dstig1
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This would normally be something I would ask on welding web, but...ya know.
I am modifying a table I picked up for $20 into a welding table of sorts. I'm adding a 1/4" steel top and some reinforcements, but I also wanted to weld on a few receivers so I could mount vises, etc like so many have done on many threads here and on WW. Before I go too far with this...The one thing I know about the typical 2" receiver is that it is pretty sloppy. This is not a piston fit. What are people doing to make this a more solid mount for something you may need to wank on to bend, pry, twist, pound etc? Sure I could stick framing shims in there but wood is going to compress really easily like this, and would probably end up in splinters in many situations.
I am modifying a table I picked up for $20 into a welding table of sorts. I'm adding a 1/4" steel top and some reinforcements, but I also wanted to weld on a few receivers so I could mount vises, etc like so many have done on many threads here and on WW. Before I go too far with this...The one thing I know about the typical 2" receiver is that it is pretty sloppy. This is not a piston fit. What are people doing to make this a more solid mount for something you may need to wank on to bend, pry, twist, pound etc? Sure I could stick framing shims in there but wood is going to compress really easily like this, and would probably end up in splinters in many situations.