Lincoln 135 Plus Welding Cart

[rangerod]

Just getting to the end of this project & wanted to debut a few pics of the cart. Tell me what you guys think.

[rangerod]

Lincoln 135 Plus Welding Cart

Here is a side view with everything mounted.

[rangerod]

Lincoln 135 Plus Welding Cart

Here is the front view. I am not finished dressing everything up yet & I still need to plug the open tubing holes. Hope you all like

[rangerod]

Lincoln 135 Plus Welding Cart

I forgot to mention I scrounged the rear tires off a busted lawn mower & the swiveling front wheels off of a lay down dolly. Thats all I had around at the time

[Scott V]

Rangerod,
How does that little lincoln weld with co2?My sp175 plus is just too nice with 75/25.

[rangerod]

Welding Gas

Scott V

The little puppy welds like a dream with the Co2. Do you think it would be better served with 75/25 gas? I have had no problems with it to this day. I am not in my own home at this time & do not have easy access to 220 right now so I decided on the 135 plus. When I get to my own home one day I'll be looking more than likely for a Millermatic 251 or a Powermig 300 for my full spectrum mig needs.

[Scott V]

I have a feeling you would like it better in some ways,but maybe not in others.I was just wondering thats all.Some welding machines don't run co2 all that well.

[cope]

Nice job on the cart. Don't feel bad about using lawnmower tires. Thats what I did too. My front is a single swivel caster. I used old bed frame material and my cost for the project was a few feet of chain for the cylinder and a couple of eyebolts to secure it.

[rangerod]

Lincoln 135 Plus Gases

Scot V

Can you expand on the pros & cons of the 75/25 gas. I would like to know if maybe I should change over. I am always looking to improve my welding quality.

[rangerod]

Lincoln 135 Plus Welding Cart

Cope

Do you have any pics of your cart? Like to see if there is anything more I can do to mine before I finish dressing the welds & painting my cart. I would rather make the additions now than after I paint it.

[Guest]

Here's something you can add to your cart...hooks for the cables. This is my plasma cutter, but it will work for anything. The hooks are mounted on a frame of 3/4" x 3/4" x 1/8" angle...the hooks are 3/8" rod.

You can also put small 1" pieces of various diameter pipe to hold tools you use a lot....we call it "point of use" tools. All our operations in the plant have P.O.U. tools at the work stations.

[cope]

Cart

Rangerod, I don't have any pictures that would show anything important. Yours looks fine as is; you have plenty of room at the rear for a larger cylinder if you ever want one. As Rocky D said, you might want to add hooks for the ground lead and MIG gun.

[Arbo]

Nice cart, but like everyone else said...You can't have too many places to hang things from.

[Arc Burn]

I also have a sp175 and use C25,my supplier gave me a bottle of co2 one day when he was out of c25,i think i made 2 welds and brought it back,I personally didn't like it,i'm sure the welds were fine and that other guys swear by it but i prefer the c25,just try a bottle and see what you think,thats what matters most.
On another topic,how long does that little bottle last?i think i'd be buying one a day!Not raggin on ya but from my supplier the bigger bottles are a lot cheaper than the small ones,ex. my first bottles were 150ish CF for $50,i upgraded to a 388CF(huge bottle) and it's only $60,if the small bottle is all ya need then thats fine,just wondering why guys don't go with bigger bottles is all?
Good luck with your machine!

[Al T.]

Nice cart, is all starts there.

Here's a cart that I put together a while ago. It's a work in progress, always adding more options to it. Like Rocky D says, all normal tools needed for welder are conveinent to have mounted on the cart.