I know you guys just did this table cleaning, but next time you have to do one, you may want to do what i did to mine... after all the scraping, chiseling, and fighting to get the slag out, i did some research and found a ceramic boat primer and paint for use on boat hulls under the water line. I had my pan wet sandblasted and then applied the primer (24 hours to cure) then applied 2 coats of the ceramic style paint. It took about 3 days to fully cure but i believe thats because we had a cold streak hit right after i did it and i dont have heat in my shop to speak of, only a small space heater to keep everything above freezing. Anyway I have done 2 table cleanings since the application of the ceramic paint and nothing sticks to the pan, i can literally use a hose to move the slag to the corner and scoop it out with a dust pan. If you guys are interested i can send you some photos and the information about the product used.
That is a great idea. Total Boat is a popular brand for the Sail Boat UA-camrs. The swamp cooler for my garage was rusted out and the usual cooler coating is junk. I used Gaco liquid silicone to rebuild the roof on my toy hauler trailer and had some of that left over, so I did 2 coats inside the cooler water tray. The stuff is made for roofs that get standing water on them and is brushed and rolled. There is a version sold at home depot as well. I built my own plasma table and did a 5" deep aluminum water pan with 55 gallon barrels to store the water below, since I don't cut all the time. My slat holders are aluminum angle with 3/8" pins welded to hold the slats. The frame lifts out and I can scrape the bottom with a drywall knife. I never need a prybar or digging bar, even after a year of sitting. If I go weeks without cutting (less during the very hot summers), the table dries out since most of the water goes back into the drums.
Epoxy products have made huge leaps in the last 10 years. Now you can build epoxy products that are just as tough as stainless steel but with 10 times the flex or rigidity, impervious to water, highly heat and cold resistant with little to no expansion or contraction and electrically conductive or non-reactive.
@@someyoungguy6990 a company we use at work called enecon has products weve used for auger repairs and one thats meant for in sulfuric acid. "epoxy" has become such a broad term at this point
6:35 - That's known as a "Diggun Bar" in WV, and my Father has used it as his primary digging tool for postholes, digging out pipe, popping a trackhoe track back on, bending random shit, etc etc. It's a sledge hammer type tool. Basically, you raise it up, and throw it full force into the ground to dig / split rocks. Then, you scoop it out with a shovel / "post hole digger" (they don't DIG for shit lol, great pec workout though!)
I built my own plasma table and did a 5" deep aluminum water pan with 55 gallon barrels to store the water below, since I don't cut all the time. A shop bent the edges of a 5x10 sheet and I tig welded the corners and built the slat frame. It is just barely big enough for 4x8 material. My slat holders are aluminum angle with 3/8" pins welded to hold the slats. The frame lifts out and I can scrape the bottom with a drywall knife. I never need a prybar or digging bar, even after a year of sitting. If I go weeks without cutting (less during the very hot summers), the table dries out since most of the water goes back into the drums. Borax is supposed to help with rusting, but the table rails still rust like crazy so I'm not sure. There is also a fungicide that I add in small amounts to keep it from growing aliens. The water is nasty but it doesn't stink and is just a mix of borax, oils from the new steel, and rust. I'm not dead yet and it appears you aren't dead yet from the green mystery liquid, but my setup is cheap. Simple green cleans parts pretty well and water down pool acid does great to eat surface rust and make dross and mill scale mostly disappear while 100 grit aluminum oxide preps the parts for powder coating.
Great video guys. Informative and entertaining as usual keep up the great work. "PICO Chemical Company the same company that brought you Silly Puddy, Chilli Dogs, and Cosco Blizzies" 😂 and the green Chicago River for St. Patrick's Day.
The green stuff looks interesting, I've used bicarbonate of soda for years. It doesn't smell, stops growth slows and almost stops rust underwater and is very very cheap. Downside is it does corroded metal above the waterline and drys white. But apart from that it's ok. I'm up for a change though I guess.
I'm so glad i have A brand new Laser cutting machine. But i have a water jet too and that is worse than cleaning your plasma cutter😂 keep the good work. I like your high quality work. Best regards from Norway.
