Welding table... Scrap metal, cannibalized parts, clearance table casters....

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  • 1Killerbee
    Member
    • May 2010
    • 34

    Welding table... Scrap metal, cannibalized parts, clearance table casters....

    I'm brewing up a welding table....
    Here's some pictures so far.
    Most everything except the 3/8" plate pieces were scrap or clearance table stuff.
    I paid an unheard of $17 (total!) for the 5" casters (truly $110-120 value in casters)...
    Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time...
    Paid $14 dollars for the bolts nuts and washers to fasten them!







    Millermatic 211 MIG
    Miller Spectrum 375 Plasma Cutter
    Milwaukee 6190-20 Dry Cut Saw
    Jet HVBS-56M Band Saw
    Jet 708595 Bench Top Belt/Disc Sander





    www.slab-fab-studio.com (Fab Steel and Concrete Furniture Site)
    www.billysproul.com (Found Object/Sculpture Site)
  • davinci2010
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2010
    • 378

    #2
    Well done! If you take the time to look, sometimes you'll be suprised at what you can find. It seems like it all averages out for me. Sometimes I get smokin deals on stuff and other times I pay through the nose.
    Sometimes there's no second chances.

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    • silverado83
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2010
      • 5

      #3
      nice indeed, turned out extremely well

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      • strube1369
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 181

        #4
        Welding table

        Nice job! Let the fun begin...
        Professional firefighter (retired). Amateur everything else I try to do...
        Oh yeah: GO BIG RED!

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        • Jigantor
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2009
          • 1060

          #5
          Great work
          Is that Miller blue ?

          Ji
          Grip it and Rip it

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          • 1Killerbee
            Member
            • May 2010
            • 34

            #6
            98 % done after today...

            I added some tool widgets.
            Added a bottom shelf for more storage.
            Wrestled with taking the cup out of the two 3/8" plate pieces.
            That's a whole other story....
            I got the flatness down to a little under 1/16" over the 5 foot dimension.
            OK, time to have it start paying for itself....




            PS Jigantor... Close enough to Miller blue in real life... It is Ace Hardware (Rustoleum) "Safety Blue"
            Last edited by 1Killerbee; 07-29-2010, 05:49 PM.
            Millermatic 211 MIG
            Miller Spectrum 375 Plasma Cutter
            Milwaukee 6190-20 Dry Cut Saw
            Jet HVBS-56M Band Saw
            Jet 708595 Bench Top Belt/Disc Sander





            www.slab-fab-studio.com (Fab Steel and Concrete Furniture Site)
            www.billysproul.com (Found Object/Sculpture Site)

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            • John Stuckey
              Junior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 15

              #7
              My 2 cents.
              The grid is nice for clamping stuff.
              The platform makes it portable.
              The foot keeps it in place.
              The spacers allow height adjustment.
              This started out as a grid that fit over a taller table.

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              • Jigantor
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2009
                • 1060

                #8
                Hi John,
                Now that is a welding table.

                Ji
                Grip it and Rip it

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                • Rbeckett
                  Senior Member
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 168

                  #9
                  Sweet, Add a couple of reciever tubes for the chop saw and vice and your good to go for just about anything. Perhaps a little more overlap on the edges, but a darn nice design. 3/8th thick top will be nice and the 1/16 bow is not really a big deal over 5 feet. Especially since you know about it and its direction, so you can work around it.
                  Bob

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