Welding Table Ideas

[Iplayfarmer]

Here's mine. Got the grate from the old high school welding shop for 20 bucks. Had some 3" heavy wall tube laying around and added a 1/2 bottom shelf with expanded, overhead light, and 2 pcs of 5" angle iron with the V open for clamping and welding round parts. Added some 4" castors to move it around easier. Also added square tube to hold either a small vise or my hand shear reciever hitch style. I built this the same height as my main workbench so it does double duty holding long steel or wood projects.
Nice thing about the expanded and the grate is all slag and junk falls thru to the floor.

I bet that light is nice. That's a problem for me when welding... shadows.

[GuglioLS]

Larry,

What do you think of the diamond plate surface? I have some 1/4" 3'x5' diamond plate here that I will probably make a welding table out of but I was planning on turning it up side down so that I have a smooth surface. I assume that would be better, but did you find an advantage to the surface you have?

Ken

Hi Ken,

I've not had any issues with the diamond plate being on the top side. One advantage is small chunks of slag, splatter, grinding dust and other debris settle into the valleys of the diamond so that the overall surface is still flat.

Larry

[mechanic]

Here is a table I made that really makes it worth making. Before making I did everything on the floor.

[Iplayfarmer]

I really need to get wheels on my welding table. I had been afraid that it would roll away and be a pain that way, but seeing so many wheeled tables on this thread without complaints makes me think that maybe it wouldn't be so bad. My shop is small and nothing gets its own space. The welding table will be a lot easier to move with wheels.

[Ken45101]

Here is a table I made that really makes it worth making. Before making I did everything on the floor.

I can't imagine doing everything on the floor. I'm using an old metal clad door on sawhorses until I get more experience.

Your table looks very nice

Ken