Building a Stand for the Welder and Plasma Cutter

Hey yall!!

So I just built a stand to keep my stickmate off the floor, and plasma cutter off my welding table. Its a project that I put off for quite a while (got the welder in like march), but once I finally started building it, it turned out to be a fun project and Im pretty happy with the way it came out. It sure is nice to have the stickmate where its easy to reach and adjust, and not to have to worry about bumping things into the plasma anymore.

Choosing a color for the finished stand might have been the hardest part of the whole project. Flat black would have matched both machines, but people here overuse that color like theres no tomorrow (flat black cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. Whenever I post something to sell online, people call and I get the "Why'd you paint it ____?? You dont have any that are like... Uhhh, just plain black do ya?" more often than you might think) so black wasn't an option. Tan or grey might have worked, but I wanted something with more color and besides, my old shop teacher who retired painted EVERYTHING in the school shop "battleship grey". I could have tried to match the red on the hypertherm or the hobart's orange, but I didnt. It came down to blue or green, and I finally settled on the blue. Plus, the piece of diamond plate that I made the shelf and top out of, is the piece of metal that I roasted that letter from one of my exes over last summer. I especially like the stand for that reason

Well, I just wanted to share some pics and video, and see what yall thought. Have a nice weekend, everybody!!



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Looking good. The only thing I would add is a set of wheels off a shopping cart to make it more moble.

Looks nice Lanse!!!! Your buddy likes to pose for pictures I see. Seems like the things we need most are always the last things we make or repair. I'm sure there will be 50 folks telling you how THEY would have done it. And to those folks (and you) I say--Have a good weekend!!!

I have found the less I coil my plasma and mig lines the longer they last. You might want to add something nice and round for the lines to loosely coil over... In twenty years Old(er) Lanse will be glad Young Lanse did that as he will still be using the original cabling .. Just a suggestion, worth what you paid.

Hi Lanse , Once you make the post wide like this it is almost impossible for me to read. You seem to know quite a bit about using the computer. Is there any way to prevent this?

Duh nevermind I knew that just forgot.

saw your welder stand, another person mentioned hanging leads on hooks ? suggest using old lawn mower front rims to hang leads on, no sharp edges and nice gentle bend for leads to rest on, don't coil them tight just hang loops on them. car rims work great for garden hoses also. leroy

The hooks are a hazard.Thread em and put some bakelite handles on them.