Stigian 1,234 #1 Posted October 19, 2014 Afternoon all, as you know I've now moved from Arc welding to Mig welding, and very happy with the Mig I am The trouble is with the welder plonked on the remains of an office chair and the gas bottle tied to my blasting cabinet so I stood less chance of knocking it over it didn't make my welder very portable or even easy to shift around the shack! So what I need is something with wheels to move it all around on... Enter a tube frame.. This frame used to hold a Kohler powered hydraulic road drill unit.. Nigel has the hydraulic side, Chris picked up the engine, which leaves me with the frame, all be it a bit on the wide side.. Not a problem.. Out came the grinder as 8 1/2 inches was chopped out.. Chopped As I didn't have any of the right size tube to sleeve it with, I had to use some bits of U shaped steel and lot's of G clamps etc to hold it together for welding.. Have a strange ghostly photo of welding in action.. I don't think the end of this axle is going anywhere It was while sitting with a coffee looking at the narrowed trolley thingy that I thought it might be a bit unstable with the wheels not that far apart! Some more cutting and welding later not only were the wheels outboard but I'd also moved them back a few inches.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stigian 1,234 #2 Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) A bit more steel recycling.. The big tube is from this bit of Honda bike frame.. And some blue bit's of angle that were off-cuts from Garry's trike.. Both fitted. As the front castor wheel was rather worn to say the least, I dug this heavy duty castor wheel out.. One of a pair that has been following me around for years just waiting for the right moment to be used.. And a quick test fit ... I just need to make something to hold the gas bottle in place (rather than the bungee that was used for this quick photo), and it's done.. I was going to paint it but I rather like the "vintage used" look The final two photo's of what must of been my fastest project to date The finished frame now with more tube and a bit of chain to hold the gas bottle steady.. Loaded up ready to work.. Edited October 19, 2014 by Stigian 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,937 #3 Posted October 19, 2014 Really cool custom trolly. Man! I gotta say... Ian...your video's are getting so polished...WOW! All you need now is a little HD makeup... and you'll be ready to host your own prime time show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyovrcntry 115 #4 Posted October 25, 2014 If I knew everything I think I know I could do that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 38,569 #5 Posted November 3, 2014 Slide out the welder, remove the tank and add a bar and seat and you have a sulky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites