s219
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Been looking at welding carts for a few months and thinking about building one, but ultimately realized I needed something enclosed due to all the woodworking activity and sawdust in my workshop. So I have been looking around at rolling tool chests that would be good to support a welder and hold all my gear. Finally saw a price drop on a Husky tool chest at Home Depot and grabbed one. After looking at several brands, I think there must be one company making a lot of these tool boxes and cabinets. This Husky is very much like a higher-mid-grade Craftsman except for the paint job.
Nice to have a drawer just for clamps, almost a luxury to have it nearby when welding:
Top drawer has doodads and supplies:
Middle drawer fits helmet nicely:
(similar draw on bottom will eventually hold my angle grinder and other metalworking tools)
I added some hooks to store the welder leads. Combined with the main handle, they also do well to hang stuff while welding
Finally, here's a 40+ year old chop saw my dad gave me, along with two packs of 14" blades (dozen in each pack). I think I am set for life. That saw has taken a lot of abuse over the years on various job sites, and at one time was used to cut hundreds of steel studs every day on drywall jobs. This was made back when B&D was a good product.
Nice to have a drawer just for clamps, almost a luxury to have it nearby when welding:
Top drawer has doodads and supplies:
Middle drawer fits helmet nicely:
(similar draw on bottom will eventually hold my angle grinder and other metalworking tools)
I added some hooks to store the welder leads. Combined with the main handle, they also do well to hang stuff while welding
Finally, here's a 40+ year old chop saw my dad gave me, along with two packs of 14" blades (dozen in each pack). I think I am set for life. That saw has taken a lot of abuse over the years on various job sites, and at one time was used to cut hundreds of steel studs every day on drywall jobs. This was made back when B&D was a good product.
