Metal Truck

Manufacturing a metal truck using casting, welding, and machining.

This truck was built as part of a manufacturing engineering lab and incorporated multiple fabrication methods.

The truck chassis was produced using green sand casting and later refined with grinders and a vertical mill. The truck bed was formed through sheet-metal work, including shearing and spot welding. Four wheels were machined on a CNC lathe, while the fifth—hidden in the photo—was made on a manual lathe. Additional fastening operations were completed during assembly. I used TIG and MIG welding to build the truck’s pedestal from thick sheet-metal blanks.

The final built metal truck.
TIG and MIG welding the truck pedestal (top) and sand casting the truck chassis (bottom).