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laying some dimes
 

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I would have made this a solid piece, and milled the 4 sides. Is there a special reason why it was added later?

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Nice welds by the way ...
 
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more is involved if using a mill to cut the square keys instead of just turning on a lather then weld. 316L stainless is so gummy, not the easy metal to machine.

this is what's look like the inside after polished up.
 

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kyrbz said:
Yes I made the welding tables. I like having two smaller tables so that if I'm working on something large, I can bridge the piece across the tables and easily get to the middle of what I'm working. I use to work in a shop that had a giant Weldsale fab table. If I remember right it was 5' x 12'. Really nice table, but I was always on my hands and knees on top of the table to weld in the middle of large projects. Mine are small and light enough that I can move them around, and then level them with each other depending on what I'm working on. The tops aren't thick enough that I would be rolling an engine around on top of them, but for the tubular frame type of stuff I do a lot of, it works fine, plus the tops would be inexpensive to replace if I ever need to.

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Sometimes I slide the top from one table over to the other giving me a larger work surface.

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Other times I have them separated so I can get between the tables to weld in the middle of larger pieces

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Hanging a piece up vertical off the side of the table. My welding area also doubles as a spray booth. Depending on what I'm spraying, sometimes I move the tables out of the booth, other times I just throw a tarp over them. When I originally built my welding/spray booth, I had my wood shop in the same space. Now I've got my wood shop moved to a different part of the building and I wish my welding/spray booth was a little larger. At least the welding curtains allow me to spill out of the booth when I'm working on something larger than the booth.

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What are you building here?
 
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Will S. said:
BZ, I'm also very interested in hearing more about your welding table. I wonder if you have a build-thread here on GJ, that you can link to. But meanwhile, I'd like to know the table dimensions, and a material list, if at all possible. Also wonder if there have been problems with the top warping while you're welding, causing the work pieces to move?

Also want to ask you what you were building, in the last couple pics, AND where did you get those 3 gray boxes under the bench? I've been out looking for something like them just this afternoon.
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Sorry no build thread. The size of my tables are 2' wide x 5' long. I used 2.5" 11ga. sq tube. The tops are 11 ga. sheet. I've never had any big problems with warping. It's definitely not as good as thick plate tops with holes for clamping would be, but it works alright for what I do. The frames I'm building in the last couple of photos are the support structures for a sculpture that was mostly comprised of spun steel and acrylic. The sculpture consisted of 16 different sections (frames) and was approx. 80' wide x 7' tall at its tallest point.

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Thanks for the info on the table, BZ.

Geeze, that is an impressive architechtural project. Do you have a pic of the finished project showing it with more of the building visible? Did you also do the installation?
 
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Impressive and beautiful.

Did you use some software for the design?

I would love to see an image of the outside too.
 
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Hey guys new to the forum thought Id throw a couple of my projects up and see what ya think. Tips, criticism, comments are welcomed

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Dana 44 for my xj
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JCR Front Bumper
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BrewFabInd. said:
Hey guys new to the forum thought Id throw a couple of my projects up and see what ya think. Tips, criticism, comments are welcomed

welding table
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Dana 44 for my xj
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upper 3 link mount
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Show us more details/progress on your welding table. I'm planning to build one myself and I'm getting several ideas here.
 
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BrewFabInd. said:
Hey guys new to the forum thought Id throw a couple of my projects up and see what ya think. Tips, criticism, comments are welcomed

welding table
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Dana 44 for my xj
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upper 3 link mount
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JCR Front Bumper
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Nice looking welds what welder are you using (amperage, 110 or 220) what size wire are you using,

Thank you
archie
 
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I'm using a Miller 211 Autoset running on 220 I'm not 100% on the settings most of that stuff is of different thickness.
 
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kyrbz said:
Sorry no build thread. The size of my tables are 2' wide x 5' long. I used 2.5" 11ga. sq tube. The tops are 11 ga. sheet. I've never had any big problems with warping. It's definitely not as good as thick plate tops with holes for clamping would be, but it works alright for what I do. The frames I'm building in the last couple of photos are the support structures for a sculpture that was mostly comprised of spun steel and acrylic. The sculpture consisted of 16 different sections (frames) and was approx. 80' wide x 7' tall at its tallest point.



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Were you the artist or just the fabricator that the structure was contracted out to?
 
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zkling said:
Were you the artist or just the fabricator that the structure was contracted out to?
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I was the artist and did much of the fabrication with the exception of I worked with a local metal spinning business on the spun pieces, and of course the powder coating was farmed out. When I get a chance I'll post a few more pics of the finished piece and answer a few other questions people had.

BZ
 
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Jhmt said:
Kyrbz, Very High class craftsmanship :thumbup:

Good looking angle clamps, Bessey? I've been looking for similar clamps but they seem to be really expensive, at least here in Finland.

Like this

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30-year warranty, but the price is high 208,15 EUR = 233,09 USD
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Painful initially but it's the difference between near perfect and perfect. German made so if you have to the shipping shouldn't be too painful.
http://www.stronghandtools.com/stronghandtools/products/3axis.php
 
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About as fun as coughing when I have a bad case of diarrhea! It wouldn't be bad if our new sub arc wasn't junk!!

Still, the welds are coming out ok so far...




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TIG class today ... All outside corner joints and no play makes Jack a dull boy...
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But after class the wife wanted an arrow to hang up all her necklaces so I said as you wish...
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A little paint and it will be ready to hang.
 
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'' A little paint and it will be ready to hang.''

Man that is a hell of a weapon too ! You could hang slings off of it too.
 
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