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Leafsprung
03-05-2008, 09:30 PM
Needed a new light duty MIG for general work (had been using a lincoln 135 for small jobs. Found this like new Miller 175 at an estate sale. Built a cart for it from scrap steel. Havent added provisions for cables yet, and am thinking of mounting my plasma below. Total cost INCLUDING THE WELDER was $250.

http://www.pangolin4x4.com/cart/cart.jpg

http://www.pangolin4x4.com/cart/cart2.jpg

http://www.pangolin4x4.com/cart/cart3.jpg
Todd W
03-05-2008, 09:33 PM
Nice deal
Hell_Fire
03-05-2008, 10:27 PM
Sweet, it looks like a modified shopping cart.
How stable is it with the tank secured behind the back casters?
Leafsprung
03-05-2008, 10:53 PM
It seems stable enough I can stand on the back with the tank (220lbs+tank) and it doesnt want to tip Shape was more or less dictated by the scraps I had laying around. I actually didnt do any bending, the stuff was just leftovers from various projects. . . or maybe I was hungry when I built it :D
Bmf24
03-08-2008, 07:00 PM
its a nice cart. i used a smashed shopping cart for mine. not as bling as this one.
PTSchram
03-09-2008, 08:21 AM
Nice job Ike, but, your shop is WAY too clean! :flipoff2: