Martyboi's DIY welding cart build

[martyboi]

The cart build has officially started today and so far is going to plan.... but theres plenty for me to fudge up yet
Anyway.. onto the design, with lack of space being the main issue, i don't want a mahoosive cart taking up loads of room so i have tried to make it as compact as possible.
Went a bit oldschool with the design process..... no CAD here (don't laugh trust me it's better than the first draft)




don't know if the welder will live on the top or bottom shelf yet, going to see how stable it is first

I'm just using 25mmx25mm 1.5mm wall box section for the frame, and probably some 25mmx3mm flat bar for some shelf supports (might use box, haven't decided yet) hopefully this will do the job.



And i got some heavy duty 100mm castor wheels


Set up the miter saw and got chopping


This is the sort of finish it leaves, Ive never used one before so have nothing to compare it too, but i was impressed.


All chopped up


Now for the bit where i just pray it all fit's together?


And it does


Then i made sure the wheels would fit


And i got some ally tread-plate for the shelfs, and tried that too.



Quite relived it all fits together right TBH Ive got to do a bit more practicing on some scrap box before i feel comfortable welding it all up, but hopefully it will be sometime over the weekend
BTW it will have some sort of handle, but I'm waiting to get it together to see where i want it.

[hondo]

It's looking good marty.

[martyboi]

Originally Posted by hondo

It's looking good marty.

cheers hondo, lets hope the welding look's ok

[Lagdti]

As always with your work it looks great Marty.

Lag jnr wants a go-cart built,do you do commissions?.

[martyboi]

Originally Posted by Lagdti

As always with your work it looks great Marty.

Lag jnr wants a go-cart built,do you do commissions?.

cheers lag

you havent seen this finished yet it will probably fall over