most of 1/4 in

[mn welder]

i managed to score a nice chunk of plate steel 1/4 in and its about 4'x 4 ' with abot a 3 1/2 ft hole in centered and still has some usable steel the corners are about 23 in by 23in and i was thinking of how to turn it into a square by cutting it triangular and rotating it and manglueing it together should come ok whats the best way to extract it any ideas the measurements arent exact sorry

[Knotbored]

Why not weld back in a 3 1/2" plug ?

[Timberwolf]

thats a 3 1/2 foot hole. cut the piece into four at the thin spots 3,6,9 and 12 Oclock, rotate each piece 180 and weld what were the outside edges together.

Seems like a lot of trouble though to make the piece you need.

[Ironmower]

What are you using it for? It will be hard too keep flat.

[dabbler]

Hi,
New guy here, post #3. I made a diagram to timberwolf's description to look at the leftover after the square is taken out. It looks like with some cutting could make 4 legs and most all the scrap could live as a low table

[IamVince]

For a new guy that is very smart...welcome and I can see already you will be handy to have here.

[mn welder]

that what i had in mind to make a table top for it thanks for theideas

[ol' Stick Guy]

You could also take the 4 plate sections and make a material rack out of them

[farmersamm]

Alternate welds on alternate sides, and backstep the welds. Ought to stay pretty flat.

[tigmusky]

I like the new guy!