Making A Welding Table

[arvidj]

(04-26-2014, 08:42 AM)EdK Wrote: I don't think they've heard of lock washers over in China yet. Not one in the bag of questionable hardware. I need to go to Menards this morning anyway so I'll pick up some better washers and fender and lock washers.

Both of mine came with nylon lock nuts on all of the screws. I assumed they used them to go with the bolts that were pivot points as tightening up a bolt with a regular lock not may have prevented the pivot points from ... well ... pivoting. And the nylon lock nuts are probably adequate for all of the non-pivoting points.

Note that if you can not find reasonably sized 6mm fender washers at Menards ... I didn't look there but could not find them at Home Depot or the old Ace Hardware store ... they all had much to large an external diameter to suit me ... let me know and I'll mail you some. Note that the offer goes extends to anyone else on MetalWorkingFun who needs them as the newly opened extension to Ace Hardware here in Prior Lake had them in their Hillman cabinets.

(04-26-2014, 08:42 AM)EdK Wrote: Thanks for the link to those clamps Arvid. It looks like those would be perfect to use with this portable welding table.

Ed

The only issue I see with the clamps is that I will need to make a spacer for the flat end to allow it to clear the folds and edges of the table. Something that I can slip on and it not fall off when I push the clamp thru the holes in the table. Of course I could use the clamps with the threaded end on the bottom of the table but that seems like a PITA to use. I'd say it was a design oversight but the Bessy's are the same way. They probably assumed the clamp would be used on a table that was a solid piece of metal and not one with folded edges and slots.

Arvid