Welding Table @ Work

I built this welding table the second week at my new job since they brought me in as their new and first fabricator. The frame of the table I took the idea from one of the welding project pics on Miller's site and added my own little twist with the plasma cutting grate. This picture is just after finishing up the basic welding, but I've since painted the frame, and added a few more tool holding brackets and other details. I'm waiting on a catch pan to be bent up locally which I'll put under the plasma grate and be quickly removable to empty when needed.

The table was mig welded with my Lincoln 175 hiding behind the PowerPro205, but I did use the Everlast to cut out the 18 x 21" opening. Our 30amp breaker kept tripping from extended use at 45+ amps so I had to do short 1.5" sections and keep taking breaks.

Specs of the table are:
4x8', 1/2" thick top sheet
2x2", 3/16" wall square tubing
3" non-marking casters, overall height of 5.5" (if I recall right) with locking wheel and swivel
total weight approximately 750-800lbs. Raw materials weighed in at 850 or so on invoice, before cutting out 18x21 plate.

Nice job. Good looking Fab. bench.

Some other pics I took:

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Originally Posted by 91TSiGuy

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Nice table, but I hate to say this as most others are too shy to say it. But why is the table installed in what is obviously a hospital operating room. That cannot be your shop, there is nothing to trip over and no pile of slag or steel on the floor.

It's a car shop, just a step above the average. ;)

I'm set up back where that foldable wall was in this pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/cbrd/shop1.jpg

Funny Geezer. I was thinking the same thing. Just did some welding on a mud truck and I tripped all over stuff. That environment is not healthy.

Just kidding, nice table and shop. I really like the green in the corner on the one shot.

If I find the time, I post a picture of my table I built from scratch that I use. Its similar, but different.

Looks more like a museum in the second pictures.How could you ever get any work done in that kind of environment.I bet if someone were to throw a gum wrapper down someone would catch it before it hit the ground.Very nice.

That is a fine piece of work, thanks for taking the time to post it!

my dream job! everything is clean... everything.... I hate working at a landfill!

Its so clean and neat. I love it! I wish I had that much room in my work area.