I am headed to Harbor freight, TSC, Big Red and Home depot,  prolly Tuesday or Wednesday, to look me for a new cart for the Lincoln mig. I use the CO2 bottle that is bout 20" high and would rather get a cart that is LOW to the ground.

 Any suggestions,,,,??

Here is my wire feed welder and plasma cutter carts...

 Hey Steve,,,I'm really liking your 2 wheel dolly idea for a mig cart,,,,!!! I really struggle trying to move the current 4 wheel cart around by myself is why I was looking for a better replacement,,,!!! My only'ist question is ,,Why did raise the mig 12", instead of down low,,??

 I want to be able to move the mig with tank around where needed and even in back yard so the 4 wheel cart was NOT my favorite choice but your idea will be a very versatile application for a 2 whee dolly,,,,!!!  That right there is a Great idea,,,,!!!!

JOE !!!  Im 70 years old !!... Dont need to be BENDING DOWN to ground level too often. Raising the welder up a ways was just for convenience... Also had a plastic box ? drawer under the welder in the beginning.. Use to keep spare parts, extra 2 # roll, and tip cleaner pliers in the box..

  Well, Steve,,,you are just a youngster,,,but point well taken,,,!! I am also always modifying and changing the ways I do ALL things I work on for strictly convience and to save my tired old worn out back,,,!!

 HF has a dolly I'm interested in but I'm leaning towards pneumatic tires, bigger the better , as they travel better in my rocky and uneven yard. It has the "D" handle and 8" pneumatic  tires and 600# rating for the frame,,

 Thanks for the suggestion,,,DIYDAVE,,

 My welder is a 220 machine, 175 amp so I'll take those dems for reference.

 Hey DiyDave,,,I'm not sure I understand your suggestion for the wheel barrow tires,,,,but hey,,,I;m game if it saves me some dollars,,,,,

 Actually I really like ole Steve's idea on modifying a two wheel cart for a mig welder cart,,,er carrier,,,er,,,You Know ,,,!!

 So, I went to the ailen City and got one of HF's two wheel carts. They were out of the medium duty (600#) unit,, so they let me have the heavy duty (1000#) units for the price of the  medium duty unit,,,,!!,,,,I LIKE HARBOR FREIGHT,,!!

 Bought some square tubing on the way home for the Lincoln and tank frame for the 2 wheel cart,,so I'm on a ROLL,,,,,!!!

You can always CHANGE the wheels on any 2 wheel cart at a later date if you have problems .... can also MAKE steel wheels out of  8 or 12 inch pipe sections..

 Well,,I got my two wheeled (dolly) mig cart bout halfway done and already second guessing myself,,,,

 Do the electronics or the wire feed assy "KNOW" if the main case is lashed down right side up or sideways or even,,,gasp,,,with the face of the welder looking straight up,,,OR,,,do they even care,,,???

 With the Lincoln Mig mounted sideways on the cart,,,,I would rather not have the torch sticking out in the path when you are moving it,,,!!

It would sure enough be a candidate for running the torch into something  where it comes out of the wire assy and break the plastic housing that houses the feed assembly,,,,??

 Hey THANKS SteveM,,,,

 Most times I DO NOT believe in co-oincidences but dang it!!!!   sometimes CHIT does Happen,,,,,Yesterday late,,I was fixing to put the last of the welds on the \last two braces on my new mig cart and danged if the friggin welder throws a shoe and stopped feeding any wire at all, so after looking it over I find the wire feed drive motor has gone south,,,CHIT FIRE,,!!!!! Checked with the welding supply in the Alien Town and they refer me to Lincoln as nobody carries any inside parts for the mig welders,,,OF Course,,,That tells me the friggin drive motor is NLA even tho the machine is only bout 5 years old,,,,,

 Does any one here have a link to somebody that carries aftermarket replacement  parts,,??   TIA,,,

  Well, Steve,,I been thinking about that very thing,,,I cannot imagine the mfgrs specking out a different motor or even the whole drive assembly for every new welder they manufactor,,,???? Maybe they DO,,!! I been dreading that dang Shameless coming on and start accusing me of being "Cheep" just cause I want to save a few bucks,,,,you know how that guy is,,,,,!!!

 I'm gonna go ahead and pull the drive assy/motor in the morning to get a close look at it and mayhaps I can even dis-assemble the motor and replace the bearings or maybe machine some new brass bushings for it,,,More that one way to skin a cat,,beside,,,,,er,,,,er,,, never mind,,,,,,

 Thanks for all the help,,,Ya'll,,,!!

I assume you have checked for voltage OUT of the Circuit Board to the motor and know the motor is the problem..
 

 Actually Steve,,I have not even seen the motor yet,,!!  I can only hear like a solenoid clicking in that general area  when i press the trigger on the torch. Same noise as when welder is operating. I can see the drive wheel trying to turn and will sometimes turn almost a half round then stop. Keep hitting the trigger and drive wheel will sometimes turn a bit other times not at all. So, I cannot see what nor where the wires are going to the motor from.

