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Group of photos of tool carts. Posted by Ernie Leimkuhler 
<stagesmith@earthlink.net>.  Ernie provided the following
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This is a photo showing several of my most useful tool carts.
The shots of the TIG show my water filter setup, the combined hookup block
for the torch and the filler rod rack.

The water filter is hooked up to the faucet in my shop since I don't use a
water cooler.
The water out from the torch is fed back to the sink.
The water is turned on and off just before the water filter, so the filter
can be changed easily.

The combined hookup block is available from CK for about $25.
It gives you one place for all of the connections.
This makes it much easier to switch torches.

The filler rod rack is made of several pieces of tubing welded together in
a stairstep so each different kind of rod is at a different level.
It makes it easier to see all the different rods.

The mixing manifold for my TIG gasses is very simply a tee fitting with
quick disconnects for the flow guages.
There are back-flow check valves inline with both flow guages to prevent
the mixing of gasses in the tanks.
The percentage/ratio of gasses is guess-timated from the relative flows of
each gas.
I have one helium tank and one argon tank.

The plasma cutter cart is made from a $9 handtruck purchased from Homebase.
It also allows the movement of the consumables box to the back of the cart.
I riveted a sheetmetal clip to the consumables box so it can be clipped to
the cart.
The cart works great, and also helps to protect the air drier connected
inline with the air fitting.
This one is holding my Thermal Dynamics PAK 38XL, and we made one just like
it to hold a Hypertherm 350 plasma at school.
The plasma cutter can be easily lifted out of the cart.
For transport I put the plasma cutter on my passenger seat, and throw the
cart in the back of the truck.

The chopsaw cart was made to be portable with foldable leaves so it can
take up less space in my truck.
It has 2 floor locks to keep it from rolling durring use.
The chopsaw is held down with 2 bolts so it can be removed for maintainence.
There is a length of 1/4" x 2" steel bar welded to the fence to extend it's
length.

The Hobart Handler 120  cart has evolved over 6 years with the addition of
stair skids on the back, the welding table on top and retractable hooks for
the cables.
Durring transport the flow guage is stored inside the side panel, the
cables are tied up, the cable hooks are slid under the table, and the cap
is screwed onto the tank.
With the cap on it still rolls under my truck rack.
The cart can be tipped back onto the rear wheels like a handtruck for all
terrain travel, and going up and down stairs.
The piece of sheet metal on the front is to deflect the fan output on the
front so it doesn't disturb welding gasses when welding near the front of
the machine.
It also helps to keep grinder grit out off the inside of the machine.
There is also a peg above the front wheels to store extra spools of wire.

The hammer cart holds some of my 154 hammers, as well as my small swage block.

If anyone wants drawings of these , let me know.