Welding table

[KWIKND]

The best table I have ever seen was at Ingersol Milling Machine in Rockford, IL. It was maybe 4'x5' with about a 1 1/2" top. The top had two sets of parallel grooves 3/4" deep x 3/8" wide. The fabricator would drop 3/8" x 1 1/2" flat bars in the grooves to make right angles.
Then clamp the work to the bar stock for perfect 90* corners every time. If he was not working on right angles just pull the bars out of the grooves and it was a normal table.
Dan

[quarterstang86]

I'm brand new to welding so as a first real project for my new welder, I was planning on building a welding/cutting table so I had a convienent place to do small welding and cutting jobs .

Currently my only work bench is wood so I really need a good place to be able to set metal down and weld it or cut it. So far, I'm using a makeshift "bench" with some cinder blocks and a small piece of metal. Its definitely not very user friendly.

In one of the welding books I looked at they had plans for a welding/cutting table. The rest of the book was worthless, so I didnt buy it.

What I was hoping for is for some "real world" or "this worked great for me" or "I wish I had built it this way instead" advice....

Nothing fancy, just practical....

I asked the same question some time ago and received alot of good responses, alot of good information in the thread.

Do a search for "quarterstang86" and look under the thread titled "Home built shop table, anyone built one? "

For some reason I can't put an link a post. .

[TitoJones]

Here is your link:
https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2965

Tyler