 It's looking like the welder will have to be upside down to remove the motor,,,,gear drive??

 Wait,,,doesn't the motor/drive wheel assy come straight out,,right at the drive assy ,,,??

  Hey Steve,,where did you find that ad for the generic motor?

 OK,, a bit of an update altho,,,,,,there ain't NO update,,,I just did not accomplish a thing on the mig's issues today,,!!!!The wire drive DID start working this morning but it only turns at a very LOW speed even with the wire speed knob is turned all the way up,,,!! AND,,,the wire continues to feed out of the nozzle about 3-4"    "AFTER" you let off the trigger,,,WTH,,,?? It does that every time after time. The motor will only run at a very slow speed with wire speed turned all the way up.

 Could the issue be the solenoid that energizes the motor or a bad motor,,,?

 ANY suggestions or some kind words,,,,,

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AND, AND, AND... you just put a new whip / gun on the machine.. Makes me wonder if you got a bad wire connection... OR the new gun has a BAD TRIGGER ??

Maybe BYPASS the trigger and jumper the wires where the WHIP attaches to the welder ( inside) and see what the speed does ?

low voltage from the board could effect the SPEED of the motor.. but if it wont turn OFF, that seems like a sticky SWITCH...

 Hey Steve,,,YES the motor continues running at the very slow speed even AFTER  you let off the trigger,,long enough to run out 3-4" of wire ,,,!!

 Was tal;king with Thad earlier and he mentioned the solenoid that triggers the motor may be sticking,,,??

 I DID disconnect the two wires from the trigger to the connections inside the box and then shorted across the two connections and motor done the same thing ,,,it will only run at a very slow speed and then will continue to run AFTER you remove the jumper wire,,,,to run out 3-4" of wire every time.

 Good points, Thad. I'ma gonna go look,,,

First things first, Joe- 

If the feed rollers are turning, the WIRE needs to be MOVING.  If the wire ain't moving, you need to fix this first.  Feed rollers grip and push the wire, and if the wire jams inside the liner, or the torch head, or sticks to the tip, the rollers will wear out quickly, and they'll also send fine wire dust into the liner and muck it up worse.

If you've been fighting this for a while (particularly if you had contaminated wire), then you need a new set of rollers, a new liner, and some workbench time.

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or like Dave said, the WIRE is sticking inside the sheath / rollers and jumping... making it look like it is still feeding with no power.

   Well,,,I had typed up a long winded dis-a-tation of the latest on my current project AND instead of clicking "Post Reply" ,,,I must of clicked on something else and sent that post to TimBuckToo,,,!!  Dang,,I HATE when that CHIT 

 happens,,!!

 Now,,I know some must be sittin on pins waiting to find out how that poor Lincoln fared today,,,,,

 After an all day slugfest,,,,,the Lincoln will not have to be escorted to the junk pile,,!!

  I removed the gear drive/Motor and pulled the drive cover as the motor mount bolts are inside the drive. Everything inside looked good with no teeth missing or broken. On a whim, I used a jumper wire and tried the motor and the frigging thing started to run as fast as it always did,,!! I cleaned and repacked the drive and reassembled the Drive/Motor. in it's place.

 Lashed everything up and the motor now runs as fast as before,,!!!????

Only'ist thing I can figure is the trigger contacts on the  "NEW" whip must of had some trash ,,,?? on the contacts,,,,and guess what??? on opening the trigger ,,,I find where some idiot had smeared some heavy grease on the contacts,,,,WTH,,,?

   I HAVE A WELDER,,,,AGAIN,,,!!!

 MANY, MANY THANKS to everyone that volunteered their suggesstions,,,I appreciate all of Ya'll,,,,!!!!

  Well,,after a few false starts,,I finally finished the mig Dolly Cart and I really like it much better than the 4 wheel model I had before.  For main thing,,,I wanted a LOW center of gravity for use on areas with out concrete. The Dolly frame just lends itself to being able to maneuver it many wonderfuls,,!! 

 Many THANKS to Steve(ill)  for his design,,,it worked out great!!

 I might of fudged a bit in that I robbed two of the pneumatic tires from the old cart just to give em a try ( Thanks DIYDAVE) still have the hard rubber ones of these don't work out. I was kinda concerned about the weight of the CO2 cylinder shifting around so I put a 3 1/2" muffler clanp  under the plastic handle and bolted her down,,,it ain't gonna move for chit,,,,!!!

 Well,,,Steve,,,,I'm glad you understand,,,every one of them abc agencies know all about me and my shenanigans so ,,,I don't even worry about that any more,,they are gonna do what they do regardless if I like it or not,,,,

 By the way,,,here's another shot of the "STEVE CLONE",,,,

 I'm sure proud of it,,,!!

 Actually DirtFarmer,,ole Shameless told me he was gonna go see his Dr on Monday PM and would let me know,,,later.

 I'll give him a hollar after he has time to work the kinks out,,,,,,

 Thanks for asking,,,