Lincoln Tombstone Buzzbox Cart Ideas

tschmitt · Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:08 pm

I have a Lincoln Tombstone Buzzbox that I am trying to build a cart for. I have an idea on what I would like to build but not sure if it will work. I am a student and I've only gone as far as vertical SMAW so I don't have that much experience and was wondering if anyone could help me figure if what I'm thinking wil work. I want a 11"x24" base to put it on and probably about 36"-42" high shelves on one side of it. The only machine that I have access to my buzzbox because the semester just ended. Any ideas or tips?

ldbtx · Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:35 pm

On his YouTube channel, not surprisingly also named Welding Tips and Tricks

, Jody has a 5 video series about building a welding cart. His was for a TIG machine, but you can probably get some useful ideas from it. Just go to "Playlists" and look for "Welding Cart Project".

Bugel · Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:12 am

Small work space need a smaller foot print cart that is why i build it as compact as possible..

Here is a better view..

Later on i removed the wire spool in both sides..reeling the cable in empty spool is pain in the ass

tschmitt · Sat Dec 05, 2015 10:15 am

I like it. For lack of a better term would it be recommended to weld one on ac?

Braehill · Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:59 pm

tschmitt,
You can definitely make a cart with an A/C only welder. My suggestion would be to weld all the welds in the flat position. This will involve moving the part quite often but it shouldn't be heavy or that awkward to do.

Most folks don't recommend using 6013 rods, but this would be a perfect job for them if the metal is clean. 6013 rods makes a very nice bead in the flat position on butt welds.

Len

Rick_H · Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:36 am

Braehill wrote:tschmitt,
You can definitely make a cart with an A/C only welder. My suggestion would be to weld all the welds in the flat position. This will involve moving the part quite often but it shouldn't be heavy or that awkward to do.

Most folks don't recommend using 6013 rods, but this would be a perfect job for them if the metal is clean. 6013 rods makes a very nice bead in the flat position on butt welds.

Len

Agreed....flows like butter, very easy to weld for the beginner.

tschmitt · Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:24 pm

I like the 6013 on AC, used them at the end of the semester for jobs to to try them. Hopefully I'll get everything taken care of this week and post some pictures of a buzzbox cart.

ex framie · Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:38 pm

6013's will work fine.
Your buzz box will work fine.
The cart project will teach you a lot and is small enough to move it around and well in the flat position.
Think about it, draw it up and have at it.

tschmitt · Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:04 pm

This is what I have for a base but without thinking twice I made it 22 inches wide and forgot my machine was only 17, any ideas how to make it work? Thinking of spacing a 1 inch piece of flat bar across and then putting a piece of angle iorn behind it but not sure how it will work.

MosquitoMoto · Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:53 pm

Hate to say it, but I'd be cutting and welding it back to 17 inch width.

Inconvenient right now, sure, but not as inconvenient as living with a cart that would always be 5 inches too wide.

Kym

Poland308 · Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:30 pm

Drop a flat 1/4 in plate in there. You'll get a flat surface and some weight to keep it from tipping over.

tschmitt · Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:51 am

I decided to leave it at 22 and I know it's not the greatest thing ever but for my first cart and at home project I like it

dynasty200sd · Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:20 pm

tschmitt wrote:I decided to leave it at 22 and I know it's not the greatest thing ever but for my first cart and at home project I like it

We all start somewhere. Having been welding on and off over the last decade as a trade, not as a profession; the carts and tables I made in the past that were replaced mainly due to expanding my equipment, I can look back at the first ones comparing the welds and how they were fabricated to gauge how far I have progressed.

ifit · Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:15 am

I built this about 10 years ago. It's a little smaller but weighs just as much.

Bugel · Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:18 am

Nice!

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ldbtx · Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:14 am

Ifit,

Is that the export version of the old Lincoln tombstone? I've never seen one in that case before and it's not on the US Lincoln website.

Larry

ifit · Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:57 am

I think it is. I don't have it anymore, sold it & got a Miller AC/DC welder.

ldbtx · Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:55 am

ifit wrote:I think it is. I don't have it anymore, sold it & got a Miller AC/DC welder.

Thanks. It was a clean design. A lot more modern looking than the traditional tombstone.