Yes...Another Welding Bench...Oh My God!

[200mphbusa]

I didn't think I would ever be doing one of these posts, but I'm on a TDY for a year and couldn't live without a bench to work on. I also have wanted for the longest time a nice plate to work on, so I bit the big one and had my local steel yard plasma cut 3/8" plate which is dead flat and square corners. Still have to attach a few power boxes (quad receptacles). I am also going to drill and tap a series of holes in the top for hold down clamps.




Bench With Alarm System

[shadowjeep]

that is just cool. very nice placement of tools. and i also like the alarm system.

[200mphbusa]

Leveling feet in case you guys need an idea, these are 7/8 bolts with a washer welded on. The nuts fit nicely after knocking off a could of corners and press fitting inside 11 gauge 1 1/2" tubing. The bolts were turned on my lathe to both flatten the heads and true up once welded.

[Mellotron]

This thing is very nice; I like the adjustable feet. Is anything supporting the front of those lower shevles? (The corners closest to the rolling Miller)

[dedmetal]

What is the unit on the far left side plasma? what model?

[Bob the Welder]

Nice design, well thought out. But why all the nuts and bolts with those welders available?

[duaneb55]

Nice job 200! Handsome dog.

Bob, I believe the bolts would be to allow breaking it down for transport when his TDY is up.

[gordfraser]

yea, what is that blue thing on the left end?
radio??

good compact design...tidy.

why all the bolts on the frame?

[sn0border88]

If you want it to stay flat you really should think about putting some supports across the middle, or else that table is going to look like a drain pan in short order.

[200mphbusa]

Gents:

Yes the bolts are for disassembly it may need to go into a U-Haul Trailer, otherwise it would have been welded solid. Drilling all those holes without a drill press was a Cast Iron Bitch, never again.

sn0border88--you are right I was thinking of a couple of middle supports with flanges on each end to bolt up to the legs. I was thinking of using the 1 1/2" tubing. The 3/8 plate is close to 300 LBS.

gordfraser--that blue radio thing on the end is a Thermal Injection Rotary Left Handed High Speed Plasma Cutter. It was an early Miller Spectrum 300 good for 3/8 plate but I have pushed it to 5/8. I have had it since about 1998. Great little unit. Someday will be an upgrade to a unit that will cut 1". The Motorguard Filter is down below it.

Mellotron--no supports on the shelves, I know it looks odd but I didn't want anything obscuring a broom. I have another table like this that has gone for over twenty years that way and still dead square.

To all--thanks for the kind words.

[Combat Jump]

Very nicely done! But shouldn't it be blue?

[gordfraser]

Originally Posted by 200mphbusa

Gents:

Yes the bolts are for disassembly it may need to go into a U-Haul Trailer, otherwise it would have been welded solid.
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How small are the doors in the uhaul trailers there?