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Cart I threw together..Attachment 1772633Attachment 1772635Attachment 1772637Attachment 1772639Attachment 1772635

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old junky carts i made

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Just gotta paint it. I'm stoked this is my first decent fab project.

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Les that cart ALMOST makes me want to finish my cart

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Originally Posted by Munkul

Seriously though, lovely work. The turntable makes it a lot nicer to use, I found that out with my Miller cart.

I thought about mounting the Lorch S3 on a turntable, but it's a bit big/heavy, and I would have to figure out some extensions for the water cooler hoses.

thanks, M [emoji2]

i always wished i had incorporated a turntable on the cart for my TA branded Lorch......wasn't about to make that mistake again.


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I built a lot of custom equipment earlier in my career but to tell the truth and tired of welding and grinding, just had enough. I do what I have to do but not looking for projects. For me its more about where, the ergonomics of a pit stop. i am amazed how fast and easy it is to become cardboard storage, how something sits down and can remain, sometimes for years, donr with it, simply sit in the way. I rember back in the day a bud says,,, the DP is great but move it back out of the way. Some stuff put there the day I move in, never moved, never used. Building a storage helped. Its something I did very deliberate.

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Mine are kind of "settled" and I finally found a good use for the synch. That sexy little blue cart has been around, simply set the plas on it for a long time and when renovating found 2 carts I didnt even need if I set 2 machines on top of ole blue.

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Terry that's nuts... I understand the two MIG sets on the one cart... one for each hand, obviously... but the MMA set on top? I guess you hold the stinger with your toes

Seriously though, lovely work. The turntable makes it a lot nicer to use, I found that out with my Miller cart.

I thought about mounting the Lorch S3 on a turntable, but it's a bit big/heavy, and I would have to figure out some extensions for the water cooler hoses.

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Still young 👍. You look 40 in your avatar.

As long you do not get a bird or goto the doctor ok maybe do not get a car or truck you be OK for next 70 years.

Dave

Originally Posted by Lis2323

Thanks, Dave. I’m over 70 but I’ll keep my fingers crossed…


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Originally Posted by smithdoor

Nice cart will last a life time.

Dave

Thanks, Dave. I’m over 70 but I’ll keep my fingers crossed…


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Nice cart will last a life time.

Dave

Originally Posted by Lis2323

Here’s my new welding cart with turntable for the top machine.

Close up of the 4500 lb capacity turntable with subframe for a Fronius 2200 TransSteel 2200





Ready for paint….








Tilt and drop bracket for easy removal of Fronius Transpocket 180 on top





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Originally Posted by Woznme

That's one of the nicest carts. Well done.

thank you! [emoji3]


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That's one of the nicest carts. Well done.

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Here’s my new welding cart with turntable for the top machine.

Close up of the 4500 lb capacity turntable with subframe for a Fronius 2200 TransSteel 2200





Ready for paint….








Tilt and drop bracket for easy removal of Fronius Transpocket 180 on top





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I found scaffolding casters are cheap (about 100 bucks for four) and work great with heavy loads on uneven ground. I'm using them on my next welding cart (just a flat dolly so not worth a pic).
They slip fit into round tubing so plan is to add tube sockets to various benches and my lathe base so I can use a couple sets of casters when I rearrange my shop. Scaffold casters can be locked or let swivel and have brakes. If you're building a cart consider them because they're vastly better than most casters on welding machines. At over 1000lbs capacity per wheel with 8" diameter wheels they're sweet to use.

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Started with an old oscilloscope cart from before my time. I liked the tilt feature but it interfered with opening the side to change the wire. Selected the bottles rack and a custom height drawer from ZTFab who graciously gave me a shop tour when I picked them up, I highly recommend his quality service. Still need to add the TIG and stick rod containers and possibly some ears where the cables hang.

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Constantly reminding myself to take pictures while work is in progress, still nothing much to show. Best laid plans and all that...

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This is the axle mount, 5/8" bolt which I sanded the head to fit a drilled 1" hole. Double duty as reinforcement for the base of the bottles rack.

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this is the stub mount for the base of the bottles rack, replacing two of the original casters. drilled and tapped 1/4"-20 on the diagonal. Silver legs of original scope cart are aluminum so bottle rack is bolted in place. Still learning to control warping, by the time I finished welding out the bottle rack it was sadly out of tolerance, nothing a few clamps and gentle persuasion couldn't fix.
(OK, high percentage of my available clamps and the hammer strikes are artfully hidden under the bottom shelf)

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Updated my welding cart with larger wheel and a handle that also holds the mig gun with cover too.

Dave

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Originally Posted by Woznme

Interesting and unique build. I like how it's made to measure for your power source.
Just needs bigger wheels.

Thanks

The casters I used were rated for 80 pounds and my welder is only like 30 pounds, so it should be good, not sure how much a full bottle weighs

I did have to use an 90 degree coupler on the back of the welder so it wouldn’t be in the way of the bottle.

I tried to make it as compact as I could


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Interesting and unique build. I like how it's made to measure for your power source.
Just needs bigger wheels.

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Here’s my cart










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I'll put this here even though the cart wasn't worth posting but I found the age of the O2 bottle was. Inspection dates back to 1935.

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Thank you.

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The dryer is the HTP Max Dry XXL, it was about $450 +/- on the HTP web site (USA Weld)
It is a very nice piece of hardware. If I bought it again, I would probably buy the standard Max Dry.
The desiccant cartridge is pretty big on the XXL, and is way overkill for my use.
I live in low humidity Southern California, and my compressor has a decent dryer on it also.

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Originally Posted by ToolFanGeoff

Back Side
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HTP dryer for Plasma.

how much $ was that dryer?

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Back Side
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HTP dryer for Plasma.