Yes...Another Welding Bench...Oh My God!

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I didn't think I would ever be doing one of these posts, but I'm on a TDY for a year and couldn't live without a bench to work on.  I also have wanted for the longest time a nice plate to work on, so I bit the big one and had my local steel yard plasma cut 3/8" plate which is dead flat and square corners.  Still have to attach a few power boxes (quad receptacles).  I am also going to drill and tap a series of holes in the top for hold down clamps. Bench With Alarm System
Reply:that is just cool.  very nice placement of tools.  and i also like the alarm system.
Reply:Leveling feet in case you guys need an idea, these are 7/8 bolts with a washer welded on.  The nuts fit nicely after knocking off a could of corners and press fitting inside 11 gauge 1 1/2" tubing.  The bolts were turned on my lathe to both flatten the heads and true up once welded.
Reply:This thing is very nice; I like the adjustable feet.  Is anything supporting the front of those lower shevles? (The corners closest to the rolling Miller)Last edited by Mellotron; 06-06-2010 at 06:34 PM.Reason: added more description
Reply:What is the unit on the far left side plasma? what model?250DXMM251MM175225G plus 251D-1
Reply:Nice design, well thought out.  But why all the nuts and bolts with those welders available?"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."  Teddy RooseveltAmerican by birth, Union by choice!  Boilermakers # 60America is a Union.
Reply:Nice job 200!   Handsome dog.Bob, I believe the bolts would be to allow breaking it down for transport when his TDY is up.MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:yea, what is that blue thing on the left end?radio??good compact design...tidy.why all the bolts on the frame?G
Reply:If you want it to stay flat you really should think about putting some supports across the middle, or else that table is going to look like a drain pan in short order.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:Gents:Yes the bolts are for disassembly it may need to go into a U-Haul Trailer, otherwise it would have been welded solid.  Drilling all those holes without a drill press was a Cast Iron Bitch, never again.  sn0border88--you are right I was thinking of a couple of middle supports with flanges on each end to bolt up to the legs. I was thinking of using the 1 1/2" tubing.  The 3/8 plate is close to 300 LBS. gordfraser--that blue radio thing on the end is a Thermal Injection Rotary Left Handed High Speed Plasma Cutter.  It was an early Miller Spectrum 300 good for 3/8 plate but I have pushed it to 5/8.  I have had it since about 1998.  Great little unit.  Someday will be an upgrade to a unit that will cut 1".  The Motorguard Filter is down below it. Mellotron--no supports on the shelves, I know it looks odd but I didn't want anything obscuring a broom.  I have another table like this that has gone for over twenty years that way and still dead square. To all--thanks for the kind words.
Reply:Very nicely done!  But shouldn't it be blue? Miller 211 MIGMiller 375 Extreme Plasma CutterMiller Maxstar 150 STL TIGOxy-Acetylene torch
Reply:Originally Posted by 200mphbusaGents:Yes the bolts are for disassembly it may need to go into a U-Haul Trailer, otherwise it would have been welded solid. .