When 44ft of 1.5in x 1.5in x 0.125in angle makes its way into my driveway work area on a Sunday morning.
I got tired of digging for my tools in a single compartment style toolbox and went and got one with drawers. Sadly, it is not portable and I was having to go back to it every time I needed a tool but was not working in my usual work area.
Seeing as how this cart is a half inch wider than my tool box, I think the problem has been solved.
The bottom two shelves are for stacking parts on the days I’m assigned to make parts. Last week, I was assigned to make 27 of two different sets of parts for a structural canopy. The parts were only around eight pounds each, but there were 54 of them. So ten trips with an armload of 40 pounds and one with 32 pounds were made because I couldn’t get the forklift around a different large project I’m not assigned to that was blocking.
I’ll make those trips in one walk starting today.
The plywood shelves will likely be swapped for some 16 gauge steel when I get back to the school’s supply room and I can get it at their cost. The large pneumatic caster wheels are there because rolling over cables, cords and other shop flotsam that hard wheels won’t roll over.
Oh, and it’s square to within 1/32 on all six sides. Because I can.
Nice
Cool! What’s the weight rating on those casters?
It’s either 200 or 250 pounds each.
I’ve been following your trip as you’ve retrained and became a welder – but I never caught which school you went to. There’s one nearby that is supposed to have a good welding course (Lane Community College) and was wondering if that ever came across your notice. I’ve been considering a career change as well since staring at a computer screen for 9 hours a day is doing nothing good for my eyes and overall health.
I have a similar cart that I use at work (though commercially made, and with only two shelves). I use it to transport parts from the supply area to my work station. The one drawback I keep running into is the flat smooth steel of the shelves makes it a pain to pick up flat pieces of steel while wearing gloves (even the relatively dexterous ‘drivers’ gloves). I *just* can’t quite get a good enough purchase on the edge of the parts to begin the lift without some concerted effort…and sometimes I need to jam the part up against the side rail and use a tool of some sort to lift the edge regardless.
All of that to say: I’d suggest expanded steel mesh rather than smooth steel for the plywood replacement.