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borris

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Welding table
« on: September 26, 2008, 09:12:58 PM »
WHat ya got? I'm ashamed to say thet I've been welding stuff up for 35+ years and don't have one.Got a bigger shop area now and need ideas.
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Rick S.

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2008, 10:22:43 AM »
The nicest tables I've seen are the Acorn weld platens. A 60x60 is the size I would like.
We have one at work that I used on my first buggy. Here at home I just have a 30x48 that I built.
The top is 5/8 thick. I'm welding my frame up on it now. It's working, but a bigger table would make things a lot easier.
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Offline fabr

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2008, 12:05:34 PM »
Not a table but I do weld on it. ;D
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Re: Welding table
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2008, 03:54:09 PM »
I built this one a few years ago. I used a HF air over Hyd cherry picker cylinder to raise and lower the table the table pins on all 4 legs when you have it adjusted to the right height. The top is 5/8" thick and 4'x5' it might be a little small for buggy frames.

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Offline fabr

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2008, 03:59:48 PM »
Cool.If a person was to make the uprights as pivots and slot the pivot holes on 2 of the uprights you could have a tilting table also.I likey! :)
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"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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 " You have all the right in the world to believe any damn thing you'd like, but you don't have the right to demand that I agree with your fantasy"

Gundog

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2008, 04:16:55 PM »
Quote from: masterfabr on October 07, 2008, 03:59:48 PM
Cool.If a person was to make the uprights as pivots and slot the pivot holes on 2 of the uprights you could have a tilting table also.I likey! :)

That is a good idea I wish I had of thought of that it would have also simplified the build the legs had to be perfectly aligned to keep the legs from binding as it is raised or lowered. I shimmed it up to get the alignment right before welding and it works great but it took a lot of time to get it just right before welding it up.
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Offline fabr

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2008, 04:34:03 PM »
Still be pretty easy mod to do if you were inclined to.
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
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loyalty to the American people."
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SPEC

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2008, 06:38:01 AM »
I like the idea of the lifting table...
I'm pretty partial to this one, even tho- it takes up alot of room in the shop and has become the catch-all on rollers, plenty of room in the drawers for tools and goodies, a stool keeps you at a comfortable height, and low enouph to still weld on the upper tubes on a chassis
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Gundog

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2008, 08:45:16 AM »
The one thing I have not done on mine is to drill a hole patern in the top every 6"-8" so I can use my mill hold down clamps to clamp thigs in the middle of the table. I plan to rent a magnetic drill press to drill the holes I have just never gotten around to doing it.
Mike
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SPEC

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2008, 03:34:33 AM »
Quote from: Gundog on October 08, 2008, 08:45:16 AM
The one thing I have not done on mine is to drill a hole patern in the top every 6"-8" so I can use my mill hold down clamps to clamp thigs in the middle of the table. I plan to rent a magnetic drill press to drill the holes I have just never gotten around to doing it.
Mike

Ya me too... I have the quadrants all scribed in, but no holes yet
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Re: Welding table
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2009, 09:12:31 AM »
While not really relevant to what most of us are doing, we had a couple brainstorming sessions at work, and came up with a bad a$$ table.  We built 2 of them, but with 45 fabricators, it was not cost effective for everyone to get one.

The legs are 4" .250 wall round tube.  The support is 2" x 1\4" angle on 12" centers.  Nothing special yet I know.  The top is a 1\2" plate 4'x8'.  On top of that is a 3/4" 4'x8' plate with a 3' diameter circle cut out.  The circle is left in the hole, and an air fitting with a valve is attached to the bottom of the 1\2" plate.  When the valve is open, the circle becomes a lazy Susan, easily rotating to get to the back side of what ever you may be working on at the time.  The nice thing is that it is flush with the table. 
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hirevlimit

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2009, 05:54:33 PM »
T8 that friggin rocks got any pics.
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Offline T8erhead

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 07:04:23 AM »
Not on me, but I can get some.
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Offline T8erhead

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2009, 06:32:21 AM »
Here you can see the cut out.


The yellow foot pedal is the control valve for it.


And the connection under the table.


It's a little fuzzy but youget the idea.
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SPEC

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Re: Welding table
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 06:37:14 AM »
That's Cool as hell T8
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