I can,t tell you how important it is to have a decent work bench and place to weld,
I know only too well because I spend a good deal of my time working on shop projects in LESS than ideal conditions,
many times on a sheet of plywood up on saw horses or jack stands or occasionally I,m forced to work on some welding projects on a concrete floor when I should have a good solid metal shop work bench,
and the clamps and jigs and vise to make the job far easier
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HAVING A WORKING WELDING TABLE IS NOT MANDATORY BUT YOULL WONDER HOW ANYONE CAN WORK WITHOUT A DECENT VISE AND WORK BENCH, AND A SOLID METAL BENCH HAS BENEFITS FOR USE AS A WELDING LOCATION. HERES A PICTURE I FOUND POSTED AND ITS NEARLY MY IDEA OF A GREAT WORK and WELDING BENCH, as soon as funds allow I intend to build something similar.
I priced out the required steel and its certainly something that you can build for under about $700-$900 depending on size and construction details, which for a really nice tool is not that expensive, considering even a crappy welder or drill press costs more
the more I look at this work/shop bench, the more I want something similar, built,in my shop!
and Im sure most of us that have room in the garage could sure use a good solid work bench, OH yeah!
its just a pipe dream at this point ,as my finances won,t currently allow it, but I,d like ideas from you gentlemen, on how to make the legs have at least some minimal adjustment, to compensate for a floor location that might be just a bit less than exactly level,obviously you could just stuff a shim or two under the legs if required, but having to stuff shims if required is really a getto solution, that a well designed bench should be able to cope with.
(as I,m sure most guys realize most poured concrete floors are not always perfectly level, over the entire shop floor surface)
Id also like to have a few pull out drawers , added to the design, to keep welding clamps and supplies in and maybe a slide out rack to hold a few tools.
plus some kind of parts list and cost to build something similar.
and having a well braced top with at least a 3/8" steel top surface seems desirable
obviously theres a great many options available and you might want to build it so its easily disassembled for transport??
having the legs bolt in place would allow you to insert washers as spacers on the bolts to adjust the effective leg length IF IT WAS PROPERLY DESIGNED
Id think basic dimensions should be 4ft x 8 ft so you don,t need to cut a sheet of 3/8" steel plate as the top surface, and leg height , made from 3" square 1/4' thick square tube of about 36"-40" seems about right??
IM sure some of you computer geniuses,who far exceed my meager computer skills , could post a detailed exploded diagram of bench plans with those features shown?????
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