This could be the ultimate welding table.

[MarkG]

Cool! Nice job----well thought-out and interesting details. Thanks for posting.

 

[PT Doc]

Simply great. Wonderful design and excellent execution.

 

[Farmall450]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead...but awesome build!

 

[raddksn]

I would like to see some projects you build on this great table. You GOT SKILLS MAN !!!!!

 

[bsaint]

Now to box it in and make it down draft...thats the ultimate welding table.

 

[PT Doc]

There was some discussion of deflection. If that ever became a regular problem, you could but another long support down the center of the long dimension of the table and just use 1 bolt in the center of each plate. This wouldn't hinder clamping.

Again, very, very nice design and build. Caster plates are great.

 

[wellpoison]

you have lots of skill. i would love to see more projects! i love the way you did those caster mounts.

 

[absintheisfun]

Just tagging this one for later reference when I shoplift your ideas

Awesome table man!

 

[frsava]

Nice table. I liked it so much that I am in the process of making one very much like it. Mine is going to be 3' x 8'. A local supplier had some 5/8" x 6 flat bar that they had extra that I got very good price. My rails (which are 2" x 4" x 3/16") will be 30" apart so that I'll have 3" over hang on each side. Also, I decided rather than weld bolts to the bottom of the slabs, that I would instead drill and tap holes and use 1/2" x 3" studs. This way I figured that if I needed to, could always flip a slab over if the top side got messed up.
I already drilled and tapped the top pieces and am in the process of drilling the holes in the rails. I wanted to ask you if you were to do it again, is there anything you would do differently? I have some expanded metal and i have thought about making a shelf at the bottom of my rails so anything I drop through the gaps in between won't have to hit the floor, but only drop 6" or so. I am worried that in addition to the stray tool that I might end up with a one more spot for debris to build up.

 

[KerryH]

Fantastic table, Thanks for sharing and I look forward to incorporating some of these features in a future table!

 

[AMCguy]

I'd like to thank everybody for all their comments.

frsava, It sounds like you're going to have a great table. In answer to your question, I would have used 2''x4'' for the top rail if I had it in my shop at the time. I know the 2''x3'' is adequate but I think it would have looked better with 2''x4''.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

That did come out well
Bravo

 

[theknurl]

if you folks build, in effect slotted tables, make the slots a tad over 5/8"......

then you won't need C-clamps, you can use T-slot clamps like every milling machine in the World and they cost peanuts compared to C-clamps

my welding table top is 21"x 64" (perfect for building motorcycles) its Navy plate, 1/8" of stainless bonded to 5/8" of steel, its rimmed with 3/8x3x3

deflection? i don't think so

 

[CARS]

3/4". Oh my.

 

[Richard D]

if you folks build, in effect slotted tables, make the slots a tad over 5/8"......

then you won't need C-clamps, you can use T-slot clamps like every milling machine in the World and they cost peanuts compared to C-clamps

my welding table top is 21"x 64" (perfect for building motorcycles) its Navy plate, 1/8" of stainless bonded to 5/8" of steel, its rimmed with 3/8x3x3

deflection? i don't think so

I like this idea, I already have T nuts for my mill.

What is Navy Plate? Where can I get it? How about pictures of your table?

 

[bobx]

nice build. great thread.

 

[e30bradley]

this is one of the nicest welding tables I've seen built here.. and there has been allot built.

 

[69supercj]

I like this idea, I already have T nuts for my mill.

What is Navy Plate? Where can I get it? How about pictures of your table?

Ditto.

 

[jlsanzaro]

beautiful welds

 

[slow50]

i might have missed it but are the legs .120 wall? nice table.

 

[bldgengineer]

I'm subscribing so I can steal this design later on. By the way, how would you suggest incorporating a vise, tube notcher, and possibly a shrinker/stretcher into your design?

If you're still reading this of course lol

 

[Richard D]

Thanks for the inspiration, I finally built mine:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225206

 

[AMCguy]

i might have missed it but are the legs .120 wall? nice table.

All the tubing used was .125'' I mentioned earlier, that if I was doing it again, I would use 4''x2'' on the upper portion of the table. The 3''x2'' is certainly adequate but I would prefer it look beefier.

I'm subscribing so I can steal this design later on. By the way, how would you suggest incorporating a vise, tube notcher, and possibly a shrinker/stretcher into your design?

If you're still reading this of course lol

For lighter things, I would probably build a mount for each tool that I could clamp to the surface plates rather than have a receiver tube incorporated into the table frame. I wanted my table to be as clean as it could be. I prefer not to have anything else on it. Even though the four casters I used lock, I think the table would move around a bit if I was using a vise attached anywhere.

Thanks for the inspiration, I finally built mine:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225206

Your table looks great. If I inspired you (or anyone else) then all the time I took to post this thread was worth it. I'm not very handy with a computer.

I'd like to thank you all once again for the kind replies and great questions. Here is what the table looks like these days. The only thing I have done is paint it. I've used it quite a lot since it's completion.