@@LiftArcStudios Oh and quick tip....I use a "magnet on a stick" its a flexy type stick to pick my parts as a go sometimes and fish parts from the quench....just a tip.
dont you worry kind lad, we have some pretty cool stuff in the works, we just want to capture the whole build before we upload! and not leave you hanging!
Get yourself a dedicated wet / dry shop vac and clean it out weekly.. As for your additive by the time I pay freight on top of the cost of the plaz juice it would cost $750 - $800 to treat my 350 gal capacity tank. I will stick to my ever evolving science project gone awry looking white growth from laundry soda which can be done for less than $20..
Yep, 20 mule team borax and I have also used a liquid fungicide before. It does get rusty, but my water pan and slat frame are aluminum and 5" deep while my slats are 1.5"x1/8" flat stock.
You could've just gone to last years video to see the volume of your table 😂 also you should probably be good to just dump all 10 gallons in. That only brings it to 6.6%
I know you guys just did this table cleaning, but next time you have to do one, you may want to do what i did to mine... after all the scraping, chiseling, and fighting to get the slag out, i did some research and found a ceramic boat primer and paint for use on boat hulls under the water line. I had my pan wet sandblasted and then applied the primer (24 hours to cure) then applied 2 coats of the ceramic style paint. It took about 3 days to fully cure but i believe thats because we had a cold streak hit right after i did it and i dont have heat in my shop to speak of, only a small space heater to keep everything above freezing. Anyway I have done 2 table cleanings since the application of the ceramic paint and nothing sticks to the pan, i can literally use a hose to move the slag to the corner and scoop it out with a dust pan. If you guys are interested i can send you some photos and the information about the product used.
I would like the info on this, thank you for sharing!
That is a great idea. Total Boat is a popular brand for the Sail Boat UA-camrs. The swamp cooler for my garage was rusted out and the usual cooler coating is junk. I used Gaco liquid silicone to rebuild the roof on my toy hauler trailer and had some of that left over, so I did 2 coats inside the cooler water tray. The stuff is made for roofs that get standing water on them and is brushed and rolled. There is a version sold at home depot as well. I built my own plasma table and did a 5" deep aluminum water pan with 55 gallon barrels to store the water below, since I don't cut all the time. My slat holders are aluminum angle with 3/8" pins welded to hold the slats. The frame lifts out and I can scrape the bottom with a drywall knife. I never need a prybar or digging bar, even after a year of sitting. If I go weeks without cutting (less during the very hot summers), the table dries out since most of the water goes back into the drums.
Epoxy products have made huge leaps in the last 10 years. Now you can build epoxy products that are just as tough as stainless steel but with 10 times the flex or rigidity, impervious to water, highly heat and cold resistant with little to no expansion or contraction and electrically conductive or non-reactive.
@@someyoungguy6990 a company we use at work called enecon has products weve used for auger repairs and one thats meant for in sulfuric acid. "epoxy" has become such a broad term at this point
Your Shop Sabre 10 now looks like the most challenging billiards table ever.
6:35 - That's known as a "Diggun Bar" in WV, and my Father has used it as his primary digging tool for postholes, digging out pipe, popping a trackhoe track back on, bending random shit, etc etc. It's a sledge hammer type tool. Basically, you raise it up, and throw it full force into the ground to dig / split rocks. Then, you scoop it out with a shovel / "post hole digger" (they don't DIG for shit lol, great pec workout though!)
They help you dig tho! - and then the tamper on the other side let you pack the dirt in tight!
Can't believe grown man hadn't seen one !
The scraper bar was a good purchase, to bad you don't know someone with a fab shop to make one😅
was just thinking the same thing. Tay could hire a fab shop to build a super plasma slag scraper. say Floyd's Custom Machine & Design🤔
I built my own plasma table and did a 5" deep aluminum water pan with 55 gallon barrels to store the water below, since I don't cut all the time. A shop bent the edges of a 5x10 sheet and I tig welded the corners and built the slat frame. It is just barely big enough for 4x8 material. My slat holders are aluminum angle with 3/8" pins welded to hold the slats. The frame lifts out and I can scrape the bottom with a drywall knife. I never need a prybar or digging bar, even after a year of sitting. If I go weeks without cutting (less during the very hot summers), the table dries out since most of the water goes back into the drums. Borax is supposed to help with rusting, but the table rails still rust like crazy so I'm not sure. There is also a fungicide that I add in small amounts to keep it from growing aliens. The water is nasty but it doesn't stink and is just a mix of borax, oils from the new steel, and rust. I'm not dead yet and it appears you aren't dead yet from the green mystery liquid, but my setup is cheap. Simple green cleans parts pretty well and water down pool acid does great to eat surface rust and make dross and mill scale mostly disappear while 100 grit aluminum oxide preps the parts for powder coating.
