New welding table

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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New welding table, got it for 100$. Came out of AMP electric factory, has some weird terminals and stuff, was supposedly a stand for a punch press. Has some milled slots for motor mounts which is awesome. 1/2" thick top and feet, latched doors on either side which I will put shelves in, its SOLID.

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got to be 200 pounds-ish.
 
The top has been blanchard ground the fellow said too, will be a sweet welding/layout table it's incredibly flat.
 
Nice score Sam. I really like your new purchase. I just purchased a StrongHand portable welding table. I am very limited for space so this will do for now. New house, new shop, new toys.......some day!!
 
thanks fellas!

Jim I just checked those out that's cool! I am working in MD now, so my shop in NY is kind of mothballed, oiled everything and such. Tools and stuff are thick on the gournd here so I am buying as I can and doing a run up north every couple weeks.
 
Something I've always wondered, why would you want a steel topped table for welding? Wouldn't something that weld wouldn't stick to, like an old slate pool table, work better? It does look like a great fab table.
 
It must be a guy thing... I see something like that and my mind immediately starts looking for reasons to buy it and things that can be done with it. And then my wife catches me looking at it and says "where would you put it?" That's her way of saying "You can't buy that unless you have a place to put it where i don't have to look at it!"

Nice score!
 
thanks guys.

Chuck, I like steel top because if I ever need to I can weld studs to it,like if I needed to bend a scroll or radius, I would draw it by hand, then weld 1/2" round studs to the table spaced every 1" or so, then bend hot around those studs. Weld jigs, stops, clamps, stuff liek that right to it. Tack them on then break it off then grind the tack off. Plus clamp your ground to the table then whatever you set on the table get's grounded, no fiddling around trying to clamp the ground to the piece you are welding.

Now I am gonna get a real gas shield MIG welder to go with it brand new :D
 
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