 

[MillerMav]

To the OP....Did you ever come up with your "modded c-clamps"? Just curious to see what you came up with for clamping systems.

Awesome build. It definitely has me thinking about dismantling my current set-up

 

[Doug19]

if you folks build, in effect slotted tables, make the slots a tad over 5/8"......

then you won't need C-clamps, you can use T-slot clamps like every milling machine in the World and they cost peanuts compared to C-clamps

my welding table top is 21"x 64" (perfect for building motorcycles) its Navy plate, 1/8" of stainless bonded to 5/8" of steel, its rimmed with 3/8x3x3

deflection? i don't think so

I really like this idea of using T-slot clamps. Anybody ever seen it done or can come up with a reason it wouldn't work?

 

[Richard D]

Would work good. I find I like the wide slots in mine since I find c clamps are more convinient.

 

[bigduke6]

Great looking table!

 

[CUMMINS&CORONET9768]

Thanks again for all the kind replies. Here is what the table looks like these days. The only thing I have done is paint it. I've used it quite a lot since it's completion.


Very nice table design. I love this forum

 

[dddt1]

Nice table desing, i used some of guides about welding tables on web and finaly i built my own table.

 

[tw0st3p]

I liked this design so much that I copied it and built one for myself. Way overkill for anything I need but it was a fun build.

 

[Buil-dwelder]

AMCGuy,

Wow. Very nice design, and build. Just found your thread by doing a search on web for a different kind of table, but clicked on the link for your build. Glad I did! I registered here to let you know that your sharing with everyone is excellent! This design is in my fabricating future, in about 3 months from now.

I was originally looking for a spinning rotary table, like a potter's wheel, to aid in cutting circles in/from metal. Would you happen to have killer plans for one of those?, lol!

Greg

 

[TJM2]

That table is awesome. Outstanding work, truly. I opened this thread thinking "I can probably pull this off" and got to the end thinking "nope!"

Maybe in the future I will have a little more experience and confidence to attempt a build like this. In the mean time I'm just going to admire the pics. Thanks for sharing!

 

[bulletpruf]

First thing I'll be building is my engine run-in stand. Then I'll be building an auto rotisserie. I started a small business fabricating brackets, crossmembers, performance suspension and other small parts for AMCs a while back but had to put it on hold because I was too busy with my main livelihood. I hope to get that back up and running soon. This table and the various fixtures I'll be building will play an important part.

Interesting! I'm building a 71 Javelin road race project. Difficult to find suspension parts; had a heck of a time finding coil overs. Getting some custom upper control arms made up now. Are you a member at www.theamcforum.com?

Let me know what you'll be producing when you get up and running.

Scott

 

[kittybum]

Great table; you inspired me to build a very similar design.
I was just wondering how you went about leveling up all the plates?

Thanks!

 

[AMCguy]

Thanks. Im glad you liked it.

I just set a straight edge on it and adjusted each plank until it just touched the bottom of it.

Post up some pictures of your completed build.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

I too liked this design well enough to take the idea, modify it slightly and duplicate the application

Very well done !!!
I'd like to see more builds like this

Adam



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[richeyc2000]

I agree entirely.
I loved this design so much I started from this design.
It's still a work in progress as everyday I see great ideas here like AMCguys and others it keeps evolving. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji3]

Well done and can't wait to see more.

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[Griff93]

Thanks for posting this build. I'm going to build another welding table at some point. My current one is to small for a lot of the projects I get into these days at 2'x4'.

 

[CRCRFT78]

Nice table design.

 

[Mike W.]

hi, great table, love it, very functional. I know this is an old thread but i know it'll be looked at often ppl looking at weld table builds.

I saw a couple questions about bending moments and how much the bar would support. I have some professional design software that can do basic FEA analysis pretty easy so i thought i'd run a couple simulations to see what your bar would hold. I included pic the explanations are below. The bend you see in these pics is greatly exaggerated to show the shape and direction of the deflection.

TOP BAR 600lb-1 = Load of 600lbs in an area 1.5" wide the width of the bar (see drawing for where i placed the force). Least Safety factor is 3 meaning the bar could theoretically hold 1800 lb before it reached it's elastic limit and the bend would be permanent. A safety factor of 3x is what the guys i work with usually work with but you could easily do 2x which is 1000 lb but would get roughly 1/6" of bend in the middle.

TOP BAR 600lb-2 = shows how much the bar would deflect at 600 lb, i think it was about 1/32"

The twp TOP BAR 1500 lb pics show the same thing as above but with a 1500 lb load.

Also the drawing (the last file) shows the 3/4" diameter "fixed" places to run the simulation and where in i placed the load. I placed the bolts roughly where i figured your bolts to be.

The total for the 8 bars on your table would be an easy 4800 lb across all of them, and that would be all of that weight sitting on a strip 1.5" wide. And that would be a safety factor of 3x. A very stout table you have

Mike