Additive for greys or symbiotes ?
Great job, never realized how much cleaning you had to do on those tables. Now you can make Spike a stainless bearer bond 😜
I’ll give ya 40 for the towel if it’s autographed by the crew! Good call on using the tamper tool end to clean the slag.
deal! email us haha
6:40 wooo spud bar! Used one of those to break so many things over the years.
Great video guys. Informative and entertaining as usual keep up the great work. "PICO Chemical Company the same company that brought you Silly Puddy, Chilli Dogs, and Cosco Blizzies" 😂 and the green Chicago River for St. Patrick's Day.
possibly your paint cabinet won't work if it stays open lol heck you guys rock
Take a dustpan made out of stamped metal and drill little holes in it, and then use it to scoop out the junk.
Just imagine how much of that goo would be in the air / all over the shop without that water table
They should go with a blue color to match the table.
“Blue Saber” or has that been done?
there are other additives out there that are blue, im not sure why they go with green actually
The green stuff looks interesting, I've used bicarbonate of soda for years. It doesn't smell, stops growth slows and almost stops rust underwater and is very very cheap. Downside is it does corroded metal above the waterline and drys white. But apart from that it's ok. I'm up for a change though I guess.
If someone pee's in the water table, it turns from green to blue! :)
I'm so glad i have A brand new Laser cutting machine. But i have a water jet too and that is worse than cleaning your plasma cutter😂 keep the good work. I like your high quality work. Best regards from Norway.
We use pool chlorine in ours 12'×45' industrial
@4:21 is that Jimmy Hoffa?!😵
Tay 😂. My wife said you should sell your jacket. 😂😂 it takes her back to high school days with her leather fringe jackets. How much $$$$
$100 and its yours!
I also use pico and I cover the table when I’m not using it with plastic to keep it from evaporating.
ive heard this before, thats a great idea! now if i could only remember to do this...
@@LiftArcStudios How often do you add more water and or quench guard to your table and to keep the 5% ratio?
@@LiftArcStudios Oh and quick tip....I use a "magnet on a stick" its a flexy type stick to pick my parts as a go sometimes and fish parts from the quench....just a tip.
Is it Saint Patrick’s day already? Y’all drinkin beer later… yes.
I'm still waiting for someone to 3d print a 3d printer.
man i need to come get that old lathe
cant believe you didnt have a needler wtf 🤣
I remember back in the olden days, when you actually did builds.
dont you worry kind lad, we have some pretty cool stuff in the works, we just want to capture the whole build before we upload! and not leave you hanging!
@@LiftArcStudios No worries. I love all your videos, just wanted to yank your chain (so to speak).
How do you dispose of the water and the slag?
What’s the advantage of agitated water vs non?
Adult supervision needed here too!
Was this filmed in warmer weather? The vent fan louvers are open. Can't be good for heating the shop?
love it
what is the purpose of the bubbler in normal operations?
Is it better than the steerling cool ?
Get yourself a dedicated wet / dry shop vac and clean it out weekly.. As for your additive by the time I pay freight on top of the cost of the plaz juice it would cost $750 - $800 to treat my 350 gal capacity tank. I will stick to my ever evolving science project gone awry looking white growth from laundry soda which can be done for less than $20..
Yep, 20 mule team borax and I have also used a liquid fungicide before. It does get rusty, but my water pan and slat frame are aluminum and 5" deep while my slats are 1.5"x1/8" flat stock.
You could've just gone to last years video to see the volume of your table 😂
also you should probably be good to just dump all 10 gallons in. That only brings it to 6.6%