Building a 7,000lb Welding Table for $600
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2023
- Today we're putting together a massive and very flat 7,000 pound welding table on a budget with some heavy duty supports to replace the less-than-ideal table I've been using to weld. We're going to put some of my favorite tools to use in the process, like my HYDMECH band saw and the beautiful American Pacemaker and Clausing Colchester lathes, so come along and enjoy the ride with us.
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I love how it's immediately over $600.
yeah when he named the price of the casters i though.. yeah, this isn't $600
Yep it’s the price of the top
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair Great build btw :)
You only paid $600 for the top. What's your source? All other weld table manufacturers would be out of business. I call BS
You can find the tables every once in a while at auctions or surplus sales but there isn’t a consistent market for them. Just gotta get lucky.
Sonny I am 72 years old and have been welding since the 70's. I have built everything from semi trailers, to pump jacks and even race cars including wheel standers and drag bikes. That is hands down the finest welding table I have ever seen or dreamed of. A lot of experts would say to me, what about this table or that table, nope, I've seen em all, I would choose yours over all of them.
Art from Ohio
Wow, I feel the weight of your compliment. Thank you for sharing.
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair I meant every word.
Dude - that was a mammoth effort. You are developing tools for life. Lifting... legs man. legs. If you wear out your back - you'll miss out on working with all these killer tools you've built. Thanks for sharing - super impressive build
Yea your right I am working to be better w my health
Yeah, you have a safety centered mind, so remember lift with your legs not your back. You'd be surprised how much easier it is. Anyways, I absolutely LOVE THE TABLE !!! Keep up the good work !
Dude... What an absolute unit of a table. I'm not sure I've ever seen a more solid table ever. Fantastic job!
Thank you
You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.
Sure
You gotta love the experts in the comments. Like look around at the shop he is in. I’m sure he knows how to machine a thing or two. His way. Not your way. There is no right or wrong way. Just the way that works.
Agreed
just because you have a good shop doesnt mean you cant learn from people who have been doing it longer
No one said that.
After watching you build this table, I am surprised your channel doesn't have more subscribers.
It time. Good things will come
The traditional heavy equipment approach for the caster mounting plates is to mill a caster mounting flange pocket in the receiving caster plate. This way the caster mounting plate cannot move in shear, can be a rather large force if both the table and work piece are heavy. Also, the pocket helps to line up a new caster if a replacement is needed. If the caster receiving plate has a recessed pocket then you have many options for the caster bolts in terms of strength, meaning you can use SS locking (serrated) flange bolts. The misc. shelves many times are made using custom welded SS (304) sheet metal pans with raised edges to catch fluids and bottom strengthening stringers as an option, wood is combustible so is not used as part of the table build. The pans slot into the tables to keep them in place. SS pans clean up really well and are non-sparking.
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Building a 7,000lb Welding Table For $6000 would still be a good deal for less than a dollar a pound.
This is one of the nicer build I’ve seen recently. 👏👏
Thank you.
"Just a little bit of overkill." Understatement of the year! Great job mate!
Yes! Thank you!
Awesome beautiful table.
Thanks Randy!
Look into annular cutters if you don’t already know about them. Much faster for poking holes. I hardly ever use drills if I’m just making holes over 1/2”
Yeah agreed your right. Just don’t have ones that big. I like the old drills but I agree
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair That is what my sister-in-law said to me last night.
That welding table is off the hook, great job as always, thanks.
Thanks again!
Love your workshop!!!!!
It’s amazing indeed
I just found this channel. Great build, explanations and quality. This is one of my favorites channels now!
I appreciate your encouragement
ABSOLUTLY FREAKING AMAZING, I THOUGHT I OVER BUILT THINGS BUT YOU SIR ARE THE KING - GREAT BUILD AND TABLE - VERY ENVIOUS - KEEP BUILDING
Thank you I really appreciate it.
Great video! Crazy overkill weld table,I'm jealous,you attention to detail is great watching for the third time.
Glad you liked it!
This amazing. Now I have to copy you.
Do it
Really cool table!!! Great job, you will enjoy working with that. Awesome accessories and clamps! You did everything first class...!!!
