Old stainless steel hospital cart, used for temporary welder plasma cart

[cbmkr]

Here is a pic of an old hospital cart that i found at the scrap yard for 50 cents a pound, i have used it for many things and put the new tig and plasma on it until i get my NEW Hybrid dual purpose welding cart done.The new cart will be aluminum and a dual purpose cart also.I purchased the material yesterday and will start next week.

[2tailfins]

only .50 a pound good deal! should roll good with those big casters too.

[Trip59]

No offense, but that scares the crap outta me. That bottle, laid over, valve projecting out... wouldn't see me near it. I'd take the bottle and strap it to a wall near where you weld for now.

[Rambozo]

No offense, but that scares the crap outta me. That bottle, laid over, valve projecting out... wouldn't see me near it. I'd take the bottle and strap it to a wall near where you weld for now.

Don't you know, that's also for the cart's optional self propelled mode.

[redbeard]

Thanks for the idea cbmkr, I have an old maids cart that is currently semi-permanant storage for woodworking tools. I think it would be just as if not more useful for metalworking.

Don't you know, that's also for the cart's optional self propelled mode.

Just add a guidance system and your cart will get to the jobsite long before you do!

[Trip59]

Don't you know, that's also for the cart's optional self propelled mode.

LMFAO, gives a new twist on high speed welding

All jokes aside, sliding the tank over or welding up a cage to protect it would take just a little bit and would avoid that one in a million chance something would nail it. I'm not perfect, I've done bad bad things safety-wise, so I'm not trying to play angel here, just pointing out something that would cause an OSHA inspector to run for a change of skivvies.

[Rodsmachineshop]

could do like i did with a old cart i had cut a round hole and hold the tank

[Trip59]

Also did something similar to the cart I'm about to replace:


Even built a piece around it to protect things from rolling into the hole. Top shelf of the HF three shelf cart protected the valve thoroughly.

[Rambozo]

Might as well add that although you can dispense Oxygen and Argon from a sideways bottle (not legally, but it will work), you absolutely cannot do this with acetylene, CO2, or any other gas that is stored in a liquid format. DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!

[Rodsmachineshop]

DANGER WILL ROBINSON! lol but DR SMITH SAID IT WAS OK LOL

[Trip59]

Might as well add that although you can dispense Oxygen and Argon from a sideways bottle (not legally, but it will work), you absolutely cannot do this with acetylene, CO2, or any other gas that is stored in a liquid format. DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!

And if you transport Acetylene horizontally or non-vertically, it must REST before it can be used or bad things will happen. CO2 not too long, but Acet isn't just an empty open bottle, so things have to settle again.

[Brian Ski]

Couple videos I found about cylinders... Man you have to RESPECT high pressure cylinders... We work with them, but easy to take them for granted. This cylinder was being worked on. It looks like it was a smaller one.... About the size of a loaf of bread...

Graphic so be warned...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lw_fhNAIQc

This is a video showing what a scuba tank does with a snapped off valve... Kind of neat... Promoting a safety valve... Not graphic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyINN...ture=fvwp&NR=1

[cbmkr]

No offense, but that scares the crap outta me. That bottle, laid over, valve projecting out... wouldn't see me near it. I'd take the bottle and strap it to a wall near where you weld for now.

Its fine only gets moved by me, i have seen first hand what they do if the valve is turned on and the regulator gets snapped off. on a 200 cu ft bottle it will turn in a circle for approx 28 minutes on the floor. It clears a lot of dust out of a shop also. I had an employee try to roll a Millermatic 300 across an assembly line track the safety chain came lose the bottle fell just before the welder and snapped the pipe nipple off the regulator and around we went.

[Brian Ski]

Its fine only gets moved by me, i have seen first hand what they do if the valve is turned on and the regulator gets snapped off. on a 200 cu ft bottle it will turn in a circle for approx 28 minutes on the floor. It clears a lot of dust out of a shop also. I had an employee try to roll a Millermatic 300 across an assembly line track the safety chain came lose the bottle fell just before the welder and snapped the pipe nipple off the regulator and around we went.

I am more worried about something stupid happens like a big hammer falls off the table. Or a big piece of angle iron falls over. Knocking the regulator off is a mess but if it snaps the valve off the tank you have a torpedo. A cylinder will go right through a block wall. Kind of like a cannon ball.

Don't get me wrong I am not dogging you..... But the way my luck runs... I am the one it would happen to.

[Winky]

Having worked in hospitals for the last three decades I've rescued a few carts from trash bins and put them to better use. My motto ... if it will work ... use it LOL.

[cbmkr]

It will be fine , for know the end stays under my 4x6 5/8" steel welding table, i just move it to use the plasma, My new cart will have it in the upright position like my Miller 200 or my torch cart. I know it always puts that thought in the back of your mind. I get a little more nervous with the small 20 pound propane bottles than anything else.