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.
Constantly reminding myself to take pictures while work is in progress, still nothing much to show. Best laid plans and all that...
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.
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)
Last edited by _Dom; 03-18-2022 at 01:41 PM.
Reason: Straightened out the pictures
Miller Multimatic 220AC
Miller Thunderbolt 225
Victor OA
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.
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.
Last edited by Munkul; 06-06-2022 at 06:19 AM.
Murphy's Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.
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.
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.
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
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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