Really appreciate it
Absolutely, Well Done !!!
Thank you
I love your attention to the aesthetic details and robustness of the finished product. You could've just slapped it together and be done with it, instead you persevered to make it something you can hang your tools and your pride on. Excellent craftsmanship!
I appreciate it. I agree
So, in other words, this table can be made for $600 if McMaster-Carr screws up, and if a builder has over-bought 5” square tubing, etc etc.
Yep that’s how it went for me
Anybody who has or aspires to have a shop can appreciate how useful a bench like this would be. Great finished product homie
Yes I agree
A great project, especially on your own. That is some vise you have!
It sure is!
I love Fireball stuff. Great stuff.
Thanks
Very enjoyable to watch
Glad you enjoyed it
A table that makes the fireball vice just look a normal vice. Dang that is impressive
True. Thank you
Nice going, as a welding assembly table it is ideal for your purposes. Necessity is the mother of invention, and you have used that to your advantage. Well done 👍
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Fantastic table👏
Thanks man love your work as well
What’s not to love? The overkill concept, name and precise execution allied to the quality film editing and Spartan commentary all allow me to get over the use of a 1-2-3 block as a hammer .great stuff, and may every job on that behemouth will be pleasurable and double accurate
Thank you
So Good! Great job
Thank you
If you buy all the material now and wait a few years, it'll be free. Wow, i didn't know it worked like that. Joking aside, awesome build, man. Thanks for sharing
Yeah inflation is crazy. Thanks
I just watched the Vice review two days ago. Awesome Vice and survived 197 blows.
Indeed it’s great
Next time, turn some of the thread off the rod and press the round stem into the plate. Makes registration and alignment much more accurate.
Will do thanks
Great job!
Thanks!
Love it…thanks
Glad you liked it
It's a badass table and I'm ordering the vise Monday for our shop
Great video
It’s a great vise
Very nice table. Should be a great asset to your company for lots of jobs great Idea you had
I think so too!
Table is awesome. What I took away more than the table is now I'm debating getting a radial arm, real nice to swing it over the table like that
Yes they are awesome machines and can be had pretty cheap.
Outstanding!
Thank you
Wow Wow Wow!!! So Cool. Congratulations
Thank you
The name of the game is overkill. Awesome work!
Thank you
The only thing more impressive then this table...and what a table! Is the machines used to make it. Great skills you have. Great video!!
Thank you
I thought I'd seen it all when fireball made that vise, but this is epic my friend 👌👌🇬🇧
Thank you I appreciate it.
Great job on a serious table. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Awesome! Thank you!
Now thats a table!
Agreed
That's a very cool welding table❤ a bit of Danish rock music in the background❤
Yes indeed
I was pretty excited until I figured out that you got by far, the most expensive part for free. Most of us don't get to find that sort of luck in life.
If I didn’t have bad luck I would have no luck. However in this case it’s not luck it’s being hungry. I got the steel at a deal because I put in the work and hunted, same for the top I hunted for it and was patient. Don’t get discouraged. You can find great stuff too.
Absolutely the most beautiful table I’ve seen. I want one.
But I don’t need one 😂
Awesome build. I love the heavy duty overkill.
I subscribed. Looking forward to more content.
I will be getting a Fireball vise though. That I know!
Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much
Insane build. Now I wanna look for parts to build one… but all I have is a 2 car garage lmao
True makes sense
I belive him, i love welding table, your table are great and i have table the same with $400 , most of iron i bought in scrap station.
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no such thing as overkill! 😂💪🏼 badass table and that vise is a beast!
Indeed
AMAZING!
Thanks!
bad asss welding table
Thank you
One idea on the threads into the plate is to turn the threads down to less than the minor diameter of the threads so you have a smooth consistent surface and then bore the hole into the plate with a 0.001" press. This does 2 things. It gives a tight fit and gives a shoulder on the threads to square it up to the plate and you can set the depth for the plug weld on the back side
True
Hell yea, I heard some Volbeat at 26min mark🤘🏻
O yeah
Save a lot if time by using the mag drill to drill the holes before you cut the plate. Plus the slugs make nice knobs with very little work in the lathe. The allo9wence for blade thickness is a little tricky for laying out the holes. most of the time I don't need that precession. I do the same with the metal muncher too. I tap punched holes with the impact wrench. I just add thickness to compensate for the lack of thread engagement.
