Cutting table

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muddstopper

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I need to make a cutting table for my every growing desire to burn things up. I usually just hang what ever I need to cut up on some blocks, hang off the tail gate, or what ever. Been know to use a saw horses and a piece of plywood as a table. What I need help with is the size of the slats and spacing. I intend to use some plain old angle for a table frame and scraps to make the slots for the slats. Just need to know how thick and wide the slat material needs to be and about how far to space them apart.
 
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Here is a nice design from Jody at WeldingTipsandTricks.com. If you dig into this you can get dimensioned drawings and some nice videos on the build. Don't need to make as fancy as his but he designed it with a downdraft and collection box along with easily replaceable slats.

Miller Plasma Cutter Table Downdraft
 
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I had seen the video but hadnt found the plans. Your link takes me to the video with the plans, but I cant get the file to open. I dont plan anything as fancy as Jodies table, just a square table with removable slats
 
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There are downloadable plans but it is a bit qwerky to get them at least on my Mac. I am thinking of building something similar. If you can get the plans downloaded you could just use the frame and slat info and even add to it later if you wanted more features.
 
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That's a darn neat idea, I like it.
 
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I built this one years ago. I used 1/4" x 3/4" flatbar for the slats. Spaced about every 1 1/2". If you can find some bar grating, it works good too. I use the bar grating for my rotating circle burning table.
 

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SA, thats pretty close to what I had in mine, but Instead of sq, I probably go Rectangle, running the slats longways. Do you have much problems cutting thru the 3/4 wide slats. I plan on lining my cuts up the direction the slats run and maybe taking out one or two slats depending on how the cut lays. It just seems to me if the cut had to run across a 3/4in wide slat that it could burn thru on the first pass
 
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...If you can find some bar grating, it works good too. I use the bar grating for my rotating circle burning table.

All the "grating" stuff I find is galvanized so I pass on it, probably not a huge concern since your not welding on it but it does give me pause.
 
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I hear you on the Galvanized it sure aint for welding and I aint to fond of cutting on it either. Galvanize gives off fumes cutting and welding
 
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I try to make all my cuts, where it doesn't cut the slats. I don't use that cutting table much, I use my Ellis saw for 95% of my cutting.

This last grate I got was given to me. As you can see I use it more for painting on than cutting circles:eek:. I've been galvanized poisoned at least a dozen times. For me welding galvanized material is not all that bad, but burning it gets to me fast!:thumbdown:
 

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