Some more work on this stand today. Hope this helps someone else thinking of doing the same thing.
Got the cross members welded in today. Also 2x2 3/16 tube.
Also got the angle iron 'outriggers' cut and welded on too. They are 4x3 3/8 thick. The leveling feet will be installed in these at the 4 corners. I went with 4" high so I could basically tuck the caster wheels behind them and have them just peeking out the bottom when the feet are all the way up.
Will try to cut the supports for the caster wheels tomorrow. They will be cut out of 1/4" plate.
One the the welds is a vertical up. You can tell because it looks the worst. Luckily it is a little out of focus. Makes it look better than it is!
As usual stick welded with Lincoln 7018 Murex. Used a combination of 3/32 and 1/8 inch rods depending on what I was doing. Power was from 85A to 130A.
---Aaron
Frame with cross members welded in:
One of the flat welds welding the 2x2 tube to the 3/8" thick angle. This was a single pass:
Showing a row of stitch welds, all one pass:
The vertical up. This was the best of the 4:
Added 2 more stitch welds per side. This is a little bit of a closeup: