guess I'll play follow the leader... here's another cart !

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I've got a very small shop so I decided to stack my 2 blue toys up.  The main frame is 1" black sch 40 pipe, some bent and some weld fittings to keep the radius down. The axle mounts were formed from 1x2 x.125 tube and radiused and wrapped with 1/8x 1 flat stock. I extended and re-formed the bend on a 6"IPS unistrut clamp to hold the c25 tank. ( yep, I was a plumber/fitter for 40 yrs)  The paint is a new Ford blue engine paint....pretty close match. Here's the pics... during and after.
Reply:Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Finished pics
Reply:Are those empty wire spools on the side? I'm probably late to the party and you all already know about using them but it's new to me. What a great idea and a nice cart.
Reply:Originally Posted by jlamesAre those empty wire spools on the side? I'm probably late to the party and you all already know about using them but it's new to me. What a great idea and a nice cart.
Reply:Well it's very clever; very clever.
Reply:That looks a lot like mine.  1" round tube, bent 3" radius, and expanded metal on 3 lower shelves (MM175, plasma, and storage), solid top shelf for holding "shims" (scaps) and other weld stuff.  Main difference is mine is a cantilever design open on 3 sides.  And I really like the repurposed wire spools, wish I had thought of that.
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Reply:What did you use for the bending? Very nice!!!GravelThe difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference.
Reply:Originally Posted by GravelWhat did you use for the bending? Very nice!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by baddogThat looks a lot like mine.  1" round tube, bent 3" radius, and expanded metal on 3 lower shelves (MM175, plasma, and storage), solid top shelf for holding "shims" (scaps) and other weld stuff.  Main difference is mine is a cantilever design open on 3 sides.  And I really like the repurposed wire spools, wish I had thought of that.
Reply:Originally Posted by tekstarI bent it the old skool way..... with a conduit bender.   the short radius bends are sch 40 weld fittings..... I cheated.
Reply:Nice cart..
Reply:Very nice cart, useful and good use of re-purposed materials ;-)
Reply:Nice job and congrats on being retired. RETIREMENT is AWESOME !  I have a coupe of small weld ells laying a round but used the HF pipe bender instead. Those THUNDERBOLTS are bullet proof and run well.   I like the unistrut. Just think , the guy that invented that and all the accessories to match would just go buy a cart .