Anything welding

I wish I was better at gifs. Someone needs to post up that "I'll allow it" gif.

 

I'll be curious to hear how that goes. I've only tried cast iron once... a long time ago and it seemed to hold for my friend. I've got a busted knee crank on my mill that i've been waiting to tig (for when i have a tig! - TWO MORE DAYS!!!) but i'm fearful it's not going to be strong enough. I bought some schmancy filler i heard about on the internet....

 

You are going to be so stoked to have a big table. DRILL A LOT OF HOLES in it. I did 5/8" on 6" centers, and already wish i'd done them on 4 or 3" centers. I also saw a table that had a 6" notch cut out of one side and one corner to make corner or T-welds easier. Also thinking that would have been smart on my table...

 

Are you a robot? Be honest

 

I'll be the opposite.

No holes in my fab table. I tack weld just about everything I work to the fab table.

You don't have a certiflat table, so I see all those holes as a waste of time as well as money.

Please feel free to a rebuttle.

 

Lol check the back of his neck for a bar code!

Edit:. Make your presence know before you pull down his collar.

I was welding and my wife gave me a quick kiss on the back of the neck.

I didn't know she came out to the shop and it scared the shit out of me.

I thought a bee had landed on me. I ended up swatting her across the room.

Needless to say, neither one of us was happy...

 

Mine is a hand held...lol. Yup, It's good.
Zim

 

Yep, Porta Band for the win! I got no need for a chop saw or a base model band saw. My portable band saw has been amazing!

 

Yeah I don’t plan on drilling any holes. I’d considered buying one of those certiflat diy kits but after talking with my fab buddy who owns one of the expensive ones, and a few non holy tables, he said holy one was a waste of money for him.

I do however plan on adding a 2’ extension off the end with plasma slats in it. I thought that would be a cool addition. Just some angle iron with slit cut in it and rest 1/8” bar stock.

 

lol no, no robot.
But I’ll take that as a compliment!

 

I saw this YouTube video where he built a pretty sweet rotating welding table. I may eventually copy this idea and do something similar when I’m able to properly outfit my garage.

https://youtu.be/mVo7RhBOPJc

 

That is pretty cool. That's a good idea for an old bearing. I may modify that and instead repurpose an old bearing to make a benchtop rotating stand for smaller stuff, maybe a 2' circle on a bearing.

 

I originally started welding on uneven floors and then moved to my wooden workbench with a small piece of sheet metal laid on top as a grounding plate. My third and current setup is a 2’x4’ certiflat table and the fab holes are amazing to work with. Not to mention the fact that I finally have a level space to weld on and don’t have to shim things to get level. I think the key is getting the right clamps for the type of fabrication that you’ll be doing which makes the holes actually useful. I made my own using the HF clamps and welding a bolt to the end which made them cheap enough to have a bunch of clamps for anything I might need, otherwise clamps get super expensive and I think thats the turnoff for a lot of people.

 

Can you share some pictures of your clamp mods?

 

definitely a robot

 

Thumb control on the torch instead of foot pedal?

 

Neither!

 

Well do share! Lol. Had me all excited as you dont see to many guys not using pedals (or so it seems)