Dynasty DX Crazy Cart

[wildfire]

Well seeing I got my new Miller Dynasty 200 DX and the Coolmate 3, I decided to build a cart for both components. We have a small automotive repair shop and also do some welding and fabrication for a side line. For a hobby I restore old vintage gas pumps, Coca Cola Coolers and other items and customize some of them so when it came to building a cart I wanted to do something a little different and to fit into what I really needed while having a bit of fun doing it.

I decided to go with the automotive theme while making it a practical cart. The cart is built all out of 1/8 th steel. It's total weight is 210 lbs making it a good sturdy cart with no flexing and feeling very sure footed when moving it around. To keep with the automotive theme I added the following:

Mag wheels.
- Custom built fenders.
- Tail lights.
- Custom front and rear bumpers and the rear bumper is a step bumper. I machined a trailer ball for it as well and added a small license plate representing our province of Newfoundland, Canada
- I added the exhaust.
- A spare wheel in the back that can be moved up to where the tank is when the tank is not on the cart (The tank is also used on my MM251).
- A dashboard looking feature on it to store the Tig rods. Just on top of the dash is a windshield and by that is a removable rod to hang my Miller helmet on.
- I made another small compartment by the windshield to put gloves in.
- Extension cord reels on the rear and to dress them up we went with the NOS decals.
- Just above the Coolmate 3, I integrated a full sliding drawer that's a must for all your incidentals.
- A special hanging bracket for the foot control pedal.
- I painted the cart with Base coat clear coat paint as well.

To add the finishing touch to the cart I asked my buddy Brian who is about the best there is when it comes to graphic design to come up with a design for the cart. We tossed around a few ideas and he ran with it. My wife came up with and made the tank sock to hide the ugly tank as well to give it a cleaner look. I think the cart compliments the Dynasty 200 and making it a matched set.

I think it turned out nice but I'll let you be the judge of that. Some ask why and my answer is why not!
I call the cart "Crazy Cart" . If you want to see some more of my work you can see some of it here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/15602393@N05/

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy seeing it. Paul

[wildfire]

More pics of the cart!

[wildfire]

More pics of the cart


Short vid of the cart!

http://www.youtube.com/user/7863348

[whateg0]

That has to be one of the coolest carts I've seen in a long time. I'm going to have to build a new cart soon, and since I've been doing a lot of sheetmetal work lately, was thinking of doing some stuff like fenders. I like it!

BillDaCat, I think you've been one-upped! :p

Dave

[Zrexxer]

Very nice work, but I gotta tell ya, I've never seen anyone bag their bottle before!

[whateg0]

Fun4Now used to make covers for bottles that matched the welder covers.

Dave

[Hotfoot]

Is that tank cover for "Safe Welding"???:p pretty fancy cart!

[1990notch]

Very cool looking cart!! You may have started something here. Who knows, this could be the beginning of a new P!mp Your Cart show.

I like the layout of it too with the drawer and rod tube holders.

[BillDaCatt]

That has to be one of the coolest carts I've seen in a long time. I'm going to have to build a new cart soon, and since I've been doing a lot of sheetmetal work lately, was thinking of doing some stuff like fenders. I like it!

BillDaCat, I think you've been one-upped! :p

Dave

One upped? No, he totally out-classed me. That would be hard to beat. Even if I tried. :D

Beautiful work Wildfire! :)
- Dave

[wildfire]

Thanks Guys. I really appreciate your comments. As for the cart. Miller has a slogan and it's on the cart. They say "Dream it, Weld it" and that's what I did. I really didn't intend to go that far with it but it kind of evolved into what it is and I must admit. It was a fun project. I attached a few exclusive pics for you to view. Thanks again for you kind words. Paul

[whateg0]

Nice. That's what we like to see - the work in progress.

Oh, and I see you have a bunch of those 1"x3" adjustable height welding tables, too. :D

Dave

[Rocky D]

Gasp! that leaves me speechless ...That is a most beautiful work of art, and engineering. Totally amazing! Thanks for sharing

[oldjeep]

That is quite a cart. Looks like you've got the skills to make a business out of making custom carts.

