36"x72"
Looks cool, but I bet you wouldnt want to sit at it and work...I imagine myself having a spacer or some part I'm tig'ing and it falling through on my lap...or MIG splatter on the balls...
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Looks cool, but I bet you wouldnt want to sit at it and work...I imagine myself having a spacer or some part I'm tig'ing and it falling through on my lap...or MIG splatter on the balls...
My new table thread is here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110263
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110263
Wow, great looking table! I love the X cuts, thats a great idea.
taumac
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This is a idea I made few years back Its worked ok and cut down and smaller but remaking this idea with a folding grated table on back to weld on and fold away when not in use. Also it will only be 37 inchs from floor to top of vise so I can roll in under bench when not using. I will have mig, oxy/acet torchs on this one. I will be remaking in the next few months.
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Toolfool
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This thread has got me wanting to learn how to weld now. I actually have a Lincoln 110v wire-feed welder, just don't know where to start. Maybe I should find a used table. Anyone give welding instruction ?
You can rent a DVD from Smartflix for ten bucks. That's how I got started. I think it was the Steve Bleile MIG video.
hunter1151
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See if you have a Vo-Tech school near you, you can take the course at night, and sometimes the weekend. They are the best, because of the equipment and the supervison you get. Also the unlimited scrap material available for learning the different welding positions. Some junior colleges offer classes as well. I knew how to weld when I took the class in '72 but it still helped a great deal.
Toolfool
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Thanks Jack, I'll look into that.
No Vo-Tech near me. Nothing really near me, I live on an island !
VegasBruce
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Rocket
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NO oil or grease near my bench thanks 
Kept in "raw " steel.
Every now & then I use a strip disc & treat it with acid (stops the flash rust)
Kept in "raw " steel.
Every now & then I use a strip disc & treat it with acid (stops the flash rust)
TozziWelding
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Mine at work, nothing fancy, and needs a thicker top.
This one is ok, but to short I think a Troll made it
This one is ok, but to short I think a Troll made it
Rocket
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motorbreath53
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I'm still adding to/moderfyn' this one that I built this year. I thought i'd like the expanded metal... but as it turns out, I think it ***** out loud. I'd like to find a solid plate, or maybe some thick barstock to re-do the top with. I wanna add a powerstrip to the bottom as well...
Overall i'm pretty happy with it though. Especially since the bench itself cost me $0.00 (ignoring the cost of welding wire n' gas of course)
Overall i'm pretty happy with it though. Especially since the bench itself cost me $0.00 (ignoring the cost of welding wire n' gas of course)
I'm still adding to/moderfyn' this one that I built this year. I thought i'd like the expanded metal... but as it turns out, I think it ***** out loud. I'd like to find a solid plate, or maybe some thick barstock to re-do the top with. I wanna add a powerstrip to the bottom as well...
Overall i'm pretty happy with it though. Especially since the bench itself cost me $0.00 (ignoring the cost of welding wire n' gas of course)
I just picked up a JD2 bender this week with 4 die sets. I never thought to incorporate it into a table/mount. I see you are running air over hydraulic (or full hydro?) what do you bend up. I would think you would have to move it outside to bend up a long stick of tube?
I am building a full cage for my 4x4 this winter and some other tube work and would like to know how your setup is working for you. I love the idea, it looks great man.
zmotorsports
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Here is mine. It is constructed of 1 1/2" square tube with 1/2" plate top on a tube frame. It is very solid. The shelf below holds my tube roller and the C-clamps and vise grips reside on the two sides. It is mounted on casters with brake mechanisms so I can use it for more than just welding. Many times I move it over next to my other bench when rebuilding transmissions so I have everything within easy reach on either side of me.
Mike.
Mike.
isaac338
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An old pic from years ago. The table is used most days now.
Not to hijack, but can you post some more pics/details/dimensions about that staircase? Looks like it's nice and compact, looks badass.
