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Finally finishing up the welding table

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Alan K

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Finally finished up some of the welding table for the shop. Now on to finishing up a batch
of battery covers.
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Nice looking table. I wish I had room for something like that in my shop.......Guess it's time for an addition....LOL
 
Looks like plenty of places to clamp the ground lead on that design, one bench I have at work had square tube legs and did weld a tab on for convenience tho.
 
Nice table. Lots of good ideas in it such as the wheels, storage area, and expanded metal shelves so grinding dust falls through. Nice job.
 
Nice table with all the storage.

I would have done one thing different. I would not have put that angle iron around the edge of the bench.

If you have a large item that you want to lay flat that hangs over the edge of the bench it will no longer be flat with that raised edge. Just saying. Otherwise can I have that bench.

Gary
 
To clarify, I am talking about a separate ground wire from the steel welding table to a good electrical ground. If the ground cable from the welder breaks or loses contact, the person doing the welding could become the alternate ground - and that could be fatal.

Knew a fellow that went to work in a factory with old equipment. He became the alternate ground and didn't survive. A separate alternate ground would have saved his life.
 
Looks great, and I'm sure it will serve your needs.
Mine is fastened securely to the floor with 3" pipe legs and has a 1/2" steel plate for a top. I use it to do a lot of bending and forming so it needs to be very solid and stay in place.
Loren
 
Having them stay in place is a big plus. Hard to work on a moving table, I hear you there. I have this one fastened to the wall with brackets and pins so if I need to move it out or work on a larger item and need to move it out I can. In and out my large door, space might be limited, so I can move this out if need be. I like the sounds of your table.
 
I debated about that too but most of the welding I do I have brackets I use in the vice for holding while I weld. I do have a filler plate to use if need be and another table. I could build you one but I dont want to build another one lol. I have some splitting stands to make now so I can put a clutch in a tractor.
 
Nice table. However,I think I would have mounted the vise on a 'reciever' type mount. That way it could be easily removed when necessary.I 'grounded my table seperately. I stripped the insulation from the ground cable in a spot close to the machine. Then got a 6' chunk of cable. Welded a bolt to a lower leg of the table.Put an 'eye' on the end and screwed it to the table. Used a cable clamp to secure the short cable to the long ground.Wrapped the 'splice' with tape.
 
Nice table! Nice clean shop! I envy your discipline. . .

That's no slouch of a press there in the background, either.
 
Clean shop...you should see the other end lol. It needs a little cleaning. The press my dad and I kind of built. Him and I went to look at a MM sickle mower and he spotted part of this frame in the guys iron pile. It is built from part of an older truck frame I believe. Him and I finished it mounting a hydraulic cylinder, pump, motor, and reservoir on it and bracing it up some more.
 
I would also make the top bigger to overhang the frame. Makes it easier to C-clamp something to the top.
 
No. Acctually is/was a long 6' 'double ott' battery cable.Drill a hole in the table leg and bolt thruogh the eye to the table.Scrape/strip the rubber insulation 6" +/- from the plug at the welder.I used a 5/16 or 3/8 cable clanp to attatch.Wrapped the area with tape. I dont have to clamp the groung clamp to the table any more. Just grab the 'stinger' and weld.When I worked in a welding shop,all tables were grounded in such a fashion. One table had 3 welders hooked to it. 3 welders could weld at once
 
I thought about that but space is an issue for the in and out stall by the door. Ive always used clamps with angle irons and brackets Ive made to use in the vice for clamping.
 
I just junked out my old Forney welder. The capacitor in it was no good and it was very difficult to have a good arc. I bought it in 1974 after a guy traded it in for a new Century. It was old then. Did a lot of welding with it. I have another one that is a bit different model and it works good.

Bolt the drill press to the floor.
 
Nice looking table!!! But I have to say that it is useless because of the wheels. Bolt it to the floor. That way, when you really need to crank on something in the vise, it stays put. I had the same setup and the vise was useless until I bolted the bench to the floor.
 
If you become the path between live electrode and ground that's where the power flows no matter how many grounds you have your still holding a live electrode getting ready to short it out i.e. arc weld. Grounds for machinery work a bit different, they are there so that if the internal power shorts to the case or conduit etc the power goes to ground and trips the breaker rather than going thru your body. If you ground your electrode then you will be extra safe but won't weld a thing!
 
It is attached to the wall with brackets that I can unpin it and move it out if I need to. Reason being, space is limited in the stall next to the door. I have two other benches with vices that are extra heavy if I need them.
 
Here is my welding table. I have never been able to use it because of all the clutter. I guess I don't need to worry about grounding it.
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My other benches are full lol. A few years ago when I told my cousin I was going to build a work table he said It will soon be full and there wont be a place to work. They do get cluttered.
 
Looks great to me. I roll mine around too, doubles as workbench at times, not only a welding table.
Rick
 
Well done.
Last fab table I saw had a piece of 4 x 4 X 3/8" angle iron welded to the table with 'V' facing up.
That way he was able to lay and join two pieces of pipe to start the root pass.
 
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