What makes a good welding table?

[ChickNorris]

I designed my table differently because its tall & narrow & only two castors positioned on the outside of the legs on one side. It tips & then rolls to its new location just like a hand truck / appliance cart. No futzing with leveling feet or cams.

Though my garage floor is very level to begin with. Ymmv.

However my driveway, not so much. I just use a shim.

Didn't have time for that picture Sunday. Maybe today : )

[Irving]

I believe he means like the leveling feet you would find on the bottom of metro shelving.

In the case of having casters, just make sure the bolt is longer than the casters are tall so once you've rolled your table to its location you can turn your bolt (foot) out further than the height of the wheel, lifting the table up so it can no longer roll.

Least that is how I read it.

Oh I see. It makes sense now. When I said adjustable table top height, I meant adjustable by several inches at a time. Those level feet sound like a great idea though.

[ChickNorris]

Why do you want to adjust the height?

[ChickNorris]

I want square tubing legs that are adjustable height, which means I'll need two sizes. I recent saw a fab video about removing the interior weld inside tubing. I'll have to watch it again to see if it's something I think I can handle. I'd like to use a drill press for all the holes, but I don't plan on getting a drill press until I have a table to put it on.

Sleeve the two, drill several incremental holes & use a pin for each upright?

I.e. like a canopy or gym equipment, yes?

[buffalobo]

When putting the nut on the outside edge I've tacked a little sleeve of tubing above the nut to protect the threads of the bolt after its passed through. Keeps them usable longer & any splatter off of them too.

Thanks for description of legs.

Put the nut inside the tube in the outside corner so can weld to two adjacent sides. Threads protected since inside tube.

[buffalobo]

I question the need to change table height. Holding corner of table up while you manipulate the leg is typically PIA. By nature welding tables are heavy. The more you add the heavier they get.

[ChickNorris]

I question the need to change table height. Holding corner of table up while you manipulate the leg is typically PIA. By nature welding tables are heavy. The more you add the heavier they get.

Yup. This ^^^^

But I do still want to hear why.

[ray1970]

If you want to make the height adjustable I?d suggest bracing the upper and lower legs individually and using a scissor jack or bottle jack mounted between the two to adjust it up or down. You?ll obviously probably want to pin the legs once you get it where you want it as I wouldn?t rely solely on the jack to maintain position.

I?d likely just scavenge a small scissor jack from the local auto salvage yard. Probably cost you $5.

[Irving]

Well, it seems like having an adjustable height fab table would be more useful depending on the project. However, when I first thought of the project, I wasn't thinking about how heavy it'd be.

[buffalobo]

Ray's built in scissor jack idea could be done without too much hassle or lost space.

Unless you plan to use it often or have the "shop" space keep in mind storage and ease of moving.

I used to move mine with floor jack when I had shop with concrete floor.

I do most all my welding outside unless very small project not requiring grinding.

My shop is a wood shop and not a place to spread around sparks.