Stupidly overkill welding table project.

[NotaVegetarian]

All those tables are nice

[William Payne]

what thickness is the plate?


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1 inch

[William Payne]

You'll be ok as long as the bottom is open... as soon as you put a shelf down there, you need to be able to move to clean under it.

No shelf going under it. It’s designed so that you can get a chair under it and sit at it like you would a desk.

[John T]

1 inch

Looks like an old road plate (construction)???

I’ve seen guys make tables out of those before.
There is always the criticism that those are not dead nuts flat.

But it’s not like your building spaceships for NASA
It’s flat enough to get the job done.

Anyway looks great.

[John T]

Welcome to the 1” club.

[William Payne]

Looks like an old road plate (construction)???

I’ve seen guys make tables out of those before.
There is always the criticism that those are not dead nuts flat.

But it’s not like your building spaceships for NASA
It’s flat enough to get the job done.

Anyway looks great.

It’s a surplus piece of boiler plate that I got from the oil and gas surplus store (a literal place a couple of hours from me).

It is pretty flat. If it’s got any bow at all it is less than a millimetre in any direction.

[William Payne]

Welcome to the 1” club.

It should hold up good haha.

[Lis2323]

here's mine



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[William Payne]

here's mine



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You win haha. What do you use your table for? I’d love to see it.

[William Payne]

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That is a beautiful bench. I want to do a nice rustic top like that for my kitchen table.

[Lis2323]

You win haha. What do you use your table for? I’d love to see it.

William. It's the twin to the glulam wood top one posted above....



I built identical bases with different tops

It's used to anchor my benders

[William Payne]

Nice I like that.

[Lis2323]

Here's the wood top one ...



the big vise is perfect for "tweaking" pieces when the hydraulic press would be overkill.


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[William Payne]

Awesome what kind of work do you do?

[Lis2323]

Awesome what kind of work do you do?

Whatever I feel like. This is my hobby/retirement shop.


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[William Payne]

Whatever I feel like. This is my hobby/retirement shop.


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Nice!!! Great setup.

[William Payne]

One thing I am going to do with the top of my table is to keep it clean and tidy is cover the bare top in dykem blue. It’s an old school trick that I’ve had a few old timers tell me about and TXSVIKING on YouTube does it as well.

Also I have welded a 304 stainless steel lug to the frame of the table for ground. I wanted something that would not rust causing a bad ground.

[smithdoor]

It depends on your wife's age
If she is in the teens maybe 20's it will fly.
Later we call your new hat

Dave

That is a beautiful bench. I want to do a nice rustic top like that for my kitchen table.

[John T]

Awesome what kind of work do you do?

He posts pictures on the internet….



Sorry Lis
Couldn’t resist…

[whtbaron]

One thing I am going to do with the top of my table is to keep it clean and tidy is cover the bare top in dykem blue....

I've come to the conclusion that the best way to keep my tables and benches clean would be to make the tops so they held battery acid...

[Lis2323]

He posts pictures on the internet….



Sorry Lis
Couldn’t resist…

Nailed it


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[William Payne]

He posts pictures on the internet….



Sorry Lis
Couldn’t resist…

Genius! My kind of sense of humour right there.

[William Payne]

It depends on your wife's age
If she is in the teens maybe 20's it will fly.
Later we call your new hat

Dave

Single with no kids. I just do what I want haha.

[smithdoor]

Just remember not to use as a dinning table after you are married.
It ok to use for dinning before marriage 💑.

Dave

Single with no kids. I just do what I want haha.

[52 Ford]

Haha. No pin striping. I’m trying to stay away from that. It’s cool but I like the professional industrial grey look. It will be a grey when finished.

I figured it out. You need to take some white paper and go around the shop and wipe it on some random surfaces. Whatever color the dirt is - paint your weld table THAT color.

It'll always look clean!

Seriously, go with semi-gloss. Matte is harder to clean, and gloss shows imperfections more.

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