Recent content by chattacuda

I am a retired tinkerer from middle Tennessee. I used to love woodworking, but that has been recently replaced by metal working. I like working on old hot rods and muscle cars and making parts for them. I built a CNC plasma table last year that I am just starting to use. I have a 40 x 50...

I made mine of 3/8 hot rolled. The mill scale actually protects the table. The few places on it where I had to grind off welded on jigs rust so easily and the rest looks as good as it did when I built it. I considered 1/2", but the 3/8" is more than enough for my needs. I would not use cold...

Mine is a marson also. Bought it to install stuff on a boxed frame for a street rod but use it quite often for other projects. Will do up to 3/8 steel, but is adjustable down to #10. Great tool to have in the shop for those special applications. Mine is a Marson model 325 RN.