Welding trolley.

I recently got a great deal on the mig welder, and although it's portable it weighs about 30 kg and doesn't have wheels. Also my welding stuff is in a big box and i often don't weld something because its such a pain to set up. So.. a welding trolley was commissioned.

The finished project after 2 coats Scandinavian oil.

Its made out of 12mm ply, radiata pine, and molding made from cedar.

The objectives I wanted to achieve by doing this are the following.

- Practice mitre joints, as i've never really tried them before and it's a skill i'd like to have.

- Have a play with Scandinavian oil

- Make molding

- Use pocket hole joinery, again never really used this in a project before.

- End up with a trolley for the welder.

The mitre joints for the most part came out really nice. And I got good experience at cutting mitres after cutting 28 of them! 

Same with the mitred pine to edge band the plywood top.

I also invented a new join. I'm calling it a double half lap. I cut a half lap on two pieces of timber then went back to the saw an cut a half lap from the new joint and out of a new piece of timber and glued them together. and that formed the corner joint you can see in the photo.
All the side panels are held in place with pocket holes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNHZ2rQtH4
A short video explaining how to make a pocket hole.

I had to drill 48 holes which is a bit painful to do, but its way stronger then using a butt joint and easier than using dowels. As this was a shop project it doesn't really matter if the screw holes are visible.

This trolley will probably be repurposed at some stage as building a welding out of wood was not my best decision, however i didn't have enough steel to make one from that. So when i do i'll make a steel one.

Till next time...

Al