[wildfire]

Thanks Guys. Appreciate the fact you like the creation. You get out of something what you put into it I guess. Hey OldJeep I've been on your site. Great place. I've been involved in Jeeps over the years and actually did a very special jeep project that I did for my son. Here's the link.


http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3b/Toys/TriAngRestore.html

[wildfire]

Well I finally got my Coolmate 3 hooked up to the Dynasty. Took some doing to get it all together but remember, I live on an island. My supplier kept seding me the wrong hook up stuff. Now that it's done it makes a Hugh difference now when using the thing. The torch stays cool and that's perfect. You'll notice that the Argon tank is removed in the last picture. I removed it to place back on my MM251 for the spool gun but when designing the Crazy Cart I allowed for the removal of the tank and made the spare tire so that it could move up on the back to cover the hole in the back of cart when the tank was removed. I'm really impressed with that Coolmate 3.

[whateg0]

I don't know if I just didn't notice it before or if it wasn't visible, but how's that panel behind the bottle made? The one that has the panels in it. It looks cool!

Dave

[wildfire]

Dave the rear panel is just 1/8th plate but I put the 1 inch flat bars across there to make it look a little more appealing.Without them it just looked plain. I guess I'm like all of us. We start in at a project and we just get ideas as we go along so that's what happened here. Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ;)Thanks. Paul

[MXtras]

That's the only V-8 powered welding cart I have seen with a spare tire.

Very creative and very nicely done!

Scott

[whateg0]

1/8" PLATE! Wow! So, it not only looks good, but it'll take a beating too, huh? Thanks! I'm pretty sure if I try, I can complicate that. ;)

Dave

[wildfire]

1/8" PLATE! Wow! So, it not only looks good, but it'll take a beating too, huh? Thanks! I'm pretty sure if I try, I can complicate that. ;)

Dave


Dave I think you meant to say " duplicate":D. Man if I can build it anyone can. The fun part for me was the designing aspect of the cart. I could have built a cart like someone else's but where's the challenge in that? The hardest part of building anything is in it's design! I'm honored though that someone would like it enough to want to copy it. Thanks:)


My next cart is in the plans and that one will very much different than the Crazy Cart and anyone who likes the Crazy Cart will love this next cart. Post some pics when you get yours done.

Thanks Scott. Glad you liked the project.

[whateg0]

Dave I think you meant to say " duplicate":D. ....

Oh, no. I meant complicate it. If you've ever seen anything I've made, you'd know that with few exceptions, I can take a very simple project and make it complex. I'll add a feature here, or make this hidden, or put a twist in just to make it look cool. Nope, nothing is safe from my mind. I can find 50 ways to get from point 'A' to point 'B' and none of them are in a straight line. Where would the fun be in that? :D;)

I don't want to hijack your thread, but here's a perfect example.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l220/whateg01/DSCN4178cr.jpg

I coulda just made the corners square and used a simple piece of angle for the top to pivot on, or I could have made the top at a fixed angle. But no, I had to go and bend the sides. And at the time, I couldn't bend the sides all on one piece because it was in a H-style hydraulic press, so I had to make the sides in pieces and then weld them all together. Then for the pivoting top, I didn't just drill a set of evenly spaced holes in the sides to run a pin through. Nope. Not me. I drilled a set of evenly spaced holes in the side frame and then a series of evenly spaced holes in the top using a different spacing, so you get not 4 angles, but 12.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l220/whateg01/DSCN4173cr.jpg
Here, you can see the chain and the way (well, sorta) that I have it hooked. No hole with a pin through it, or a J hook. No, I have a catch that rotates out to catch the chain and then swings forward and is pinned in place to pull the chain a little tighter and to keep it there.

So, you see, I complicate things. It's what I do. :)

Dave

[wildfire]

Dave I got to say I really like that cart of yours. There's no problem to see that when you do something you put 200% into it. I guess we're alike in the fact that we think outside the box and also take the long way around something rather than the short cut. Really nice bends there on yours.
Post a pic here if you can of how you did yours and what you used. I used a bender kit to do mine but it was a hand operated one.

Nice job on the cart. Thanks for the pictures. I'm impressed. Paul