Yes I still don’t own a mag drill though. Soon hopefully
Nice job
Thanks!
I am sooo jelly of your vise
Yeah it’s great
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair I am a big fan of fireball tools. I have gotten a few for work. My next thing is a full fixture table and clamps set up. If I can squeeze in a vise we will get one of those also
Man - I have seen bridges that aren't as engineered ! An epic table.
Lol yeah
"I have these Massive Nuts"
Absolutely going to watch this to the end 🤘😁
Yes indeed
Nice job! You had me feeling some stabs of pain in my knees, seeing you kneel on that concrete... yeah, I'm old! I didn't see any comment from Jason, so I'm guessing he hasn't gotten wind of your design & application of his tooling. All in good time.
My pants have knee pads
From a crane guy. Use a choker for your sling. Just in case it's not quite balanced it gets tighter as you lift. A basket it could slip off. Enjoyed the video tho really sweet table.
Good tip! Thx
Some chain come alongs would come in handy for holding that frame down to the table top while you weld it down.
Agreed good idea
If you have more than 3 casters, the maksimum weight is still calculated for just 3 in case the floor is not perfectly flat
Good to know
Great build - Wagnerian excess !
Thank you
Damn dude, your shop is coming together. That welding table is sick AF. Just dont accidentally roll over your toe with that thing.... lol. A future video idea may be to trench out a corner of your shop so you can pour a 18 inch slab to sit that thing on... lol. You did an awesome job dishing out the troll repellent by explaining that you were welding with a beater chuck... Dont freak out about precision... Awesome vid dude. Im inspired to make my forever welding table now.
Thanks I appreciate what you are saying.
I freaking love you Mike(not a sext way, you know what the hell I mean) lol. You are just a cool, funny, fun, down to earth,American, patriotic , man and I'd love to have a beer with you some day.
I appreciate. Let’s make it happen
Beautiful content, suscribed
Welcome aboard!
just put 4 casters on the horizontal reinforcements of the base to move it and add some THICC threaded bars as legs that you can use to lift the table and finely tune the flatness of the whole table against the floor every time u move it. every time you move the table u need to check the flatness of it.
The wheels have leaving features built in. It rarely moves
Sweet ! 🤙
Thanks! 😁
Big Nuts Big Nuts!
Yep
Sound solid strong. What a fixture table you have put together. Better than a Fireball Tool fixture table. But then having the top made would cost someone around ten grand more on its own. And all the clamps can be arranged any position at all. I thought you would use all thread or bolts with T nuts to weld up the trolley base, obviously I don't need to go into the circus as a mind reader!
And as you noted the sheer size of it is as much as most jobs would ever need since you can overhang a bunch of the project and still utilise the flat fixture feature.
On some projects, I do use T-slot clamping. Having the other clamps is nice too they’re pretty convenient. The table is really nice but the fireball table would definitely be nicer. One downside of the table is in order to clamp some thing in the middle you have to slide the clamps from one side in. Can be a little bit of a pain if you have multiple things clamp down. One day when I get a mag drill I’ll drill clearance hole in the middle of the T slot so I can install the clamps halfway through the table.
wish i could get my hands on a similar heavy machine component :)
Maybe one day!
*Fireball tool has entered the chat*
Yep
hi there nice table , john
Thank you
For the threaded rod, it might be overkill and more work (ie not needed), but if you had chosen to do threads in the plate, thread the rod into the threads, then weld it, could that have helped give you a better solid attachment to keep it from tilting while welding? Or I guess you could have cleaned off the threads in the lathe for the part that sticks into the plate and used that for the press fit. In either case I love watching your logic and work flow for projects, please keep up the good work. :)
True good points thanks for watching
The 1-2-3 block as a hammer just earned you a subscription! Bitchin build
Yessss. Thanks
Those legs made had me doing a double take hahaha
Yeah they are big
I tell you what .. your shop space has come a long way since your 2021 workshop tour! I assume this is the same space a the 2022 tour, it just looks _so big_ here! Nice table, too!
