and then clear coat it....would look really fine it think.
Anyway, Great job again.
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Arch wrote:NICE Bro .... you "knocked it out of the park".
My vote is to grind/sand it with a course disk (lots of swirl marks) and then clear coat it....would look really fine it think.
Anyway, Great job again.

Thank you! I am still debating on how to finish it but when I do I’ll post it here.
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Well done!
Bonus points for not taking the easy way out and making it square

I would only add some kind of roll-cage, just in case you push it sideways over some hose or cable...

Makes me remember a long time ago sitting in the principals office trying to explain how I managed to trip an expensive film projector on the floor :roll:
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AndersK wrote:Well done!
Bonus points for not taking the easy way out and making it square

I would only add some kind of roll-cage, just in case you push it sideways over some hose or cable...

Makes me remember a long time ago sitting in the principals office trying to explain how I managed to trip an expensive film projector on the floor :roll:
Thanks! I wanted something that suited my needs and wasn’t a cookie cutter setup. I really liked the ZTfab one but I just couldn’t drop the coin on one after upgrading to my new setup. I still have a few things to do to the cart but It turned out pretty cool.
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That's custom man. I need to buy another machine so I have a reason to build that cart.
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The cart isn’t done but here is the new setup it was built for.
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Finally finished the cart off with some lead hangers and a paint job.
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Very nice!

I'd like to ask what the dimensions are? Mainly interested in the width. I am interested in a single tank cart, and would like something narrower than 24", which most of the 2 tank carts are. Your cart looks stable with a single tank.

Ideally I'd like to have a small table that could flip up, or be stored on the cart to be used for welding on, that way it would be a complete mobile solution. I don't know if that is asking too much or not, but could always use a Nomad type table if needed.

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The cart is 13 1/2” wide not including the hangers. With the wheels on it is 38 1/4” tall, each shelf is 16” apart. I built the shelves out of 3/4” square tubing and welded the 1/8” plate inside of the Square tubing making kindof a tray so that if for some reason anything shifts it won’t fall off. The sheet I used to cut out the decorative sides was 1/8” pickle oiled hot rolled steel. Basically the same as hot rolled but they dip it in acid to remove the slag so it has that cold rolled shine. I went with it since it was as cheap as normal hot rolled but I wouldn’t have to do a lot of carbon clean up. It roles really nicely. I used Caster’s from northern tool and some pneumatic lawn mower wheels for the rear. Not including the tank it has about 110 lbs of equipment on it. I was worried with the design it would want to tip especially without the tank but it doesn’t.
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Yes, I like that size Graveyard. I'm been pondering something narrower than 24" for a single tank, this looks stable.

What size tank is that, it looks like a 330cfm possible?

Looks really nice.

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It is a “T” tank or 330 Cu Ft
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Graveyard wrote:It is a “T” tank or 330 Cu Ft
I have a 125cfm, so this size cart would be perfect for me. Thanks again for sharing!

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Graveyard,

Stumbled on your IG page and must say you do some really nice work! 8-) I stumbled upon your page after looking at the unobtaniumwelding page...so I have to ask, are you guys cornerng the market on beautiful tig welds up there in Alberta? :lol:

And it looked like your beautiful Shepard approved of the cart...

Hats off to you, nice work.

Alan
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