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Let's see if I can get this stuff written up and posted right....  I am using a cell phone as a camera so the picture quality isn't great, but y'all should get the idea from the pics (just look at the overall pictures - no one here wants to see pigeon poo welds anyway).My work space it limited: I have a one-car garage and a one car driveway but two vehicles and an over-night street parking ban so the shop tools must be "containerized" at night.  Small and compact is key.First off I made a stand for my chop saw.  Working from the floor or even from my 1984-vintage B&D Workmate left much to be desited.(photo here?)I made my welding table small but sturdy.  24x36x30h with 1/4" top and 1 /2 x 2 1/2 x.188 legs.  The frame under the top is 1x2x1/8".  You can drop a V8 on it and though it will barely fit it'll only go "Clang!"  The welding screen is 5'x6' and cost me about half the price of a commercial frame.  3/4" EMT with 1x2x1/8 rec. tubing for feet on 3/8" pivots.(should be another picture here)Next I made a custom roll-away base for my floor-model drill press.  I need to rotate the head 90° and stuff it in against the wall at night and at 200# it isn't exactly what you might call "portable"  So the base has 2 1/2 " steel wheels and 5/8" carriage bolts as legs to stabilize it in use.  3" valve handles made cheap handwheels for the carriage bolt feet. Attached ImagesMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Innovative thinking on your part!And so you know we do like to look at all welds, poo or no. All you stand to do is gain from letting us see them.Miller Thunderbolt 225Millermatic 130 XPLincoln HD 100 Forney C-5bt Arc welderPlasma Cutter Gianteach Cut40ACent Machinery Bandsaw Cent Machinery 16Speed Drill PressChicago Electric 130amp tig/90 ArcHobart 190 Mig spoolgun ready
Reply:Ok, the table photo didn't make it on the first round, let me try posting it here. Attached ImagesMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Gawd my typing stinks tonight......   The real table dimensions:36" W x 24" D x 30" H.  Top: 1/4" plate  Fame 1" x 2" x 1/8" rect. tubing.  The frame connects the legs under the top surface, there is a cross-bar front-to-back to support the middle from the weight of the V8 that hasn't yet been dropped on it.   Legs: 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" x .188 rect. tubing.  It weighs about 147# plus the vice.  My idea was if it has to be small it may as well be heavy - if for not other reason but to anchor the vice.I once worked for a fellow who had a heavy-duty 8" vice on a pedestal made from 3" pipe and a 20" truck wheel.  He seemd to think this was the best invention in the county.  I found the thing to be about useless for holding anything heavier than a pencil.  Nothing stayed steady, and if you tugged on anything clamped in it the thing would fall over in the dirt.  Have you ever played with one of those inflatable toys called a "Weeble"?  I think the ad line was "Weebles wobble but they don't fall over!"  This thing was like an lead-headed weeble.Member, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Mondo those welds aren't bad at all for a new guy.Your doing better than I did on my first project! Keep melting things together and you'll see your own improvement. And ask here for any advice, great group of professionals here.Miller Thunderbolt 225Millermatic 130 XPLincoln HD 100 Forney C-5bt Arc welderPlasma Cutter Gianteach Cut40ACent Machinery Bandsaw Cent Machinery 16Speed Drill PressChicago Electric 130amp tig/90 ArcHobart 190 Mig spoolgun ready
Reply:I'm in the same predicament - very small space and thus always refrained from buying a pedestal drill. It never crossed my mind to rotate the head 90 degrees - duh.It's a brilliant idea and am definitely copying your base as well.Cheers.
Reply:I'm in the same predicament - very small space and thus always refrained from buying a pedestal drill. It never crossed my mind to rotate the head 90 degrees - duh.It's a brilliant idea and am definitely copying your base as well.Cheers.
Reply:WHAT??  WHAT are all those fuel tanks doing next to grinders, electrical equipment and welders?????
Reply:just cause somthing can explode, doesnt mean that it will.
Reply:I was wondering when someone would comment on that! I have limited space!There are certain rules I live by. One is before any shop work commences the gas cans go outside.    What you see here is a photo taken after the work has ceased for the day.  It is clean-up time and the cans have already been brought back inside and stowed.Member, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.