Jim Stabe
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Mine has a 4' x 4' x 3/4" top and the whole thing weighs around 600 lbs so it doesn't scoot around the shop. I cut two of the corners out and put 2 1/2" x 1/4" wall tubing in to take various tools mounted on 2" square posts. I mounted the top on rubber pads and bolted it to the frame using tapped holes in the top - it really cuts down on the ringing when you are hammering on it. I used wood working vises so that I could keep the top clear. I made a very heavy dity drawer to hold all my C clamps and keep them handy.
motorbreath53
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I'm sure someone else has mounted the bender to a table... but when I couldn't find a single pic when I was looking to build mine. I've only got a two car "shop", so I did it for space reasons. Its AWESOME to avoid "assembling" the bender every time I want to use it. Moving it for big sticks is no biggie either... and actually, i've only "needed" to move it 4-6 times for this little chassis.
What do I bend? The chassis of that baja in the background is the current problem/project. Mix of 1.75, 1.50, and 1.00 inch tubing (.120 and .090 depending on the purpose)
Its currently using just a HF porta-power to bend. So, its hydraulic thats manually pumped basically. Slow going, but it works well. I'm looking at the air over hydraulic conversion that SWAG Offroad offers... but we'll see. Maybe NEXT project.
thanks for the atta-boys on the table though. Made me feel loved.
Toolfool
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I was talking with a friend from a car forum I'm on, telling him about my interest in learning to weld, and he offered me a free table ! It was sitting out by his barn, not being used. All I had to do was make the trip over to the mainland to get it. It's about 23" wide x 87" long. It was about 42" tall, so I cut 4" off the legs. I'll clean it up and post finished pics. Sweeet!!
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nonhog
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All the 'free' tables in this thread are driving me mad
Seriously good for you all! I'm still designing in my head how I want mine.
Lots of good ideas here
Seriously good for you all! I'm still designing in my head how I want mine.
Lots of good ideas here
Steevo
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Are you complaining, or boasting?
Those of us who are familiar with Whidbey Island and the Washington Islands in general are jealous of your location.
kvanderploeg
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Picked this beast of a table up the other day. Top is 36"x36" and 2.5" thick.
Kent
Kent
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Steve from Socal
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This thread is more toward making something but, consider buying something and you open up a lot of possibilities. The table below is actually a 2 piece angle plate from a horizontal boring mill. As shown it is 36"x 36" x 132, all 8000 pounds of good old American iron. I paid nearly double the price to get it delivered and I am still in it for under 700.00
Steve
Steve
slip knot
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Damm nice table Steve. I especially like the tile back splash. nice touch!
Toolfool
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Are you complaining, or boasting?
Those of us who are familiar with Whidbey Island and the Washington Islands in general are jealous of your location.
Thanks. I guess I am boasting.
Edit : Here's my table after clean-up. Now I have to find some instructional DVD's.
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Picked this beast of a table up the other day. Top is 36"x36" and 2.5" thick.
Kent
Is that vise just mounted to that heavy plate to be slid around? Thats a great idea for a welding fixture.
kvanderploeg
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Is that vise just mounted to that heavy plate to be slid around? Thats a great idea for a welding fixture.
Actually, it's a piece of 1" plywood that was on the vise when I recently got it. I think someone had devised a method to make the vise rotate using that.
Kent
Rickenbackerman
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Really? Looks like 1" max from the pics. Talking about the plate, not the framework it sits on...
kvanderploeg
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Angle for the top support is 1/4" thick and the top sits down inside the top frame. So, there's 3/4" of plate sitting about the frame.
Kent
Grinder Bill
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An old shot of mine; it hasn't been this clean since...
reedwesd
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Here is mine...
I like it. Reminds me of the new miller portable tables.
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/bfs/2549398055.html
Here's a good one if you are in the Cincinnati area
Here's a good one if you are in the Cincinnati area
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willy3486
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Here is mine. I think it was Kewikevs over at the hamb that I saw and wanted one similar. I made this one from scrap parts. The only thing new was the welding rods I used. I had some scrap shipping frames,store shelving,leftover steel plate and what was left from a garbage can cart. The handle was from the cart. The wheels were the only thing I had to buy other than the rods. I got them at my local scrapyard for 2 bucks apiece. I was going to use the wheels for a cart to roll the cab of my truck around when I was fixing it, but I never did. I painted it with some silver paint. I have a 220 lincon arc that sits in the big place, I also have a 110 on the top shelf. My mother in law gave me my FILs wire welder I am going to fit in and another 110 welder. Now I just need some shop time to make stuff.
