Peccavi18
10-13-2009, 04:17 AM
What size table are you guys using (length,width, thickness) and anything special about it that you really like or couldn't live without or hate? The guy that resplined my axle shafts had a 2'x4'x 6" thick old mill table that was flat on one side and had T-slots on the other so he could clamp down to it.I thought that was pretty trick but alittle overkill for anything I would need. He also had a 1"thick 3'x4' table that was what he was primarly using, just tacked parts to it as needed, about 3-4 inches of overhang on the sides so he could clamp around them and a medium sized vice.
I'm getting tired of working and welding on the floor or having to pull out the saw horses and lay my thin scrap steel over it to work on. I have accumliated a few heavy duty carts (1k and 3k lb capacity) recently and an old thin topped steel prep table. Soon one of them is gonna be modified to be a worktable/welding table. Looking for ideas, will prob be more of a workbench but I want to be able to put heavy parts up there, slam on them with a bfh, as well as grind and weld if need be without problems. I saw one that used 2" recievers and hitches mounted under the table so that vices, grinders, notchers, etc could be securely mounted when needed and removed so they weren't in the way for storage. Any other trick ideas you can think of?
Thinking 1/2" for the top, with a removable "backsplash" to keep the sparks contained. and a perment location for a fire extinguisher. Another design aspect I would like incorperated is a slide out locking "shelf" of expanded metal with heavy duty edges and bracing that I can lay parts on for stripping with the grinder, or cutting with the chop saw. Would also like to keep it mobile, so heavy duty locking casters or casters and a way to level it???
I'm getting tired of working and welding on the floor or having to pull out the saw horses and lay my thin scrap steel over it to work on. I have accumliated a few heavy duty carts (1k and 3k lb capacity) recently and an old thin topped steel prep table. Soon one of them is gonna be modified to be a worktable/welding table. Looking for ideas, will prob be more of a workbench but I want to be able to put heavy parts up there, slam on them with a bfh, as well as grind and weld if need be without problems. I saw one that used 2" recievers and hitches mounted under the table so that vices, grinders, notchers, etc could be securely mounted when needed and removed so they weren't in the way for storage. Any other trick ideas you can think of?
Thinking 1/2" for the top, with a removable "backsplash" to keep the sparks contained. and a perment location for a fire extinguisher. Another design aspect I would like incorperated is a slide out locking "shelf" of expanded metal with heavy duty edges and bracing that I can lay parts on for stripping with the grinder, or cutting with the chop saw. Would also like to keep it mobile, so heavy duty locking casters or casters and a way to level it???