Wanna Ride
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I've been wanting to build this new weld/fab table for a while, and I was finally able to start it today and make some progress. It's nothing heavy duty, but it'll be fine for making my garage projects easier. I've been using a damn pair of saw-horses and a half sheet of OSB forever, so this has been long overdue.
The main frame will be 57" x 45", and is being built out of 1.5" x 1.5" x 1/8" square tubing. The top will be 1/4" plate with a 1.5" overhang and reinforce skirted with 1.5" x 1.5" x 1/8" angle for overhang ridgidity. The bottom shelf will be expanded metal. I've got some pretty handy features I'm going to incorporate, but they'll be easier to show with progress pics, as I go.
Here's what I've got done so far, and what will eventually be the left side:
The left side, and the right side connected:
Here it is on the floor, just for mock-up, with one of my HF side boxes. I think this will be perfect for storing all the welding/fab hand tools:
In these pics, the frame is actually upside-down. The two stub legs on the left still need to be cut off. After I started assembling that side, I decided I didn't want the table to be that tall. When it's all done and the casters are on, the work surface will be 42" from the floor. This a little taller than most people like, but I'm 6'-2" and the other benches in my garage are all this height, and they feel perfect for me.
I can't believe I used this OSB and sawhorses for so long. As of right now, I have $118 in this project. I still have to buy the expanded, the top plate, and a little more tubing and angle. I've had the side-box, but if you figure that in the total, then there's another $180. Oh, and I bought a sweet old vise at a garage sale for this project too, so that was like another $15 or $20. I should have this nearly completed by the end of next weekend.
Stay tuned!
The main frame will be 57" x 45", and is being built out of 1.5" x 1.5" x 1/8" square tubing. The top will be 1/4" plate with a 1.5" overhang and reinforce skirted with 1.5" x 1.5" x 1/8" angle for overhang ridgidity. The bottom shelf will be expanded metal. I've got some pretty handy features I'm going to incorporate, but they'll be easier to show with progress pics, as I go.
Here's what I've got done so far, and what will eventually be the left side:
The left side, and the right side connected:
Here it is on the floor, just for mock-up, with one of my HF side boxes. I think this will be perfect for storing all the welding/fab hand tools:
In these pics, the frame is actually upside-down. The two stub legs on the left still need to be cut off. After I started assembling that side, I decided I didn't want the table to be that tall. When it's all done and the casters are on, the work surface will be 42" from the floor. This a little taller than most people like, but I'm 6'-2" and the other benches in my garage are all this height, and they feel perfect for me.
I can't believe I used this OSB and sawhorses for so long. As of right now, I have $118 in this project. I still have to buy the expanded, the top plate, and a little more tubing and angle. I've had the side-box, but if you figure that in the total, then there's another $180. Oh, and I bought a sweet old vise at a garage sale for this project too, so that was like another $15 or $20. I should have this nearly completed by the end of next weekend.
Stay tuned!
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spoiled. The table turned out real nice I like the extra grinder storage, I am going to build something similar myself. Probably a little more heavy duty though with 2" recievers for different stuff (chop saw, vise, etc.).