It’s a different shop
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair it's an amazing space (they all were in their own way!) - congrats on fitting it out with such amazing tools as well! 👍
Brilliant build sir! You said when getting out the 8x3 steel that you had been in that shop for two years and it had not moved in that time, did you take over an existing business with all the machinery? Or most of it? I'm curious to know as I'm a new subscriber from the UK
Thanks. I bought a bunch of steel in the past cheap and that steel was part of it
Outstanding repurpose truly imaginative. Want it flatter send it out for grinding, freight would be a bear.
Yes indeed
1:00 5in thread free stud with big nuts. Yep.
Lol
Wow! Heavy duty!! Great job on the vid. Obviously a sustained effort over a number of months and to end up with a cohesive story is remarkable. One thing I missed...how does the stand connect to the table top? Or does it just sit on it?
Yeah it mostly sits. Lol it’s heavy but I got a few tabs holding it on
Smart just letting it sit, when you weld to that table it will distort slightly
How well does the table roll around
Very poorly lol
Just found your channel.
A couple things..
First awesome build!
That's a lifetime table your kids and grandkids will be using.
Second what happened to your Epic Beard?
And last but definitely no least...
Excellent choice on the Fireball Tool Vice!
Those Vice's went through a lot of R&D to be the best on the market. He just put out a new video on how tough they are.
Yes thank you. Fireball vise is awesome
if you want to weld stuff without worrying about parts warping.. get a fronius tps with LSC and PMC programs.. lets you weld stuff up with min movement bud
Good tip
I've worked whit back pain before (it would sometimes shoot down my right leg and it would go completly numb) and i dont wish that for anybody, so please use something to help you lift those big plates man, also more leg and less back.
But, sick table man, overbuilding something so practical to ensure reliability is always a good investment of time and money
Thank you
Dzięki za film. Dużo można się nauczyć. Muszę obejrzeć resztę Twoich filmów.
Co to za frez którym fazujesz?
Pnuematic beveler they are cheap on Amazon
You may have already said, somewhere, where you got the table..... so, apologies if you already covered this.
Where did you get the table?
A used machinery reseller, a scrap yard, or what?
Thanks! Love the finished table n vise! 😊
I bought the table top at auction for about $600.
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair thanks! I assume a machine tool auction?
I'm pretty sure you could repair a battleship on this table!
Indeed
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I’m curious about the kind of work you do in your shop. Are you a job shop? All I’ve seen in your videos are renovations of shop machines. Love the detail you provide as you move through the video.
Yeah most videos at this point are equipment but we are a job shop
That keeps you on your toes. You never know what the day will bring or if you have the tools you need. I loved the variety though. Best wishes, I enjoy your videos and dedication to precision.
@@haroldchoate7497 absolutely thank you very much.
Love your badass table. Could you please send me one:). Great video
Will do
I love how the 5 foot by 8 inch by 3/4 plate he cut up started at 250 lbs then jumped to 300 lbs and that size of a piece of steel is a hair over 100 lbs lol 😂😂!
True numbers are fluid these days
He's said massive nuts😂
I did
Is the table top bolted to the base ?
Yea
Which AC forklift is that? Looks exactly like my AC 40 i brought back from the dead. Will see if you have a video on the channel about it.
Yeah, I should do a video on it. When I came into the shop space, the owner basically gave it to us as long as we got it running and I put a bunch of time and money into it In the beginning it’s running good now. but man that was a bear.
I want to say it’s a PS 500 or ach500 one of two. It’s 5,000lb capacity. I’ve definitely lifted more than 5000 pounds of it it’s pretty old school and overbuilt.
@@VanoverMachineAndRepair Thanks for the info, very cool. You can find pretty much every part for it still, try to get ahold of a TVH catalog, and then most parts are under the Kalmar brand. Would be interesting to see if you have the Buda motor in it still.
I may have missed it but how is the top attached to the base?
It’s just bolted on with some tabs.
What wizardry is this pneumatic beveler? I’ve never seen such a thing! Do you have a brand or link of some kind? I’d like to check this out. Nice work man! 👍
Thank you. They are all over Amazon or eBay pretty cheap. Thanks