Made this welding table from 2" plate

Just what I need for riveting firearms. The solid you can clamp down parts to rivet, the better the job.

Thought I'd stop by after a LONG absense

Welcome back, Karl.

Hul

Wow! My welding table is topped with a piece of 3/8" plate (4'x4') and I don't remember any time I wanted something thicker...

BobH

Hey! Long time no see!

I can make and sell you a welding table like this with about 1

It is not so big but great for riveting.

Neither do I, but I know that when it comes to welding tables, size and thickness matter.

Your table is probably small. That's why 3/8" plate is OK.

For a large table like 7x10, 3/8" plates would have hard times staying flat and straight, unless they had solid frames underneath.

I have two welding tables for small stuff. One is a Lyon workbench, and another is a cart with 3/8" top. Works fine for me. The big stuff, I weld on concrete floor. ;-)

I love this business, getting plates from one place, legs from another, doing some welding and making money. I am also thinking of making blacksmith tools. Something where $5 of labor can be parlayed into $30 of added value.

I have such a table in my blacksmith shop on a pallet:

"Ignoramus31816" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com...

Why is it that I need an hour of labor to make a $5 tool?

I spent several hours this week making spacers and washers.

Now imagine SWMBO saying "Darling, wouldn't it be much nicer to have the table over there".

plate as good as new

I did not measure it. To my eye, it looked very flat as I looked across it.

replying to Ignoramus31816, jesscaper wrote: Were you able to make such a table yourself?

replying to Ignoramus31816, jesscaper wrote: Were you able to make such a table yourself?

replying to Ignoramus31816, traysmell wrote: This is quite a difficult task, you are well done.

replying to Ignoramus31816, jesscaper wrote: Were you able to make such a table yourself?

replying to Ignoramus31816, jesscaper wrote: Were you able to make such a table yourself?

replying to Ignoramus31816, traysmell wrote: This is quite a difficult task, you are well done.