Cheap Welding Rod Storage Cabinet
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“I have an inventory of almost 400 lbs. of different varieties of welding rod that I picked up about 15 years ago at an auction sale for $5. However, in our wet climate welding rod usually doesn’t stay dry for too long if we leave it sitting around in the shop,” says Doug Clark, Liderton, Ontario.
He needed a place to store the rods, so he made a cheap storage cabinet out of an old upright freezer.
“The freezer provides a lot more space than a refrigerator because it has 4 full-sized shelves that are evenly spaced,” says Clark. “The shelves are quite strong since they’re made up of heavy stainless steel cooling tubes with wire screens on top. Each shelf holds up to 100 lbs. of welding rod while leaving space between the boxes and canisters.”
Clark hung a small reading lamp from the bottom shelf and says its low-watt bulb produces enough heat to keep air inside the freezer dry and a bit above room temperature all year long. “The light hangs a few inches above the bottom of the freezer and faces up, which allows heat from the bulb to rise through the spaces between the boxes and canisters.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Clark, Ilderton, Ontario Canada (doughclark@hotmail.com).
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Cheap Welding Rod Storage Cabinet FARM SHOP Miscellaneous “I have an inventory of almost 400 lbs of different varieties of welding rod that I picked up about 15 years ago at an auction sale for $5 However in our wet climate welding rod usually doesn’t stay dry for too long if we leave it sitting around in the shop ” says Doug Clark Liderton Ontario He needed a place to store the rods so he made a cheap storage cabinet out of an old upright freezer “The freezer provides a lot more space than a refrigerator because it has 4 full-sized shelves that are evenly spaced ” says Clark “The shelves are quite strong since they’re made up of heavy stainless steel cooling tubes with wire screens on top Each shelf holds up to 100 lbs of welding rod while leaving space between the boxes and canisters ” Clark hung a small reading lamp from the bottom shelf and says its low-watt bulb produces enough heat to keep air inside the freezer dry and a bit above room temperature all year long “The light hangs a few inches above the bottom of the freezer and faces up which allows heat from the bulb to rise through the spaces between the boxes and canisters ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Doug Clark Ilderton Ontario Canada doughclark@hotmail com
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