UPDATED 8/24/14:  And that's a wrap.  I was able to finish everything up over the weekend, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I'll save the words and just let the pictures do their work.

 

 

I've been lugging around a small O/A welding setup in a backpack lately, and I figured it might be a good idea to be a bit more professional about it.  The idea was to make something that not only carried my gear, but also served to represent my work.  Now that it's almost done, I figured I'd share some pictures and get some feedback.

 

First, a few words about what is already done.  The main body of the cart is 1/2" steel tubing that I bent on my recently acquired Diacro bender.  I've slowly been making the necessary tooling, and the bender is proving to be quite awesome.  The flux cup holder is just steel tubing that I first turned on a lathe, then slotted with a mill and rotary table before brazing to steel rod bent on the Diacro.  It's also removable for easy access.  

 

The tool roll hanging on the rear is made of leather and waxed cotton canvas, and required me to learn how to sew.  It holds my Purox, 3 tips, wrench, and brush, along with a removable zippered pouch.  I'll take photos of that later and post them up here. 

 

All that's left is a rod holder, which I'm hoping to make up this weekend, and then I can clean this thing up, sandblast it, powder coat it, and give it a nice leather wrapping for the handle.  That, and I'm waiting on my new kevlar hoses so that hose reel doesn't look like it's way bigger than necessary.

 

I'll post pics when all is said and done.  Until then, any comments and design advice would be more than appreciated.