OK...Finally some progress. I found a new steel place locally and they were very good to deal with. Not super cheap as they didn't have drop prices vs regular, but they are small enough that they don't have a huge drop inventory yet, I guess. So I had them shear up a 16 ga sheet for the drawers and a case for the drawers. Did nice work on that. Nice and square and right on dimensions. I got some angle and other stuff from them too. Picked up some drawer slides and basic pulls and I was ready to go....
...3 months later when I finally got around to it (last weekend...) :laughing: I made some progress. I got the drawers made, mounted, and re-did the tank rack, plus added a stop for the welder to keep it from sliding down the ramp.
The drawers were just awful. I was welding an outside corner joint on 16ga and I'm just not that good or smooth. Some of them went well, but others were pretty bad. The grinder solves a lot of bad welding, eh?:laughing: Yes I practiced a bunch first, if only to dial in the settings on the wirefeed.
But they're done. Mounting them was a PITA as it was hard to work inside the narrow case. I had a few misdrilled holes. Some still need to be fixed when I take it apart for painting. I'll weld up those bad holes at that time with a brass backer bar or something.
And the tank rack is remade for my size tanks (125cf). It was too tall before and the tanks barely reached it, plus they didn't have any good way to secure them.
So here's a few pics of where I'm at now. I need to get some 1/8" plate for the drawer fronts and then mount the handles, and I need to make the cable holders and handle. I'm also thinking about something to hold the MIG gun better.
