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Posted by Martin H. Eastburn on August 8, 2008, 9:36 pm
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My big vise is on another small but stout table next to the welding table.
Not intended to be used, but handy where it is. I have two others mounted
inside the shop.
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SteveB wrote:
>> You may want to rethink the vise on the table. My primary table is
>> 36"x36"
>> with a big honking vise. It gets in the way more than it is used.
>>
>> I threw out my back a few weeks ago tossing my toddler around. I feel
>> your
>> pain.
>> Heal up,
>> John
>
> Same here on the vise. So, I just mount it when I need it, but that is a
> bother, too.
>
> Steve
>
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Posted by Bob La Londe on August 8, 2008, 12:23 pm
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>> I've got a sears workbench with 1 1/2" MDF top.
>
> Actually, it was 1 1/4" I found out today.
>
>> I've just ordered some
>> 16 gauge metal to cover it (top and edges), as well as cover the back to
>> keep sparks etc from falling behind the table when I do grinding and
>> cutting. It won't be a real welding table, but it should work nicely for
>> small welding projects and give me a better table to do basic cutting and
>> grinding work on.
>
> I added the steel cover to the table today. Here are the pictures..
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Curt.Welch/WeldingWorkbenchProject
I looked at that. Nice. It looks like you clamped on a piece of tube and
then just folded the edge over with a hammer. How much time did you spend
on it with the hammer. The finished edges (atleast in the pic) don't look
all that hammered.
Bob La Londe
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Posted by Curt Welch on August 8, 2008, 8:28 pm
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> >> I've got a sears workbench with 1 1/2" MDF top.
> >
> > Actually, it was 1 1/4" I found out today.
> >
> >> I've just ordered some
> >> 16 gauge metal to cover it (top and edges), as well as cover the back
> >> to keep sparks etc from falling behind the table when I do grinding
> >> and cutting. It won't be a real welding table, but it should work
> >> nicely for small welding projects and give me a better table to do
> >> basic cutting and grinding work on.
> >
> > I added the steel cover to the table today. Here are the pictures..
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/Curt.Welch/WeldingWorkbenchProject
>
> I looked at that. Nice. It looks like you clamped on a piece of tube
> and then just folded the edge over with a hammer.
I clamped a piece of angle iron to hold it down when I did the sides. I
also placed a piece of angle iron under the metal. So the sheet metal was
clamped between two pieces of angle iron. For the back however, I just
used angle on top and the wood of the bench below for the hammering.
The front edge of the bench already had a metal piece to give it extra
strength so I just used that as the backing as I hammered.
> How much time did you
> spend on it with the hammer.
Made my arm so weak I had to rest for a while. :) One thing about
metalworking is that it seems to want to build your strength. Everything
seems heaver than woodworking. Still, it didn't take very long.
It took maybe 10 hits in each spot to bend it all the way down. I just
made multiple passes back and forth along the edge until I worked it all
the way down. I used both a 32 oz ball peen and a sledge which I think was
4 lbs. The sledge worked better but wore out my arm faster.
The pictures probably don't have enough detail to see the hammer marks and
the uneven finish that resulted but they are there. Still, it turned out
just fine by my standards. The edges were somewhat rounded simply because
that's what happens when you try to bend it by hammering. 16 ga steel is
not easy to bend with a hammer. If I did it again, I might go with 18 ga.
> The finished edges (atleast in the pic)
> don't look all that hammered.
Even in real life the fact it was hammered is hard to see unless you take
the time to examine it closely. My main concern was keeping the top flat
against the table and not letting it bow up from the hammering which is why
I clamped it down with the angle iron.
> Bob La Londe
> www.YumaBassMan.com
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Posted by RoyJ on August 5, 2008, 8:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options We use a ex die plate: 4'x6' and 1" thick. Large hole cut in the
center, lots of 1/2-13 taped holes, some 4" tube legs welded on the
corners. this thing is dead flat, does not warp with any reasonable heat
applied. We use it for welding up small off road vehicles, works just
great.
Stay away from concrete. Not only will it spall from cutting, it won't
be flat, it doesn't conduct either heat or electricity, it winds up too
thick to clamp easily, and you can't weld fixture bars and angles to the
plate.
Bob La Londe wrote:
> Ok... I am to that point where I think I need a welding table or two.
> What do you guys use? I see that cheap one on Northern Tools website,
> and it looks ok I suppose, although not very big. I suppose it could be
> workable if paired with some roller stands or a roller conveyer to work
> with longer stock.
>
> How about a stainless steel food prep table? I know most have rounded
> edges, but you can find them pretty big sometimes, and I've bought them
> in the past for my folks grocery store at auctions pretty cheap. (right
> place right time).
>
> I've seen a few metal work benches, but almost all of the new ones are
> wood, and even those few that are metal are pretty thing stamped steel
> sheet. I can't see welding on that without blowing holes in it eventually.
>
> A local welding shop I looked around at seemed to have 1" steel plate
> supported on what looks like junk metal left over from other jobs. That
> is heavy and expensive I bet.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> I did a bit of work on a plastic table (looks like food prep plastic
> cutting board material) today, and amazingly I didn't melt the table,
> but repositioning to not do that certainly cost me some time. It did
> get me thinking about getting a regular welding table.
>
> I know... just work on the floor. LOL.
>
> How about pouring a concrete table? It would be heavy as all get out,
> and could not be used as a ground or a heat sink, but it would not melt
> through either.
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Posted by BobH on August 5, 2008, 9:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options Bob La Londe wrote:
> Ok... I am to that point where I think I need a welding table or two.
> What do you guys use?
I built mine out of a 4'x4' piece of 3/8" steel plate with a 1/4" angle
stock frame. The frame is about 6" in from all edges at the top and
about 4' square at the ground. It rolls on some mongo mil surplus
casters I got when I built it. The corners are all radiused so it does
not remove a kidney if you cut a corner walking by. The radiused corners
also mean that you can clamp stuff to the edges for squaring up and weld
both sides if you really want to. I put an aluminum frame between the
legs that holds a stack of 4" PVC tubes full of welding rod of various
flavors. The top is a good height for welding while standing or sitting
on a tall stool. Maybe a downside, maybe not, it is pretty heavy.
> How about pouring a concrete table? It would be heavy as all get out,
> and could not be used as a ground or a heat sink, but it would not melt
> through either.
Ordinary concrete has a bad habit of popping large hot pieces off when
you apply heat, so on top of heavy and non-conductive, it explodes. Not
good in my book.
Good Luck,
BobH
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>> 36"x36"
>> with a big honking vise. It gets in the way more than it is used.
>>
>> I threw out my back a few weeks ago tossing my toddler around. I feel
>> your
>> pain.
>> Heal up,
>> John