I'm in the later stages of making a new welding bench, and the top will be two layers of 8mm steel plate (it was to hand!)
I want to weld them together but am concerned about distortion - what do the team suggest? I was thinking of drilling a matrix of holes right through one plate, then plug welding up flush so hopefully as the weld solidifies it will pull the two plates tightly together - but will I end up with a saucer shaped top? 8mm is pretty hefty but is it thick enough to resist too much distortion?
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