The Crazy Cart

[4shorts]

johndeere4300;[/B]1572356]That is a great job you done there, looks like a lot of planning to get
it to come out that way. I really like (all) of the detail you put it to it.
Looks like you have plenty of patience for a job to turn out that way.

The video was great too from start to finish, showing each step you
did to get it that way. It really makes my welder look broke down,
because mine is sitting on the floor and yours is up and running.

Thanks for sharing.
Bill


(P.S.) If the local sheriff department here in E.Kentucky saw me with
the one you have they would ask me for proof of insurance.

Dyer, retired[/B];1572227]4shorts,

Imagine my shock when I opened your thread and saw the cart you built was nearly an exact duplicate of mine! The major difference was that I opted for the flexible pull handle on mine.

I've followed a few of your threads and you do exceptionally nice work! This is my first welder and I just needed something to pull it around the garage, so it's very low tech. So far, my welds are pretty horrible looking, so I won't be trying a custom cart build just yet.

I look forward to following your future projects. Dyer, retired

Hey Bill I appreciate your comments on my work. It's not ground breaking by any stretch of the imagination but I enjoy building this stuff. As for the video. I thought "Building a Mystery" worked out well with the Crazy Cart because it really started out being a mystery You'll have to get your welding machine on the go and see what you can come with. you could end up surprising yourself Gee I laughed at the sheriff comment

Dyer. That's a great welding machine you have there. I've always liked Blue It don't matter what type of cart you have as long as it serves the purpose it was intended for but it is very close to the one I made. no trouble to see the resemblance

Just a bit of info for you. I never took a welding course in my entire life. As they say, Practice makes perfect. I now do all types of welding here at my shop including some specialty stuff for the local machine shops so keep that machine plugged in. Put in some time at it. Read and even pick up a video or two and you will be very surprised in what you can turn out in nice welds. Appreciate your comments. Paul aka "4shorts"

 

[Dyer retired]

Paul,

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I have only used a mig welder and stick welder a few times and really liked the challenge of the stick welding process. I have been reading, as you suggested, for about 2 years now, but have always been the type that finds that it all makes more sense once I'm actually doing it, which is what seems to be happening now. My wife told me I couldn't get a welder until I went 6 months in a row without hurting myself, which I finally managed to do late last year! I had my eye on the Thunderbolt XL and the local dealer had one on the floor. I've done a couple of little jobs on the snowblower, but have mostly been practicing on scrap metal every day. I've had more fun with that thing in the last two weeks than should be allowed....and, contrary to my wife's belief, I haven't burned the house down. I do have an industrial fire extinguisher at hand, just in case!

 

[3RRL]

Outstanding Paul!
What a super sano job that is. Attention to detail is way past my attention span.
You have some real talent man.

 

[4shorts]

Outstanding Paul!
What a super sano job that is. Attention to detail is way past my attention span.
You have some real talent man.

Thanks Rob. Really appreciate your comments on the cart. Coming from an engineer makes it extra special. I've done so much of this stuff that if I posted it all I would be afraid it would take over the site so I just post a few items. Thanks again Rob

 

[wwalkersd]

Wow! Just wow! What an amazing job. Some might say you went a little overboard.

Ignorant question from a non-welder (so far): your cart carries big blue welder-looking boxes on both the lower and upper shelves. Are those two separate units, or a single welder that takes up two boxes?

 

[4shorts]

Wow! Just wow! What an amazing job. Some might say you went a little overboard.

Ignorant question from a non-welder (so far): your cart carries big blue welder-looking boxes on both the lower and upper shelves. Are those two separate units, or a single welder that takes up two boxes?

My friend that is not an ignorant question at all and actually a very good question in my opinion. The Miller welding machine is on the top of the cart. It's a Miller Dynasty DX200. It is used for Tig welding but can also be used for Arc welding.
When this machine is purchased most use a air cooled torch to weld with it. It's really not air cooled but cooled by the Argon gas passing through it. After a little while welding with that torch it can get a little warm on the hand due to all the heat it creates so that's why the bottom machine on the shelf.

The lower Miller box is actually a coolant system. It is hooked up to the upper welding machine via a special water cooled torch so that when I'm welding for extended periods of time the torch never gets hot. It don't even get warm. there's a special coolant in there that gets pumped up to the machine, passes through the torch, goes back to the cooler, gets cooled and back to the torch again.

It's a very nice system that can do exceptional welds. If I need to go mobile with the machine I grab the upper welding machine along with the air cooled torch and leave the cooler behind.

So there you go. Great question and I thank you for asking it and I appreciate you saying you like the Crazy Cart. Yep, I'll admit I went overboard but it was a fun build

 

[TBDonnelly]

The lower Miller box is actually a coolant system. It is hooked up to the upper welding machine via a special water cooled torch so that when I'm welding for extended periods of time the torch never gets hot. It don't even get warm. there's a special coolant in there that gets pumped up to the machine, passes through the torch, goes back to the cooler, gets cooled and back to the torch again.

Inquiring minds want to know.........Where does the beer keg sit and how does it hook up to the cooler?

Don

 

[mjncad]

You even painted the shielding gas tank to match. Love your work, I wish I had your energy!

 

[4shorts]

You even painted the shielding gas tank to match. Love your work, I wish I had your energy!

You got a good eye my friend. I was wondering if anyone would notice that. When I completed the cart, I didn't like the look of the big ugly Argon tank. It is a rental from our local welding supplier. Every now and then I have to get it exchanged for a full one and the tanks are always different colors which would have made the Crazy Cart look a little "Ratty" so what I decided to do was ask my wife to make me a custom "Sock" to pull down over the ugly tanks to cover it up with the Miller blue color. Works and looks better in my opinion so I'm happy. Glad you like it and appreciate you saying so.

I have another project in the process now. It's about 75% complete. Hoping to get back at it soon and I think it's a really cool one that I'm sure most will enjoy seeing. My problem is that it's the busy time of then year for me on this end so it might be a few months before you see it completed but stay tuned

Inquiring minds want to know.........Where does the beer keg sit and how does it hook up to the cooler?

Don

Hey Don. I didn't want to really mention it but seeing you brought it up. There's actually beer in the lower cooler and I installed a tee in the line and ran one 1/2 I.D. line up to the welding helmet Seeing it was beer I didn't need a return line

That's where the saying came from "It's Miller Time" One hour into a job and you should see some of my welds

 

[TBDonnelly]

Hey Don. I didn't want to really mention it but seeing you brought it up. There's actually beer in the lower cooler and I installed a tee in the line and ran one 1/2 I.D. line up to the welding helmet Seeing it was beer I didn't need a return line

That's where the saying came from "It's Miller Time" One hour into a job and you should see some of my welds

It's well rumoured Canadiens love their beer. Eh? I take it Miller "Genuine Draft" may be the beer of choice? I'm thinking the 1/2" inside diameter line would be the perfect delivery vehicle for a smooth uninterrupted flow of the nice chilled liquid beverage.

I'm thinking though, the heat and cold on either side of the welder's helmet window could cause some fogging. You may need a small windshield wiper to clear the glass.

Don