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ballgame · 01-19-2021, 03:03 PM

Built a new welding table over the weekend so I can more easily handle larger builds.

I used 3/16ths plate for the top and dimensions are 31" X 5Ft. ~$75

The total height is 33"

Total build cost is ~$160.

The caster wheels are 5" tall and cost ~ $50

Ladder034 · 01-19-2021, 03:06 PM

Very nicely done, I made one like that and mounted a chip saw on it so I could do projects outside. Very handy

RR 314 · 01-19-2021, 03:10 PM

Looks good. Your “larger builds” are apparently smaller than my “small builds”. :-).

hog_down · 01-19-2021, 03:16 PM

Very nice, mine is pretty similar. That thing will last you forever.

OldRiverRat · 01-19-2021, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ballgame

Built a new welding table over the weekend so I can more easily handle larger builds.

I used 3/16ths plate for the top and dimensions are 31" X 5Ft. ~$75

The total height is 33"

Total build cost is ~$160.

The caster wheels are 5" tall and cost ~ $50

is that angle or square tubing?

kruppa24 · 01-19-2021, 03:24 PM

Looks good!

ballgame · 01-19-2021, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by OldRiverRat

is that angle or square tubing?

2" box tubing for legs and top supports and 1.5" angle on the bottom where the expanded is.

TacticalCowboy · 01-19-2021, 04:52 PM

I like it!

OldRiverRat · 01-19-2021, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ballgame

2" box tubing for legs and top supports and 1.5" angle on the bottom where the expanded is.

Thanks for the pics

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Gunner97 · 01-19-2021, 08:24 PM

Looks good. I need to build me one.

Whale · 01-19-2021, 08:42 PM

Nice

jmeghunts · 01-19-2021, 08:45 PM

Looks great!

coachk · 01-20-2021, 10:55 AM

Nice job!! Wish i was a better metal fabricator/welder!!

twosixteens · 01-20-2021, 07:02 PM

Looks good you might want to put an angle or square tube under the edges of you table top will help stiffen it and protect you from the edges another thought maybe round the corners

Draco · 01-20-2021, 09:46 PM

I really think you are going to have to frame out the outer edges with some angle. Between working and the heat you will put into it, I'm afraid it will warp and bend badly.

RascalArms · 01-20-2021, 10:06 PM

I like that

ballgame · 01-21-2021, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Draco

I really think you are going to have to frame out the outer edges with some angle. Between working and the heat you will put into it, I'm afraid it will warp and bend badly.

I appreciate the advice and had planned on doing this next as well as a few other things.

JonBoy · 01-21-2021, 10:59 AM

Looks good, now you just need to throw a bench vise or two on it

Nova · 01-21-2021, 11:20 AM

This is exactly what i need to build!

3ChordTruth · 01-21-2021, 06:51 PM

Great looking project, good design and good build. Post pics of it in use, should be real handy, good luck.

Beardedbuck · 01-22-2021, 06:29 PM

Put yourself a piece of square tubing at the upper corner of one end of the table and then secure a piece of tubing to a bench vise....like a receiver hitch. That way, when you need a vise, you can put it in place and secure it for use. When you don't need one, you can have it on the shelf, where it is out of the way of projects.

ballgame · 01-22-2021, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Beardedbuck

Put yourself a piece of square tubing at the upper corner of one end of the table and then secure a piece of tubing to a bench vise....like a receiver hitch. That way, when you need a vise, you can put it in place and secure it for use. When you don't need one, you can have it on the shelf, where it is out of the way of projects.

That is an incredible idea! Thanks!

Beardedbuck · 01-22-2021, 07:32 PM

You can do the same thing with a grinder and have it sitting on the shelf down below as well.

ballgame · 01-23-2021, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Beardedbuck

You can do the same thing with a grinder and have it sitting on the shelf down below as well.

Thats the first thing I thought of when you first mentioned this. I hate a cluttered table with permanent obstacles when building. Thanks again!

warrington · 01-23-2021, 01:50 PM

Put something von those corners

JES · 01-23-2021, 06:45 PM

Great table design and it will come in extremely handy, will save your back a bunch if you have been working on the ground, like I did for years.

I think over time you will be looking to replace the top with at least 1/2" plate. As already mentioned the 3/16" will not hold up to much hammering or heat input even with the extra support frame you intend to add.

I built one a few years ago and learned that a heavier top is what is needed.

Beardedbuck · 01-23-2021, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ballgame

Thats the first thing I thought of when you first mentioned this. I hate a cluttered table with permanent obstacles when building. Thanks again!

At work, we have several items setup that way and they each have a spot on the wall that the tubing base slides into so that they're off the bottom of the bench and a little more accessible w/out stooping over.

It's a great way to store and utilize stuff.

ballgame · 01-25-2021, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JES

Great table design and it will come in extremely handy, will save your back a bunch if you have been working on the ground, like I did for years.

I think over time you will be looking to replace the top with at least 1/2" plate. As already mentioned the 3/16" will not hold up to much hammering or heat input even with the extra support frame you intend to add.

I built one a few years ago and learned that a heavier top is what is needed.

I appreciate everyone's input here, but help me understand.
I understand how heavy Hammering could bend it and that is why I would only hammer where there is a 5" overhang, but why wouldn't it hold up to the heat?

BTW I am using a Miller 211 MIG

I built this table on top of 1/8" thick plate that was sitting on 2 saw horses.
Nothing bent on that skinny plate.

jas22bow · 01-26-2021, 12:15 AM

Great looking table.

