My Carts

[Amalgam]

Since in a previous thread someone amde a good comments about my cars I will post some pictures. Those were my very first projects

[Amalgam]

my table

[Amalgam]

My chop saw?bench grinder/angle grinder stand

[cutter]

I really like that little yaller welding cart. Looks kinda like it started out in life to be a chair & found a higher purpose. Since I don't have a wife around who requires me to mop my shop floor every day I have to have larger tires though. Sheesh, its been a while since I've noticed a reflection in a concrete floor! Does she make you wax and buff it too?

[Franz]

Now Cutter, don't be pickin on the youngun. He's barely been at this weldin long enough to know witch way to point the gun.
Give him a year or so, and he oughta have a barred gate to keep the wife in the house and a good deep pile of traction assist spatter on the floor.
Didn't he already build the wofe a nice fume exhauster so the welding smell wouldn't get in the house? The man is downright considerate. Besides, his wife might be a great cook.

[cutter]

Originally posted by Franz
Now Cutter, don't be pickin on the youngun. He's barely been at this weldin long enough to know witch way to point the gun.
Give him a year or so, and he oughta have a barred gate to keep the wife in the house and a good deep pile of traction assist spatter on the floor.
Didn't he already build the wofe a nice fume exhauster so the welding smell wouldn't get in the house? The man is downright considerate. Besides, his wife might be a great cook.

Oh I know you're right, Franz. Its just that after 30 years of being married followed by 10 years of being free to do as I please, I feel eminently qualified to serve as a marriage counselor, especially when I see these fellows completely losing control of their households like they do. ;)
They all need to read Dr. Walter E. Williams. Come to think of it, everybody needs to read Walter Williams. The liberals and other lesbians would all die of stroke and apoplexy, leaving the rest of us in peace.

[4xJedi]

How about some more pics of your chop saw/ grinderstand. I like it. Nice idea.
mike

[J-mike]

Wow! Nice setup. Can you give us some more angles on the chop saw/bench grinder/angle grinder stand?

[Amalgam]

Here there are more angles of the chop saw stand (I hope Chuck is not going to get mad for too many pictures) As I explained, my space is very limited and I had to make everything portable.

[Amalgam]

This is an outlet for the chop and grinder

[Amalgam]

This is another electrical outlet for the angle grinder and a dremel or for any other needs

[Amalgam]

I made all the electrical wiring inside the stand for the outlets

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Another angle

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And this is my little corner.

[J-mike]

Amalgam: Great shop, and good job on all your projects!

[Franz]

Cutter, I am well acquainted with Walter Williams beleifs, and I sort of think he runs his household pretty much the same way Hagar the Horrible runs his. Your credentials as a Marriage Counselor are doubtless impecable, but ya just oughta point out to the younguns that when you got divorced, She got the Oil Well, and you got the SHAFT, sort of a truth in advertising thing, so the younguns can shop intelligently.

Amalgum, WAY too much yellow paint! You also should consider a couple more rungs across the base of the grinder stand to minimize stress on the top corners.

Another thing everybody needs to remember, welding helmets are magnets to spray paint, so keep the helmet out of the paint area.

[transfuga]

Nice job, Amalgam. Your shop looks very good and clean!.

[stermed]

I like your tables, it looks like they keep you organized. You should put a bushing or something where the extension cord enters the leg or it might light up your life.

[kshellrazor]

just a question as I am new to welding. What did you use to hold your steel in place (ie: your legs of your chop saw stand)?? - did you just tack them and then align them, or do you have a helper (human or mechanical) - Sometimes I try to imagine the steps in welding something. What you weld first, what last, what is the easiest angle for your gun to plan which steps come first.

[Arc_It]

Once again I realize why this is such a great forum. Great projects and great ideas. Well done! :)

[minitribal]

hey, how does that fume hood work? You want to give us a little bit more detail on that one? Great projects!

[smiti105]

Someone doing some fabbing. Nice jobs and great ideas.

[Madman Stephan]

Cutter, nice grinding cart, but, you definitely need to add a grommet where that orange power cord goes into the frame. If not, it'll cut away the jacket and ZAP! You're toast!

[triffid_98]

Can anyone post a pic of a good welding bench fixture holder?

I want to have a way to temporarily mount a vise to my cart and I'm not sure what the supports should look like.

Thanks!
-David

[mike96]

Nice!, I really like the bench grinder/chop saw cart. Maybe at something that extends out the sides for when your cutting up longer pieces too.

[Hammack_Welding]

triffid, in two of my tables I welded a 2 1/2 in square tube in the table and make a plate with a 2 in tube wleded to it and mount the vise to it. The vise actually fits down in the tube like a reciever style towing hitch does. works pretty well.
Give me some days to post a few pics. ~Jackson

[triffid_98]

triffid, in two of my tables I welded a 2 1/2 in square tube in the table and make a plate with a 2 in tube wleded to it and mount the vise to it. The vise actually fits down in the tube like a reciever style towing hitch does. works pretty well.
Give me some days to post a few pics. ~Jackson

Thanks Jackson!

I already picked up some receiver tubing, I just want to make sure I mount it such that it doesn't have too much slop. slop+BFH=injuries.

From your description it sounds like you've mounted yours vertically. Did you just use a pin or did you weld on some nuts to hold the tubes together?

[Hammack_Welding]

triffid, I weld my reciever tube vertically in the corner of the table I make it about 12 inches long, and weld then grind it flush with the top so you can lay out stuff without hitting it. If you make the reciever 12 inches and the insert 12 inches mounted vertically, you will not have much slop and it will stay in without the use of pins or nuts. I have never had one come loose, and mine catch all kinds of hell. Good luck ~Jackson

[dnrtheil]

Amalgam, you did a great job on the carts. I would like to know what you did to your floor. I am currently finishing off my garage and am up in the air on what to do to the floor. I would like to have something other than unfinished concrete. I am afraid of paint or epoxy for fear of welding/grinding sparks melting the finish, and also the possibility of my jack stands denting the surface.