Question about welding table
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Question about welding table
I've been looking at building a welding table, but there is one thing I dont get. All the ones i've seen have a mild steel or stainless steel top, wouldn't your work piece get welded to that or am I missing something? 
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Re: Question about welding table (TurboDaveR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboDaveR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've been looking at building a welding table, but there is one thing I dont get. All the ones i've seen have a mild steel or stainless steel top, wouldn't your work piece get welded to that or am I missing something? </TD></TR></TABLE>
are you asking:
1. Am i supposed to weld my workpeice to the welding table?
2. Does the workpeice weld itself to the welding table because its metal?
</TD></TR></TABLE>are you asking:
1. Am i supposed to weld my workpeice to the welding table?
2. Does the workpeice weld itself to the welding table because its metal?
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Re: Question about welding table (TurboDaveR)
well it will weld to it if you run the bead to weld your piece to the table. the whole idea is to have the ground as the whole table so you have the clamp to the table instead of having to move the clamp all the time for the ground
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kb58 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As far as the table goes, you don't have to make it a solid top. In fact it's better if you don't because then you can clamp things down in the middle of the table...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Or you could do something like the Construction tables we use. Ours were manufactured though, for precision's sake, since they are 4'x8'.
Take the top of the table, and if it's decently thick (.25-.5), drill a grid pattern into it (ours is 1"x"1), and then tap the holes. That way, you can use screws to hold something, or strap it down, or make/buy tube clamps for it, etc. etc. etc.
It's probably the best work surface I've used yet. A 1 inch grid pattern is pretty extreme though, you might want to consider only doing a portion. That's a lot of holes to tap if you do the whole table (ours has something like 4000 holes in it, with 12 larger holes that hold special lift arms)
Or you could do something like the Construction tables we use. Ours were manufactured though, for precision's sake, since they are 4'x8'.
Take the top of the table, and if it's decently thick (.25-.5), drill a grid pattern into it (ours is 1"x"1), and then tap the holes. That way, you can use screws to hold something, or strap it down, or make/buy tube clamps for it, etc. etc. etc.
It's probably the best work surface I've used yet. A 1 inch grid pattern is pretty extreme though, you might want to consider only doing a portion. That's a lot of holes to tap if you do the whole table (ours has something like 4000 holes in it, with 12 larger holes that hold special lift arms)
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