Tim,
The CO2 in the tank is compressed gas without a liquid phase. So you should
be able to mount the bottle at any angle that you please. Like yours, mine
needs to be angled to fit on the cart and I've had no problems (other than
my sloppy welding).
Glen
> Hi folks,
>
> A long time back I purchased a MIG welding cart from Northern Hyd. It is a
> sheet metal, bolt together unit - cheap. I have been thinking of welding
> the thing together because the bolts don't do the job. The cart has no
sway
> bracing and the sheet metal is flimsy. However, today I got a nice cart
> from the neighbor's garbage (I think the term is "we tight"). It used to
be
> a Tectronics strain gage scope cart so is built quite well.
>
> There is one problem. The distance from the bottom shelf to the top shelf
> is too small to allow the AR/CO2 bottle to stand up vertically. Is there
> any safety or operational reason why I can't just mount the bottle on an
> incline of about 45 degrees? Could the bottle be mounted horizontally
> without problems?
>
> Tim
> 1966 AH Sprite - undergoing restoration.
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