Hi All
Completed my MIG welder cart last night. Photos are in the dropbox under MigCart*.
For some reason the TXT file doesn't wrap properly, I'm not sure what happened, so I've included it here.
"One of the guys here at work upgraded his MIG welder to one with spool gun capablilties. He offered me his old one at a price I couldn't refuse. It worked really well, but the leads were short, and I didn't have a 20amp outlet for it, which limited me to the lower settings for heat. I installed a 20amp plug near the panel in my shop, but I wanted the ability to weld anywhere in the shop, and maybe the driveway. So I bought 9 meters of real 12 gauge extension wire and hardwired it into the welder. I then bought 10 feet of #2 welding cable and replaced the short ground lead with that.
The welder worked really well, but was low to the ground, which meant the short torch cable was bent into a sharp 'S' shape when I was working on the bench. This made the wire feed unpredictable, and made welding trickier. So I decided to build a cart for it, which would have the extra bonus of giving me a spot to store the longer cables, as well as allowing me to work at a higher position. MigCart* files show the assembly and final product. I got to use my new JD2 tubing bender for the side rails. It works well, but I need more practice to make my bends where they should be!"
Pete