Just finished hooking up the 250EX today

[redbeard]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

[5440]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

Agreed. One of the first things to be made with my 250EX will be a cart, most likely from aluminum.

[Rodsmachineshop]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

[redbeard]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

Can't wait to see the pictures!

[67cudafb]

Redbeard i am making a welding cart out of wood 2x4 and duct tape lol

So your building the cadillac of welding cart, 2X4 tough to weld

[Rodsmachineshop]

I was kidding lol' but going to start building a double cart soon so my mig and plasma are on one cart 'since i just having them sitting on a old craftsman tool box rite now , cant believe how steel is going up order a bunch today for my skids and under plating bill came to like 600 bucks. I do a lot of jeep Cherokee skids . I copy jcr skids since like how he designed them . He has a good price on his stuff but the cost of shipping today makes better to just make the stuff at my shop shipping on the skids are like 80 bucks . almost half the price of the skids for shipping since heavy since done with .188 3/16 wall tubing

[brad3579]

A welding cart that's bolted together?!? BLASPHEMY!

lol
If I had the time welding one would be an option but for now it seems that it will work very well.

Have you TIG welded before?

Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.

[redbeard]

lol
If I had the time welding one would be an option but for now it seems that it will work very well.

I must admit that it is quite a bit better than the old TV cart I am currently using for my plasma cutter.

Not yet, but no better time for learning I guess.
I will start on some mild steel and then try some stainless.
I picked up a bunch of 16 gauge SS pieces that are about 8" x10" from the scrap yard for cheap and figured they would be a good place to start from.

I just started TIGing in December, I actually found it to be much easier to make pretty practice beads on AL than on mild steel. Haven't even tried SS yet.

[CGCINC]

I just started TIGing in December, I actually found it to be much easier to make pretty practice beads on AL than on mild steel. Haven't even tried SS yet.

I agree about the Aluminum. When I took welding classes last year, they started me TIG'ing on Aluminum, he said if you can Tig Aluminum you can Tig anything. After months of working with Aluminum only, I found it difficult to Tig mild Steel at first. I finally got in the groove but you can make some nice looking beads on Aluminum!