Now that I am firmly into middle age, I am no longer willing to spend too much time kneeling down and welding small items that laying on the garage slab. In the past, most of my small welding was done out back at work, during lunch or after hours. Unfortunately my current employer's proto type shop is a 2 hr drive (each way) away. Not so convienent to just run "out back" - consequently the strong desire for my own weld/fab table (now if only I had a TIG in my garage to go with this table). This table was made with mostly found material. THe unique features of this mobile table are that it parks over an existing workbench (all other wall space was allocated years ago and I have already begun to place equipment between the bays)and it has removeable sides that can be used to control welding sparks when doing very short duration (tack)welding w/ the table in its stowed position (with the downside that the side shield/curtain will concentrate the welding fumes). Since this garage is located about 10 miles from my residence, I am somewhat paranoid about a potential smoldering fire - hence the side curtains. Follow the link
I am LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS on a nonconductive electode holder. I am still getting used to using the buzz box on a conductive table (always used a TIG or MIG at work on the steel tables). For right now, I am using a piece of 3/4 inch PVC tubing - can be seen in some of the pics w/ the sides up, on the RH shield. To keep the hot electrode from melting into the plastic I pause for about 20 to 30 sec before putting the electrode into the holder. Somestimes I forget to pause - then the electrode tip is melted into the holder