JES · 01-26-2021, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ballgame

I appreciate everyone's input here, but help me understand.
I understand how heavy Hammering could bend it and that is why I would only hammer where there is a 5" overhang, but why wouldn't it hold up to the heat?

BTW I am using a Miller 211 MIG

I built this table on top of 1/8" thick plate that was sitting on 2 saw horses.
Nothing bent on that skinny plate.

As you get into bigger and more complex projects you will likely need to weld jigs and such to the table to top to facilitate heating and bending material. That plate thickness will start to move over time and you will no longer have a nice flat surface to work with.

ballgame · 01-27-2021, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JES

As you get into bigger and more complex projects you will likely need to weld jigs and such to the table to top to facilitate heating and bending material. That plate thickness will start to move over time and you will no longer have a nice flat surface to work with.

Makes sense.

JES · 01-27-2021, 12:08 PM

Like this. I happen to be making a new grate for my fireplace and am bending 1/2” square bar. Even though it’s red hot, it still takes some force to bend it around that pivot point.

Muddslinger · 02-04-2021, 07:59 PM

I like it

Cox1 · 02-17-2021, 11:57 PM

Solid job. Should be very helpful with projects.

01-19-2021, 03:03 PM	#1
ballgame Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Houston Hunt In: Hill Country	DIY Welding table Built a new welding table over the weekend so I can more easily handle larger builds. I used 3/16ths plate for the top and dimensions are 31" X 5Ft. ~$75 The total height is 33" Total build cost is ~$160. The caster wheels are 5" tall and cost ~ $50 Attached Images

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01-19-2021, 03:06 PM	#2
Ladder034 Four Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: My house Hunt In: TX	Very nicely done, I made one like that and mounted a chip saw on it so I could do projects outside. Very handy

01-19-2021, 03:10 PM	#3
RR 314 Pope & Young Join Date: Nov 2006	Looks good. Your “larger builds” are apparently smaller than my “small builds”. :-).

01-19-2021, 03:16 PM	#4
hog_down Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Houston, TX	Very nice, mine is pretty similar. That thing will last you forever.

01-19-2021, 03:24 PM	#6
kruppa24 Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: gholson, tx Hunt In: Concho	Looks good!

01-19-2021, 04:52 PM	#8
TacticalCowboy Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Vernon Hunt In: Southern Taylor County, Tom Green County	I like it!

01-19-2021, 08:24 PM	#10
Gunner97 Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Decatur,Tx Hunt In: Mexico	Looks good. I need to build me one.

01-19-2021, 08:42 PM	#11
Whale Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Grayson Co. Hunt In: Grayson & Red River Co.	Nice

01-19-2021, 08:45 PM	#12
jmeghunts Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2008	Looks great!

01-20-2021, 10:55 AM	#13
coachk Associate Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Henrietta, TX Hunt In: Clay Co	Nice job!! Wish i was a better metal fabricator/welder!!

01-20-2021, 07:02 PM	#14
twosixteens Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North Texas Hunt In: Young County Mostly Mack’s Creek Missouri on occasion	Looks good you might want to put an angle or square tube under the edges of you table top will help stiffen it and protect you from the edges another thought maybe round the corners

01-20-2021, 09:46 PM	#15
Draco Pope & Young Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Georgetown, Texas	I really think you are going to have to frame out the outer edges with some angle. Between working and the heat you will put into it, I'm afraid it will warp and bend badly.

01-20-2021, 10:06 PM	#16
RascalArms Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oak Ridge, TX	I like that

01-21-2021, 10:59 AM	#18
JonBoy Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Hunt In: Doss, TX	Looks good, now you just need to throw a bench vise or two on it

01-21-2021, 11:20 AM	#19
Nova Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2008	This is exactly what i need to build!

01-21-2021, 06:51 PM	#20
3ChordTruth Ten Point Join Date: May 2020 Location: Grapevine	Great looking project, good design and good build. Post pics of it in use, should be real handy, good luck.

01-22-2021, 06:29 PM	#21
Beardedbuck Eight Point Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: North Central Texas Hunt In: Coleman County	Put yourself a piece of square tubing at the upper corner of one end of the table and then secure a piece of tubing to a bench vise....like a receiver hitch. That way, when you need a vise, you can put it in place and secure it for use. When you don't need one, you can have it on the shelf, where it is out of the way of projects.

01-22-2021, 07:32 PM	#23
Beardedbuck Eight Point Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: North Central Texas Hunt In: Coleman County	You can do the same thing with a grinder and have it sitting on the shelf down below as well.

01-23-2021, 01:50 PM	#25
warrington Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Heath, TX Hunt In: Abilene	Put something von those corners

01-23-2021, 06:45 PM	#26
JES Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Richmond Hunt In: Stonewall County	Great table design and it will come in extremely handy, will save your back a bunch if you have been working on the ground, like I did for years. I think over time you will be looking to replace the top with at least 1/2" plate. As already mentioned the 3/16" will not hold up to much hammering or heat input even with the extra support frame you intend to add. I built one a few years ago and learned that a heavier top is what is needed.

01-26-2021, 12:15 AM	#29
jas22bow Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Mission Hunt In: West Texas, Public Land	Great looking table.

01-27-2021, 12:08 PM	#32
JES Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Richmond Hunt In: Stonewall County	Like this. I happen to be making a new grate for my fireplace and am bending 1/2” square bar. Even though it’s red hot, it still takes some force to bend it around that pivot point.

02-04-2021, 07:59 PM	#33
Muddslinger Four Point Join Date: Mar 2019	I like it

02-17-2021, 11:57 PM	#34
Cox1 Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Nov 2018 Hunt In: Hill Country/Panhandle	Solid job. Should be very helpful with projects.