Idea for My Own Tube Notcher

I'm just jealous because I haven't got room for a welding table . Yet , I'm fixin' to toss a bunch of junk so I can enclose the other half of the carport/shop . Snag

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I traded away a decent shop-made welding table to a friend setting up a business and in return got access to use it with his gear plus a cruder one made from 1/4" plate with 3" channel legs welded on, which took up too much space. I solved that by cutting the legs short enough to bolt on PT 2X4 legs beveled to securely wedge into the channel, and fixed axle wheels on one edge to move the now narrow table into a shed between the posts and outer tarp where it can lean upright.

When I need a temporary mount for some bench tool I drill it on the edge of this table. It's rigid and heavy enough for a tire changer.

I've read of steel tube airplanes being welded directly on a plywood jig. The wood fire won't spread or stay aflame and smoldering can be extinguished with a spray bottle. I made arc shielding curtains for outdoors from cotton cloth soaked in alum & borax solution, an old theatre formula. A test strip hung vertically charred and then went out after the torch was removed.

Firebrick on plywood works well and gives clamping clearance, and it can be stacked to support uprights. The firebricks happen to fit upright for storage under my Jotul 118 clone woodstove. MIG spatter on the wood only chars it.

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It's heavy and awkward to pick up, but can be assembled by leaning it against a post and bolting on the upper legs, then rolling it onto them to install the others. PT 2x4s are SYP (southern yellow pine) which is stronger than untreated SPF (spruce,pine,fir) lumber. Rolling it edgewise lifts only half the weight.

I could fix up my sewer grate table the same way if I didn't have a platform lift with off pavement wheels to raise heavy stuff to convenient height.

The hydraulic lift table HF sells has folding support legs and could double as a TV or beer fridge table when not used for moving. Its maximum height of

I ordered this to lift Segways to lab bench height for testing.

The "broken" platform lift I bought for $10 at auction lifts with a lever chain hoist which is handier for a welding positioner since I can operate it from any side while the uprights support the curtains.