Rogue4x4

Yeah the one on the right looks good. Keep it up, you're doing just fine.

JerrytheJeep

As long as the material thickness are decently close you don't really have to favor a side. Like within 1/16 of an inch of each other.

I like burn through, it lets me know I'm getting good penetration and tells me I need to go faster. I take my time when I weld

sventinker

great looking cart so far. I would show you my cart but yours is way nicer, nice welds too. I just welded the casters to the frame I doubt they will ever get worn out rolling around in my garage. Also would recommend you connect the rear wheels with a solid shaft that runs the whole width across connecting the wheels instead of those stubby axles you used. Those tanks are heavy. Keep up the great work.

PocketsEmpty

Thanks man! The shaft sleeves I welded on there are a little castered inward. Not too bad, though. I'll definitely change this up at some point, probably when my crappy welds break

Post up yours, let's see it!

JerrytheJeep

When I was learning to weld I always "tested" my welds before I did my project. Id find materials identical to what id be welding and mimic the welds. Then id stick em in a secure vise and grab em with a 2' monkey wrench (no teeth) and try and bend it. All our welding tests were like that. Bend it till it breaks and if it was the weld that broke, do it again. My crowning accomplishment of that class was MIG welding a 90° intersection of two 1/4 pieces of steel roughly 5x5, testing it and breaking it instantly. Then I did it again, mitered one of the edges and tested it again. This time I ended up hanging by the wrench with my feet off the ground and not bending either piece of metal.

There's a lot of weird little tricks like that which will drastically increase the strength of your welds. The rule of thumb I found is "flatter welds are better" though that's not always true.

PocketsEmpty

Update...took a week off to wrap up some other things and what not. Anywho, made some great progress tonight. I was on a roll and worked on it until about 1am.

Got the vertical supports cut and welded up.



My welds have been kind of hit or miss tonight, I think partly because 1.) I'm still a noob 2.) Quite the variety of welding tonight, angles and up and down and such 3.) I think my gas nozzle is shot. I did make some good welds, though. Let me know what you think




I got these two big triangles of steel from a guy at work. I'm not sure how thick they are exactly, but they are pretty damn beefy. I needed to cut them down to fit the cart as frame supports. This was a biotch to cut with an angle grinder!



Both sides finally done and rust ground off, and finessed to fit the frame properly. That took a while! And got rolling with welding them on. I forgot to grab closeups of some of these welds...whoops!



Those two supports sure added a ton of beef to the cart. Here I'm adding 1/2" square tube supports in the middle section before putting mesh over it.



Got those welded in, ground down for the mesh, and went to town on this!



And here's what I ended the night with.



I won't be able to do much with it this weekend as I have the pleasure of cutting out rusted floors and fabbing up new ones from a car hood for my girlfriend's car. I'm pretty impressed with how it's coming along so far! I can't wait to get more done on it.

salad

Awesome!

XJmike0122

Looks great man. I really want to learn how to weld.

PocketsEmpty

Thanks ya'll! And I'll tell you that if you buy a welder and decide to build a cart for it, you're definitely going to get a bit of practice!

XJmike0122

Hah looks like it. I don't even know what type to get.

PocketsEmpty

I'll have to post a pic of the cutting wheel I was using all night. I didn't bring extras to my parents house and had only the one so I had to make it last...lol wore it down to the nub

bheath

Yea i happens. Invest in a plasma cutter! Lol

PocketsEmpty

One fine day! lol

Rogue4x4

So much want...lol...OP, looking good man. Time to start building stuff for the Jeep, ...on a side note, ordering my digital angle finder and hydro conversion kit for my bender today, FINALLY, LOL....real life got in the way, I hate responsibilities...

PocketsEmpty

I'm to the point already where I wish I had a bender. My 2x6 rocker job is fast approaching. One bead at a time. I should be getting the steel stock in soon for it. I'd love to be able to integrate some tube rails on it. I could still, but it'd be a hell of a mess using just the angle grinder and welder! lol

Getting some experience welding sheet metal this weekend for my girlfriend's new floorpan, and hopefully after that I'll be comfortable enough to patch my quarter panel and finish my Bushwacker flat install. THEN I'll be ready for 2x6