Welding Table Project

[welderShane]

I decied to go ahead and make myself a welding table. My plan is to make it foldable/ portable. So my plan is to use a foldable work bench/sawhorse table and pull the wood top off and add my metal top. i had some 3/16 plate laying around for the top.(yes 3/16 is small but most of the welding done on this table will be light/ lower amps) Ok here we go....


Pic1- Materials, Had two pieces of 3/16 plate. They had to be welded together for the tabletop. Also i beveled both sides since ill be using a 120v.

Pic2- Tacked Up

Pic3- Temporary bracing to help controll warping

Pic4- The setup, Hf inverter scratch start maxed out at 80 amps, backside of plate will be tigged (beval is smaller on back)

Pic5- Tig all done. Sorry only pic i got. ive had better days using this tig but they didn't turn out bad.

[welderShane]

2nd post......

Pic- backside of tig to show penetration. not bad....

Pic2- Now on to the front side of the plate. My beval was alittle too big. Used lincoln weld pak .035 lincoln innershield wire, using the back step method

Pic3- All welded up

Pic4- Weld ground down, Beval was too big so i coulden't get it filled in one pass

Pic5- More fun.... Hooked up the stinger and did another pass with lincoln 6013 aorund 75 amps. fun fun..

[welderShane]

3rd post....

Pic1 Stick welding all done.

I ground it all down again and the seam is perfect now. Still warped alittle, o well can't win everytime. Hopefully tomorrow ill start on the angle frame to set this top on. It should also help straighten up the warpage.
Thanks for looking, happy new year!1

Shane

[welderShane]

Sorry for the small pics, im still trying to figure out this new camera

[Jonnyrod]

As thin as that is, I would try a little dry washing on the back side to draw it back. Looks good man, what's about the legs?

[welderShane]

Heres a quick vid i made using the scratch start on the harborfreight 80amp inverter.

You Tube

You Tube

[Aquafire]

Just looking at your video- out of curiousity, are you left-handed?

[welderShane]

Originally Posted by Aquafire

Just looking at your video- out of curiousity, are you left-handed?

Sure am

[welderShane]

Bracing for the bottom of the table to make it more stiffer and pull it back to being straight.

Pic1 Angle all mitered and cleand up
Pic 2 Jig setup to square up the ends and hold them in place for tacks
Pic 3 Joints all welded up. Very end not welded, ill fill it in when weldin gthe other side
Pic 4 Center support added in

I'll add more pics since its all finished now to show you guys what the heck i mean and what its for

[welderShane]

Frame support welded to the table

Pic1 All done
Rest pics are the welds

[welderShane]

So here it is. The reason i made this is because when i tig on my work bench i always had to find scrap plate to set my projects on because my bench is wood. Now i just set this down on top and tig on this and not have to worry about burning the wood. Also tig is ONLY done on this table (due to fire reasons) And i can even set it on top of my portable folding work table and mig and such on there. Heres the pics to show.

Thanks for viewing!!!

[Aquafire]

Originally Posted by welderShane

Sure am

Figured that. I was wondering why your torch was in the left hand.

[Aquafire]

Is that SIX measuring tapes I see? Were you using the 3-4-5 squaring method, or do you just like to collect tapes?

[welderShane]

Originally Posted by Aquafire

Is that SIX measuring tapes I see? Were you using the 3-4-5 squaring method, or do you just like to collect tapes?

Haha. They added up over time. I have two different work benchs in my garage so i keep some at different spots.
2 lufkin 16ft
1 stainly 16ft
1 kelin 16ft
30ft starrett
35ft stainly ( that one i found)