Shop drawings · 62" × 33"
Welding Cart Plans and Drawings
A 62" × 33" rolling platform for a large welder on a water cooler, drawn around the Everlast Lightning MTS 275-P with a PowerCool W401. It also carries a 46" Yukon bench with its casters removed, two cylinders up to 250 cu ft, a plasma cutter and TIG rod storage.
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Footprint | 62" L × 33" D |
| Frame | 1" × 2" × 1/8" wall rectangular tube, on edge |
| Deck | 11 ga sheet, 2 pieces, open under the bench |
| Deck height | About 6⅞" off the floor |
| Ground clearance | About 4¾" under the frame |
| Casters | 4 × 5" × 2" polyurethane, 1,000 lb each, recessed |
| Steel | Six 10 ft sticks of 1×2, about 4" left on each |
| Weight | About 68 lb of tube plus 45 lb of deck and pads |
The design in one paragraph
Equipment layout
The bench runs along the front, where you stand. A spine of posts stands right behind it on crossmember D, and the bench rests against them. The 13½" rear row holds the cylinders, the plasma bay and the TIG rod tubes. The welder sits at the bench's right end with its controls facing front and its back flush with the cart.
- Vertical 1×2 post
- TIG rod tubes
- Lead and power-cable coils
- Lead clearance
Frame plan
Members are lettered to match the cut list. A, B and both Cs form the mitered perimeter. D is the spine crossmember, E edges the welder bay, G divides the cylinders from the plasma, and H runs under the cylinder centers. The P pieces box in the four caster pockets. Every post lands on a frame member or a caster pocket plate.
- 1×2 tube, on edge
- Post footprint
- Caster mount plate, 2 × 11 ga
- Bench corner pad, 2 × 11 ga
- Caster top plate
- Post-base gusset, 3 × 6
Mitered corner detail
Cut each miter across the 1" face with the tube standing on edge, so it closes the corner in plan. Mitered lengths are long point, measured along the outside face. The short point is the long point minus 2". The miter guide covers the technique in detail.