Diamond Plate TIG Cart

[sschefer]

Nice work.. Looks better than anything I've seen.

[Doug Wright]

Beautiful,Nice design and great looks.
Congrats

[performance]

My eyes!!!My eyes!!!!
Great!!! That is worth producing and selling. What do you think it will cost? hmmm, it gives me some ideas...

[dave s]

My eyes!!!My eyes!!!!
Great!!! That is worth producing and selling. What do you think it will cost? hmmm, it gives me some ideas...

My cost on this project (I have some leftover diamond plate) and including a full tank of argon ($34) was around $150. I would hate to price out a new sheet of diamond plate! With the cost of good wheels, new tubing, and stitch welds instead of full length to save material costs, you would probably have to charge at least $300 plus. Would people pay that much? I'm looking for a sheer/brake for my shop which would have cut my fab time in half and reduced material costs further. I also want a Bridgeport mill and small lathe but my wife won't let me have her side of the garage!!!

[Ray]

Hey Mark if your serious give me a call sometime, I have a friend with a break and other stuff. Aluminum is lighter to ship.. Hmmm.
Dave is that ¼” diamond plate? Would it have to be that heavy? What do you think?

[everlastsupport]

Hey Dave,

Nice job and again I really like the filler tube idea a lot (I would have more ER70 in mine). I went to youtube and you were actually #1 there with just "TIG welding cart" I think it was.

For those that want to see more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7beWY7w8R1E

Cutting the rubber tubing to fill the larger hole is a good idea too.

Nice work, keep us posted on the future projects.

[dave s]

Hey Mark if your serious give me a call sometime, I have a friend with a break and other stuff. Aluminum is lighter to ship.. Hmmm.
Dave is that ¼” diamond plate? Would it have to be that heavy? What do you think?

I'm not sure how you measure diamond plate, but the actual plate part not including the diamond is 3/16. That's what the scrapyard had and I think it was perfect. Any thicker would be tough to weld the lap joints, quite a gap to fill from the diamonds. Probably the next size thinner material would work also.

[performance]

Dave,
I just noticed that your cover is on backwards. You could have cooling issues if you don't reverse the direction of the louvers. I don't know if you had the cover off or not, but it does appear to be reversed.