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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 | Hello all, I was wondering if anyone had plans to build a welding bench/table. Thanks James
If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | Build it waist height and with a edge so you can cover the top with fire brick. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | We have a few that were made some time ago at the shop. Simple tables. 1/2" top plate, maybe 4'x4'. Legs welded to the underside. Large steel casters. Some have nuts welded to the legs to allow bolts to be used as feet and get the wheels off the ground. Some have a small piece of round welded between the top of the legs for hanging "C" clamps on. Some use heavy square tubing inside other square tubing for adjustable legs. That way you can adjust the height of the table. Nice thing about the steel top is you can weld jigs to it for a job. Then grind the table smooth when done. You can catch one of our welding tables in the lower right corner of this pic. http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban17.jpg All the clamps are hanging on that backside. More pics: http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban22.jpg http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban36.jpg upper left. In this pic is a corner of a welding table made with 2" plate, 2'x2' on a grinder type of pedestal. Right center of pic, above transmission: http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban29.jpg The bottom of it in the upper left of this pic: http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban27.jpg Yeah, I know, not a lot of good pics. But then again, my focus was the 'burb! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | BTW, welcome to the Tool Chest!! Feel free to stop by often!! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | James B, My welding table at work is a hunk of A36 plate, 1"thick and 6 ft square. This is obviously overkill for the home shop, but as MNSmith pointed out, the table is meant to be welded to, beat on and drawn on...it is a multi-purpose scratch pad. After every project, the surface is ground smooth of all tacks, over spray and miscellaneous detritus. The shiny surface signals the readiness for a new job!  Stuart | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | James B, I found these plans ..they have some neat ideas in them. Stuart | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 | Hey Stuart thanks for the info. James
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