The rubber finally hits the road...

...on my welding cart that is! I finally got the gas cylinder for use with my new mig welder and decided to try my hand at building a cart for the equipment, rather than experimenting on my other set of wheels (the Maverick in the background). The whole thing was made out of salvage angle iron and some used dolly wheels. All I laid out cash for were the paint and the bicycle grips.
Next project; replacing the rear quarter panels on the Mav with some n.o.s. ones I picked up. I realize that it's a bit audacious of me to presume I can go from building a welding cart from scrap to replacing a quarter panel, but I've done my homework on the subject, and if I take my time and measure twice/cut once I think I can do it.
In any case, I'm going to document the whole thing and post an article on it, regardless of how it turns out. I'm committed to this now, as I've already melted the lead out of the roof seam and started to drill out some of the spot welds. Pray for me, if your so inclined; I'm going to need all the help I can get!
Later,
John B.

 

John, that cart looks just as good to me as anything I've seen available at retail. I don't think you'll have any problem with the quarter panels.

 

Cool very nice and clean looking work .

 

That is a great looking cart! I hope if I build one one of these days it turns out as well.

 

Thats a great thing about these welders. You will find all sorts of neat things to make with them. Nice job!!!!

 

Thanks for the compliments on the cart. It wasn't that difficult, really. In fact I kind of designed it as I went along, avoiding as best I could any fussy angles. The 3" angle iron that forms the main skeleton gives it a lot of heft on the bottom, and leaves you with a decent space with sides on it to place your accessories. The grinder was useful in "beautifying" some of my first welds (it's been nearly 2 years since I took an intro welding course). It took me a while to figure out that the recommended heat and wire feed speeds were not necessarily the best. Anyway, thanks for the kind words. John B.

 

I need to get one soon, Sears has a pretty nice mig setup for 300, gas/no gas with a cart, figure I'm going to check it out next paycheck