Welding table and portable tool cart...

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  1. mashori

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    Anyone have any pics of portable tool carts they use and maybe a portable welding cart/station? I would like to build the welding cart with the welder on the bottom of it but could do them separate.
     
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    I can get one later this evening.
    I bought a hard plastic one (might be fiberglass) at Northern tools and cut a hole in the top tray big enough to fit around the tank. The tank is secure and sits on the lower tray. Gives me a parts tray top and a place on the bottom to put the 110 welder.
     
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    Here's the one I bought. The hole I cut I did towards the back away from the handles.
    http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200344165_200344165

    I do have to use 2x4s under the welder so the side access door will clear the tray side. I didn't mount them or screw them down cause there really is no need to. I can take the welder with me and not have to take something apart to grab it and go. OR I just load the whole cart bottle and all..
     
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    I have the same exact one at the shop, 2 of them that we bought so that we would have one per project we are working on it. It's really solid.
     
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    This design type has two models. This is the smaller of the two. The other is rather big for a garage IMO.. But it would have more work/parts space. It is pretty solid. I looked for awhile for something and this is what I decided was the best deal for the money.. Those welder rolling stands are nice but that's pretty much all they are. For about the same I have a top and feels alot more secure as far as the bottle or tipping..
     
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    We have the ultimate, ultra sturdy metal work table at work. It is the overhead cage from an old forklift.
     
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    Like this? I have since mounted a shielding gas bottle on the end.
     

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    that's pretty good actually. fits your welder nicely...
    anyone try making their own?
     
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    what a great site...that's all I've been doing between work is look at that website and the videos
     
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    I have the standard welding cart from Miller, buy my 4x4' welding table is from a fab shop. It weighs close to 500# so I can put almost anything on it. The top is 1/2" plate steel
     
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    I just picked this one up a couple weeks ago. Harbor Freight, $40 or so, if I remember correctly. I have the same hobart that predfan has in his picture above, bottle straps to the back.

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