I'm building a new welding table base and want some opinions. Prefacing all of this with: this is a hobby, in a 2.5 car garage, so the total weight has to be limited to me pushing it around when its on casters. I mostly work on furniture and other random stuff, less 4x4s/vehicles at this point and really don't see that changing.
I have 3 of the langmuir arcflats being bolted together as the the top, so 6'x3' total. The total top weight is 450lbs. I did order 1 of their leg kits, which are 3x3 14 gauge square tube, however these get bad reviews and I mainly wanted to see how they attach to the table and probably won't use them.
I want to do the whole hitch receiver mounts on all 4 corners since that's whats on my old table. Question is, if I want a 2" receiver (ID), is there any way to make it work without going 1/4 wall thickness (thinking 120 wall tops)? I think I would need 2 1/4 square tube (OD). I'm hoping to use the same size tube for the whole table, so any thoughts on the 2 1/4 size being big enough? I'm not an engineer but I believe the bigger the material diameter (shape) the stronger it is, IE you can get away with thinner material if you use bigger tube...I could be full of **** on that though
Worth mentioning is that the base only needs to hold the top, not provide structure for it to stay flat (in theory and especially my case, before anyone gives me ****)
I have 3 of the langmuir arcflats being bolted together as the the top, so 6'x3' total. The total top weight is 450lbs. I did order 1 of their leg kits, which are 3x3 14 gauge square tube, however these get bad reviews and I mainly wanted to see how they attach to the table and probably won't use them.
I want to do the whole hitch receiver mounts on all 4 corners since that's whats on my old table. Question is, if I want a 2" receiver (ID), is there any way to make it work without going 1/4 wall thickness (thinking 120 wall tops)? I think I would need 2 1/4 square tube (OD). I'm hoping to use the same size tube for the whole table, so any thoughts on the 2 1/4 size being big enough? I'm not an engineer but I believe the bigger the material diameter (shape) the stronger it is, IE you can get away with thinner material if you use bigger tube...I could be full of **** on that though
Worth mentioning is that the base only needs to hold the top, not provide structure for it to stay flat (in theory and especially my case, before anyone gives me ****)
