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    As some may remember, TC, Altiain, and I took a welding class last fall and I subsequently bought a welder. Got some work on my first project with the thing this last weekend.



    Apparently, if you buy a mig welder, you are required to built a cart for it (according to all the welder sites I've been reading anyway). It's not finished yet, but getting closer. I have the front wheels but didn't have the right bolts to put them on. I need to put a shelf (or something) in the space below the welder and then some hooks and what not to wind cords around.
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    Nice cart. Here is the one I built.




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    wanna trade? :)
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    Don't think it will fit in a Miata. And it weighs around 500 lbs.

    The top is a 34x50 inch piece of 1/2 plate steel. The top and bottom are made of 3x3x1/4 inch angle and the legs are 3x3x1/8 inch rectangular tube. The wheels are industrial roller casters rated at about 500 lbs each.
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    oh... I'll bring my truck and pick it up...

    btw: what did you use to make the ring your gas bottle sits on? Did you bend it yourself?
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    Cut it off the end of a pipe?

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    Looks good Dave... What size tank is that and what did it cost? I need to get my shielding gas but can't decide if I really need a big tank or if I can live with a small one... yours looks in between the 2 sizes I saw at TSC.

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    It's the largest size Home Depot sells... I want to say (from memory mind you) buying your first full tank is ~$240 and then you can exchange empty for full for around $30. They were the cheapest on the refills I found anywhere. I think they call it a size Q. LINK HERE
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave04 View Post
    It's the largest size Home Depot sells... I want to say (from memory mind you) buying your first full tank is ~$240 and then you can exchange empty for full for around $30. They were the cheapest on the refills I found anywhere. I think they call it a size Q. LINK HERE
    Cool... I will have to check that out... TSC just had the size S and size R ones. That size Q looks like a nice compromise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave04 View Post
    oh... I'll bring my truck and pick it up...

    btw: what did you use to make the ring your gas bottle sits on? Did you bend it yourself?
    Cut it out of an old o2 cylinder that was no longer good. I have another piece if you want it.

    The brace below it I made by cutting down a piece of the 3x3 angle to the shape I wanted then welded it all together.




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    Quote Originally Posted by HudsonHawk View Post
    I have another piece if you want it.
    Sure! I could use it for another project I'm looking in to ...
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