Welding table build

[ovrszd]

Thanks for posting the project pics Shield Arc.

Pretty amazing what a colony of ants can do. Also amazing what a colony of steel workers can do!!!!

 

[Shield Arc]

Oh that's only a small % of the projects I've been on. But who ever thought of taking pictures. :laughing:

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Last night got the main frame tacked together. Keep in mind, this is being built upside down.




The end where the welding shield is will be the cutting end. For now, I have to shift it back and forth on the plate as I'm working. If it weren't for the existing bow in the plate, I wouldn't have the long center support but the extra piece is easy enough to put in now

Practicing my vertical up welding:



Back of the weld: Decent penetration to my untrained eye

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Also got the nuts welded into the bottom of the 2 legs. Not the prettiest job but I have no doubt they will hold

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks for the update with pictures. I look forward to your progress!!!

 

[Arc weld]

I would have made the frame a little differently but as long as it's straight and flat should be fine.

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

I would have made the frame a little differently but as long as it's straight and flat should be fine.

What would you have done different?

The reasons I did it this way may become (hopefully) more apparent as the rest comes together

 

[Reverser]

Thanks for the update with pictures. I look forward to your progress!!!

Ditto :thumbsup:

 

[Will S]

I would have made the frame a little differently but as long as it's straight and flat should be fine.

I too, am interested in what you would have done, if you were building it. I am ready to buy the rest of the steel for mine (I already have the 28"x48"x 1/2" top). I've looked at so many build threads, and always wonder whether it is better to build a subframe, then weld the legs to the bottom of the frams, or to weld the up the frame tubes to the sides of the legs. I'm also considering whether to use box tubing, or 'C' channel for the frame. But this thread is about CDN Farm Boy's table, which I think is going to be a fantastic table. :thumbsup:

 

[bdog]

Your thread got me motivated and I was needing a project to test my new Powerarc 300 on.

I went to the steel yard Tuesday and bought a 4x10 sheet of 1/2" plate and 80' of 2.5" x 3/16 square tube. I laid the plate on the shop floor and built the frame on it upside down then flipped it over. Aside from the the metal I bought I added some 2" x 3/16" angle and a piece of pipe in the middle for support. Probably it is overkill but I wanted it sturdy and no flex. Weight of it is about 1400 lbs. I did not add any levelers on the feet or wheels but it sits good and level with no wobble. The thing is nice I don't think you could budge it if you wanted to. I am sure looking forward to being able to work on it and not on the floor anymore. My knees are killing me from this build.