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Here is a new video on a DIY weld table,, (5 days old, at this time),,, I enjoyed the part about the REAL cheap tooling,,

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Originally Posted by psacustomcreations

That looks really good.

Thanks,Pat.

Using store bought clamps as props makes it look legit.

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That looks really good.

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Welding table with electric / hydraulic lift.

12" lift range.

28" lowered and 40" full raised height

3" 2200 pound capacity swivel casters with dual locking (swivel AND brake)

Hex shaped 3/8" thick steel top (aprx 30" across the flats and aprx 36" o/a diameter)

Efficiently small footprint

5/8"diameter holes for clamping

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I have posted this pic before but it shows an option for mounting “things” on your weld table

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Yea...it's not that far away.... maybe I just need to clear the path. This reno is dragging on a way too long. Attachment 1779575

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Originally Posted by whtbaron

That bench grinder on the table intrigues me. I can see where I'd want it handier, but at the same time I'm not sure I want all the dust and debris from it that close to my welding supplies and welding sparks. Maybe what I really need is my stand alone grinder closer to where I have the welding table. Hmmmm....

I am fortunate to have the room, but I would never have the grinder mounted ON the weld table.


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That bench grinder on the table intrigues me. I can see where I'd want it handier, but at the same time I'm not sure I want all the dust and debris from it that close to my welding supplies and welding sparks. Maybe what I really need is my stand alone grinder closer to where I have the welding table. Hmmmm....

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I forgot about this thread,, the search did not find it,,

But, here is an interesting video with LOTS of weld table ideas,, ACTUALLY NEW IDEAS!!

If you just want to see the review, without all the sawing and welding, go to 26 minutes,,,

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Originally Posted by Shootr

It's an old pic...

I have a couple holes around the outside edge so I can bolt a couple heavy angle irons across it to clamp to. So far that's been enough of a fixture for me, but I've considered those small fixture tables as an add-on too...

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It's an old pic...

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Originally Posted by SweetMK

For the money,,,,,,,,,,,
that table is a good price,, just over $2 a pound,, which is good these days.

I say good for the money,,,,,,,, IF you can use it,, if it is too lightweight for your work, it is worthless.

I saw it the other day and thought the same thing.

I personally wouldn't buy it, but being honest, it'd be really nice addition to a hobby welder's shop. It's a lot nicer than what a hobbyist can make when they're first starting out, it's flat, AND it has holes in it... AND AND it comes with clamps and stops!

Edit: it's also heavy enough that when you trip over your welding leads and all that junk on the floor you said you'd clean up the other day but never got around to, and end up falling and needing to catch your self, the table shouldn't go anywhere. That's an important attribute.

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Originally Posted by BD1

Maybe consider the Harbor freight one 36''x24'' for $180.00 https://www.harborfreight.com/36-in-...kit-59403.html
No idea if it's worth it and I haven't seen one.

For the money,,,,,,,,,,,
that table is a good price,, just over $2 a pound,, which is good these days.

I say good for the money,,,,,,,, IF you can use it,, if it is too lightweight for your work, it is worthless.

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Originally Posted by Shootr

Another Shootr's (probably) dumb idea:

I've thought and talked about wanting a fixture type table. For retirement. My trusty 1/4" topped is serving me well and steel around here is priced like gold.

What if I just drilled a pattern onto mine, and tack some appropriate sized nuts underneath?

Another question - do the clamps that just fit into table holes and wedge themselves in by friction - are the pins sized to work with threaded holes, or do they have some holes plain, and some threaded?

EDIT: Hmmm, just watched a video of someone making a table saw table into a welding fixture table. Uses vise grips as clamps.

Maybe consider the Harbor freight one 36''x24'' for $180.00 https://www.harborfreight.com/36-in-...kit-59403.html
No idea if it's worth it and I haven't seen one.

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The holes are usually not threaded for most fixture tables. There are several companies that make weld together fixture table that use 1/4" thick tops. Harbor Freight now has a fixture table as well.
You might be able to call to see if they have one on hand, or stop by a store to see one in person.
Just like we mentioned before to someone else. Draw out and mark the pattern. Start with a few holes at a time. Six hole a day should not be too difficult.
You could weld a few nuts under the table and use it like a milling machine table.

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Another Shootr's (probably) dumb idea:

I've thought and talked about wanting a fixture type table. For retirement. My trusty 1/4" topped is serving me well and steel around here is priced like gold.

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What if I just drilled a pattern onto mine, and tack some appropriate sized nuts underneath?

Another question - do the clamps that just fit into table holes and wedge themselves in by friction - are the pins sized to work with threaded holes, or do they have some holes plain, and some threaded?

EDIT: Hmmm, just watched a video of someone making a table saw table into a welding fixture table. Uses vise grips as clamps.

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Thanks!

Blind pipe flange cap for the top and Allis Chalmers tractor wheel center for the base.

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Originally Posted by Lis2323

Forget about Jason's 3/4"'holes....

This one uses 1 3/16" diameter holes.

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You make some great looking stuff! What did you make that out of? I need to start saving pics like these to help me come up with more project ideas.

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Around it.

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Originally Posted by psacustomcreations

So what you trying to say is that if you had the money and could do it over again, you would buy a fixture table????

I am saying is someone gave me one with all the fixins I would trade it for a nice piece of plate. There is absolutely nothing I like about that certiflat thing. Its fine for someone that likes or wants it but it isnt on my short list.

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I am not sure of the % but a good share of the jobs we do dont know a minute or 2 before we are there fitting/or even welding etc, some 5 minutes, but really unexpexted so to speak. While we wanna see a thing of beauty not embarrassing has its place or aw we say, wont give it a second look even if its not perfection. A bit of most work days revolve around that bench in some fashion, its location, its spacing has been tailored.

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So what you trying to say is that if you had the money and could do it over again, you would buy a fixture table????

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I gave away a lathe I should have kept but my good bud wanted it bad and he will do it for free,,, ha. I have acess to more sophisticaded equipment but got it down so simple I rarely use a drill press. Most everything is so one off I face it at the time, I collected the air tools and the drill bits to shortcut most of it or I outright stock, know where to get, or salvage most anything would be critical to me.
Parts chain has improved a lot and we are just not beating the snot out of job shop built equipment, there are dealers and parts too. Had a water pump delivered Amazon the other day, even let the autoparts get a little juice on it for 1/3rd the dealer and fast. I am not getting rebuild parts. It doesnt mean I wont fix something, replace an o ring but aint spending 175 for parts and then do the work, new one was much better built anyway.
Most of the work is done with hand tools with a little welding and grinding tossed in. Fab shop for 15 years at the nuke plant was big plates an inch or so simply sat on sawhorses and had heavy oak planks for some shelf from horse to horse. The componants come from different sources but plenty of it got cut off a chunk in to smaller chunks clamped to the table and in a band saw.
A lot of it could have been more bench built but we were on the end of the food chain and the finall interference fitters so we put in a little work order for some bracket and they cut the pieces and we cart them back to the install location. At that point a bench could be a tri stand or the edge of ur tool box.

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I dont mind reaching for an air hose from behind and same for other welding machines and the plasma lead but I like AC power and at first thought overhead on the one bench and found out it was in the way and then some. We still use corded for grinding. I plugged a vac in the other day, real simple but hi convenience and do use the cord reel on occasion as well as the lead extension ground clamp tweco connected to a lug on the bench etc.

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This is dam near a pit stop operation, can weld outside, can pull in the bay, can turn in the welding bay. The 170 with the cart is on it. When I built a new shop wanted way to weld without having to be a fire watch and a paint bay. I can blow most of the fire from most of the cutting in the can.