Custom Metal Fabrication

Renton, Washington

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The 2 images show the cart I built for my plasma cutter using a $8 handtruck from Homebase. I have no idea how they can afford to sell a handtruck for less than one wheel costs.

All it requires is a small shelf to hold the plasma cutter about 12 inches from the floor and 2 legs on the bottom with tiny casters on the end.

Simple, cheap and adaptable to any machine in the same size range. I copied this cart for the Hypertherm 350 we have at school.

You will notice that the consumables box has a clip to hang it on the back of the handtruck, and that I replaced the original ground cable with a 20 ft. length of 6 ga copper speaker wire from Radio Shack and a jumper cable clamp.

The teeny-weeny, and short, cables and alligator clips that almost all plasma cutters ship with are a joke.

You don't really need the current capability of the heavy cable, but it is much more durable. The bigger clamp is so you can clip to tubing or pipe.