cmuncy
Silver Member
For all of the time I have been on here, I've never posted a project. So, I thought I'd share what I got accomplished this past weekend. Nothing fancy, but it felt really good once I was finished.
About 7 years ago, I aquired an old work table that had been left out in the weather several years before even I got my hands on it:
It's 5' x' 8' and about 34" tall. The top is made out of 1" thick plate.
Here's a shot after I cleared all of the crud off of it:
If you look closely at the surface, its got a lot of rust and pits:
So, since I had to move it anyway, I flipped it over ad drug it over some iron ore that I have spread out. That should help clean up a surface a little bit, at least the surface rust.
After having a hard time even dragging all of this steel around, I brought my torch out to the table and cut off the 3 feeet that weren't really supported by legs. Only 2/3rds of the table were actually supported so removing just under 3 feet of table and about 800 pounds wasn't a big deal.
I finally got it in front of the shop under the watchful guidence of CJ:
I had purchased some 8" 1500 pound swivel casters from Northern Tool thinking that the table was going to be a bit heavy plus being on bigger wheels will help move it around the shop easier. I used 7/16" grade 8 hardware to secure the casters. I thought about weldign them on but I wanted to make sure they would hold up to the use first:
The plate on the bottom of the table legs were about 5/8" thick, but using a good 7/16" cobalt bit after a 1/4" pilot hole it was like drilling through butter:
Here's a shot of the completed table rolled up in to the shop:
I had to use the tractor to get it over the lip from the dirt to the slab, but once inside the shop it moved more easily than I thought.
Over all a neat little project that only cost me my time and $100.00 for the hardware. The final dimensions are 5' x 5' x 42", just about 4" to 6" taller than I would have liked, but it will work.
The sides are not true to each other as they were all hand cut and the center of the table has a deflection of about 1/8", but it will be more that ready for me to sue for a welding table and when I'm ready to rebuild the engine and tranny in my Jeep.
About 7 years ago, I aquired an old work table that had been left out in the weather several years before even I got my hands on it:
It's 5' x' 8' and about 34" tall. The top is made out of 1" thick plate.
Here's a shot after I cleared all of the crud off of it:
If you look closely at the surface, its got a lot of rust and pits:
So, since I had to move it anyway, I flipped it over ad drug it over some iron ore that I have spread out. That should help clean up a surface a little bit, at least the surface rust.
After having a hard time even dragging all of this steel around, I brought my torch out to the table and cut off the 3 feeet that weren't really supported by legs. Only 2/3rds of the table were actually supported so removing just under 3 feet of table and about 800 pounds wasn't a big deal.
I finally got it in front of the shop under the watchful guidence of CJ:
I had purchased some 8" 1500 pound swivel casters from Northern Tool thinking that the table was going to be a bit heavy plus being on bigger wheels will help move it around the shop easier. I used 7/16" grade 8 hardware to secure the casters. I thought about weldign them on but I wanted to make sure they would hold up to the use first:
The plate on the bottom of the table legs were about 5/8" thick, but using a good 7/16" cobalt bit after a 1/4" pilot hole it was like drilling through butter:
Here's a shot of the completed table rolled up in to the shop:
I had to use the tractor to get it over the lip from the dirt to the slab, but once inside the shop it moved more easily than I thought.
Over all a neat little project that only cost me my time and $100.00 for the hardware. The final dimensions are 5' x 5' x 42", just about 4" to 6" taller than I would have liked, but it will work.
The sides are not true to each other as they were all hand cut and the center of the table has a deflection of about 1/8", but it will be more that ready for me to sue for a welding table and when I'm ready to rebuild the engine and tranny in my Jeep.
