Welding Tips and Tricks

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?

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".

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Nice!


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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

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

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.