BLUE72CAMARO
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I have been on the lookout for quite some time for a heavier duty decent size welding table that will double as a work surface for machining projects as well. The little welding table I currently have just isnt big enough to do work of any size on and is not what you would call exactly flat either, granted I do not need an inspection table flat surface for the rude and crude welding I do anyhow. Although I am hoping to improve my welding skills in the future so a decently flat table is preferred.
So one morning early November my best friend calls me early. There's only two reasons he calls me this early, either there is some sort of an emergency or he has came across a deal that someone at his job his pedaling. For obvious reasons I always hope for the second option. His work is upgrading welding tables and is selling two 2" thick top 4' x 6' tables on the cheap. While this is really a little bigger than I was looking for the price was to good to pass up. So when the new tables come in I will get one of them, so I begin the process of figuring out how the hell I can unload a 2000+ lb table at my house as thats way more than my little Ford 1920 with a loader wants. I finally came to the conclusion I could get off a trailer in my back shop using my car lift and then tap one of several friends that have large skidsteers to bring it up to the shop for me.
Fast forward a couple weeks and my buddy sends me a pic of a different weld table with no explanation. So when I get a chance I call and he says hey the welders here at work talked to the welding supervisor that was getting rid of the tables and they got both of them. One of them has this table that he will sell for $50 if you want it. So disappointed with the whole situation I agree to take the other table since I dont work there or do business with them.
That weekend I went over and picked up the table. It is just under 3' deep and just over 4' wide and 3/4" thick top. The glaring issue with the table was the height at only 29" tall. This would be fine if I was looking for a welding table to sit at and weld except the cross braces prevent you from putting legs underneath and I really want something taller I can use to lay parts and tools on while machining and not have to stoop over to look at anything closely.
My welding table I have used for the last 5 years or so. Its served its purpose but limits what you can do on it in a lot of ways. So anything of any size usually ends up getting welded on my lyons steel top work bench.
The new table fresh off the trailer, at 600lbs or so this was much more in my tractors wheel house. I believe this table to originally been made for a small piece of manufacturing equipment of some sort.
Then life took a bite out of my spare time for a while. My dad came down with Covid and went in the hospital December 11th. So work in the shop ground to a halt as priorities shifted to make sure my mom and the parents place were taken care of in his absence. I did manage to sneak a couple days in during the week between
and new years but spent that time organizing a few areas that had become catch alls and were now overflowing. The table served its purpose as the I am not sure what to do with this area during this. This is when I decided it was time for a change in altitude.
After 25 days in the hospital my dad was finally able to come home on January 5th. While he was weak from no physical activity for this long it was quite the relief to have him back home. To date he is doing remarkably well and gaining his strenght and lung capacity back at a pretty amazing pace. So with him home and him able to take care of things around their house again I was able to start steering a little time back at my projects. So first thing to deal with the legs that are 5x5x3/8 angle. I was able to acquire a couple pieces of the same size material and decided the easiest solution was to but extensions to the bottom and **** weld them on. So I made these extensions up with new leveling feet blocks.
I then had a friend come by and help me pull the top off that to my surprise bolted on and the bolts came out easily. After that I was able to man handle the frame around by myself to roll it around and work on it. Two of the extensions welded on, decided to leave the old leveling blocks intact as they are way to well attached to be worthwhile to cut out.
Extensions welded on and back on her feet.
So one morning early November my best friend calls me early. There's only two reasons he calls me this early, either there is some sort of an emergency or he has came across a deal that someone at his job his pedaling. For obvious reasons I always hope for the second option. His work is upgrading welding tables and is selling two 2" thick top 4' x 6' tables on the cheap. While this is really a little bigger than I was looking for the price was to good to pass up. So when the new tables come in I will get one of them, so I begin the process of figuring out how the hell I can unload a 2000+ lb table at my house as thats way more than my little Ford 1920 with a loader wants. I finally came to the conclusion I could get off a trailer in my back shop using my car lift and then tap one of several friends that have large skidsteers to bring it up to the shop for me.
Fast forward a couple weeks and my buddy sends me a pic of a different weld table with no explanation. So when I get a chance I call and he says hey the welders here at work talked to the welding supervisor that was getting rid of the tables and they got both of them. One of them has this table that he will sell for $50 if you want it. So disappointed with the whole situation I agree to take the other table since I dont work there or do business with them.
That weekend I went over and picked up the table. It is just under 3' deep and just over 4' wide and 3/4" thick top. The glaring issue with the table was the height at only 29" tall. This would be fine if I was looking for a welding table to sit at and weld except the cross braces prevent you from putting legs underneath and I really want something taller I can use to lay parts and tools on while machining and not have to stoop over to look at anything closely.
My welding table I have used for the last 5 years or so. Its served its purpose but limits what you can do on it in a lot of ways. So anything of any size usually ends up getting welded on my lyons steel top work bench.
The new table fresh off the trailer, at 600lbs or so this was much more in my tractors wheel house. I believe this table to originally been made for a small piece of manufacturing equipment of some sort.
Then life took a bite out of my spare time for a while. My dad came down with Covid and went in the hospital December 11th. So work in the shop ground to a halt as priorities shifted to make sure my mom and the parents place were taken care of in his absence. I did manage to sneak a couple days in during the week between
and new years but spent that time organizing a few areas that had become catch alls and were now overflowing. The table served its purpose as the I am not sure what to do with this area during this. This is when I decided it was time for a change in altitude.After 25 days in the hospital my dad was finally able to come home on January 5th. While he was weak from no physical activity for this long it was quite the relief to have him back home. To date he is doing remarkably well and gaining his strenght and lung capacity back at a pretty amazing pace. So with him home and him able to take care of things around their house again I was able to start steering a little time back at my projects. So first thing to deal with the legs that are 5x5x3/8 angle. I was able to acquire a couple pieces of the same size material and decided the easiest solution was to but extensions to the bottom and **** weld them on. So I made these extensions up with new leveling feet blocks.
I then had a friend come by and help me pull the top off that to my surprise bolted on and the bolts came out easily. After that I was able to man handle the frame around by myself to roll it around and work on it. Two of the extensions welded on, decided to leave the old leveling blocks intact as they are way to well attached to be worthwhile to cut out.
Extensions welded on and back on her feet.
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