Welding Table Build - Handmade

[tndude]

Well, I signed up in 2009 and this is my first post. Sorry, I'm slow. I hope its ok to post this here.

You know how it goes, you always need more room in the garage. I'm embarrassed to say, I have 3 car garage.....with no cars in it. I have too many toys (aka tools). There is a wall between the 2 car garage and the 3rd car bay. I need more storage so I plan to build plywood cabinets that will cover an entire wall (12' Ceiling). Part of the cabinets will have barn door sliders. I'll post pictures of the build. I should start soon.

Here is what I have in the 3rd car garage. Thought I'd share what I built. It's a 5' x 10' welding table. Its a great table to build all sorts of stuff on it. Not just welding. I hope you enjoy. Here are a couple pictures of it. You can see more of it on my youtube channel. www.retroweld.com

Thanks guys!

 

[woodstockva]

Nice job! I am jealous!

 

[tndude]

Thanks woodstockva!

 

[ADSR]

Yup, that's a great table! Nice work!

 

[Major Ramifications]

That thing is terrible! Give me your address and like a true friend I will come take it off your hands. It's one of the many free services I offer.

Seriously, very nice job!

 

[thieltech]

like the hidden wheel design. looks great .

Is the angle iron on the table top fastened down for a corner fixture ?

 

[thieltech]

pictures of your welder?

 

[tndude]

Lorddiesel - Thanks!

Major Ramifications - My wife would thank you so she could park her car in our garage. Ha!

Thieltech: I have 3. All are Lincoln Electric. A pro mig 175 (my 1st), Power MIG 216, & a Precision TIG 225. My other fun toy is a Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma cutter.

The angle iron is just clamped. Its part of a jig I made to make an iron fence panel. Makes each 8' panel nice a square. I plan to make a youtube video of how it works and show how to make a fence panel. Hope to do it in a couple of weeks.

 

[Ridwaan Gallow]

Damned smart table.. wish i could build one but i need to get my own house first..

 

[alan camby]

Lorddiesel - Thanks!

Major Ramifications - My wife would thank you so she could park her car in our garage. Ha!

Thieltech: I have 3. All are Lincoln Electric. A pro mig 175 (my 1st), Power MIG 216, & a Precision TIG 225. My other fun toy is a Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma cutter.

The angle iron is just clamped. Its part of a jig I made to make an iron fence panel. Makes each 8' panel nice a square. I plan to make a youtube video of how it works and show how to make a fence panel. Hope to do it in a couple of weeks.

Like the table and how metal can be stored underneath.

I was looking at making a hypertherm 45 my new toy for the year. I am starting to lean towards a 7x12 horizontal band saw instead.
How are you cutting your metal? I am real particular about strait cuts, so a plasma would just be used for shapes. Currently I use a 14" dry saw, Rage evolution, and it does great at speed but not quality.

 

[tndude]

Like the table and how metal can be stored underneath.

I was looking at making a hypertherm 45 my new toy for the year. I am starting to lean towards a 7x12 horizontal band saw instead.
How are you cutting your metal? I am real particular about strait cuts, so a plasma would just be used for shapes. Currently I use a 14" dry saw, Rage evolution, and it does great at speed but not quality.

I use a cheap harbor freight bandsaw for clean straight cuts. I also like how quiet it cuts. Its slow but cuts well. I use the plasma if I have to cut shapes or something that wont fit into the bandsaw. Sounds like the bandsaw is the way to go for now...until you get the itch for a new toy, then get the plasma.

 

[tndude]

Close up of the wheel and self leveling foot.

Thanks Douglas
video of it @ retroweld.com

 

[t4runner]

Nice table.

 

[tndude]

Nice table.

Thanks!

 

[RAYJAY]

very nice build, nice shop setup have the same hf saw and can't kill it

as for the top of the table what thickness did you use ? and for the self levelers thread the plate or weld nuts on ?


Jeff

 

[CGT80]

It would be awesome to have a three car garage and that welding table to go in it. I like the steel storage as well and the casters are a great idea. Having a table, jig, or other fixture setup when you need to do a decent size project or multiples, makes life much better. I try to work smart instead of hard. I remember welding fence sections on a warehouse floor. It was actually a series of panels for a cage that was to hold cell phones inside an office. They stored hundreds of phones and would resell them to other countries. It was a deterrent and way to slow down someone who may break into the business. That table would have made the job much easier.

The close up of the caster shows some welds also. I don't know if you have progressed since building the table, but it looks like you need more heat when mig welding. I like to drag and use a whipping motion to create a flatter bead. My mig machine is a miller 135 and I use 75/25 gas. The bigger machines can do much better on the thick material, as I found on my brother's miller 252. An auto darkening helmet is a must, if you don't have one.

I look back at some of my beads that I did years ago, or did while I was in a hurry and didn't care about them, and I think about how I have progressed. Sometimes I would like to see the old work disappear and other times it just reminds me of what I have accomplished. Anyway, I am not putting your work down, but just throwing some tips out there that helped me.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[tndude]

very nice build, nice shop setup have the same hf saw and can't kill it

as for the top of the table what thickness did you use ? and for the self levelers thread the plate or weld nuts on ?


Jeff

Thanks Jeff. The top is 1/2 thick 5' x 10'.

I welded them on.

Video of it at www.retroweld.com

 

[tndude]

It would be awesome to have a three car garage and that welding table to go in it. I like the steel storage as well and the casters are a great idea. Having a table, jig, or other fixture setup when you need to do a decent size project or multiples, makes life much better. I try to work smart instead of hard. I remember welding fence sections on a warehouse floor. It was actually a series of panels for a cage that was to hold cell phones inside an office. They stored hundreds of phones and would resell them to other countries. It was a deterrent and way to slow down someone who may break into the business. That table would have made the job much easier.

The close up of the caster shows some welds also. I don't know if you have progressed since building the table, but it looks like you need more heat when mig welding. I like to drag and use a whipping motion to create a flatter bead. My mig machine is a miller 135 and I use 75/25 gas. The bigger machines can do much better on the thick material, as I found on my brother's miller 252. An auto darkening helmet is a must, if you don't have one.

I look back at some of my beads that I did years ago, or did while I was in a hurry and didn't care about them, and I think about how I have progressed. Sometimes I would like to see the old work disappear and other times it just reminds me of what I have accomplished. Anyway, I am not putting your work down, but just throwing some tips out there that helped me.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks. Yes, I'm much better now. I made this a couple years ago (Hobby) and I also just got my new welder and was learning how to dial it in. I love my Lincoln Electric Power MIG 216.

 

[tndude]

Damned smart table.. wish i could build one but i need to get my own house first..

Thanks! Ridwaan.

 

[tndude]

Has anyone built a table that allows you to adjust the top? If so, how did you build it?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I saw one build where they used threaded rod inside the leg. Two square tubes one inside the other. Used an impact with socket thru hole in table top to adjust the leg longer or shorter. He could get the top near 45* from horizontal.

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