My first job in a welding shop was right out of high school in 1971. This was a huge shop and would be better called a manufacturing facility than a welding shop and I worked on the welding side of this shop. I worked with the same welder every day and he showed me as much as I could absorb, he was a great guy. One morning he tells me that they need me in another part of the shop for a week or two and told me who to ask for over there. We were all working on a job for McDonald Douglas at this time and I didn't understand exactly what it was we were building but at 18, I felt overwhelmed much of the time anyway. But I walk over to that department and know who I am reporting to since he's one of the owners and the guy who hired me. But he's standing on this huge sheet of plate that was at least 3/4" thick and probably 40' X 40' or even 60' X 40' and he has a magnetic drill in front of him. He asked if I knew what it was and I did but didn't know how they operate. So he sets it up and drills and taps a hole at the same time and I was flabbergasted! What a great idea! So he helped me set it up and drill and tap a few holes until he was fairly confident that I was OK on my own. Looking at this plate though, there were pilot holes every 4" or maybe 6" and I was to drill and tap every damn one of those holes! My excitement quickly waned about using this piece of equipment all day, every day for weeks to come. I can't remember the exact size of the tapped hole but it was at least 5/8" and may have even been 3/4" or 1". And I can't remember now just how many days I spent on this damn drill but I'll always remember the elation when I finally drilled that last hole. And I know that I broke at least one bit and that's when I learned they cost $50.00 each in 1971 money! But in my defense, I removed the bit from the chuck when it started getting dull and asked if I could have someone in the machine shop sharpen it for me. He looked at it and agreed that it looked like it was getting dull but he had new bits ordered and wanted me to keep using it like it was. Well, that bit didn't finish the day and that's when he told me how much they cost. But I'll give him credit for talking responsibility for it when his partner started to yell at me. He cut him off cold and told him that I had come to him earlier in the day with the dull bit and he told me to keep using it. I got to go back to my normal job for a few days. Every time I see a mag drill I remember this job! I hate monotonous work and back then I got bored very quickly. At lunch, I remember complaining to "my" welder about this boring damn job and all that he said was: " Hell Russ, it all pays the same, don't it?" And he's right, I got the same pay no matter what the job was that I was doing. That didn't make me magically start enjoying it but I knew that I had a good job, with good employers, and that drill was just "for now, not forever". So I stopped complaining and started working as hard as I could to get finished. And when all of the pieces were fabricated and painted I got to be in the crew that went out there and installed everything. I couldn't stop gawking at everything and would have loved to had the opportunity to tour that facility. Sorry about the long narrative, but like I said; every time I see one of those mag drills I remember.

I'm a passive viewer. It's nice to finally see you work for once instead of always talking :p

We do many home projects, and these sawhorses are great for so many different applications. Glad we purchased them.

I like that you left a clamping edge! you see a lot with the frame all the way out making the tables a little harder to use.

Man that turned out really nice. This channel is a little bit out of my league but it’s still cool to watch and learn.

fantastic!! I am building a Welding table that is almost 2 inches thick for the top plate. I am debating how to make the frame and everything. I believe I found it with your video. Thank you

I seen a work table designed with movable casters. There were two cross bars on each end of the table, top one was welded in place, bottom was movable up and down and the casters were attached to lower one. There were two springs supporting the bottom crossbar and a small bottle jack was secured between the top and bottom bars. If you wanted to move the table you just pumped up the jack on each end of table which pushed the casters down to the floor. Roll the table to new location and release pressure in each jack, the springs pull the bottom bar up and the table sets on its legs which still have the leveling feature.

I decided 2 weeks ago that welding is my new skill to learn , and I think I have found my teacher. Great video , thumbs up and subscribed .

one tip for your bandsaw mate is to move the guide rollers on your side of the blade as close as possible to your material and lock it, gives you square cuts if your saw is setup right, also cold cut saws are nice but from working in workshops all over the world bandsaws are the ticket, more versatile and you dont need a "milled edge" for fabricating just get within 1mm and off to the races.

This goes to show, true craftsmanship.

Great tip about the position of the nuts for load bearing on the legs. Great vid, thanks Chris.

you could fill the leg with sand to get it even more heavier and dampen the sound

Get a coat of paint on everything but the top. That's a great rough work bench man.✌

I’m watching this again after near on a year. Great design.

Very enjoyable and interesting to watch you create your table. Thanks for producing and sharing it.

I was gonna guess 664.75 lb. dang it!! Really good table man. I’ve had a 45 yr. career in welding/fabrication, and have gone through many workbenches... “It will Keel”! I’ve always wanted a Fit-up table, but now I’m just as fast without one. Now a Plasma CNC table and a Fit-up table ... that would be cool for the home shop just cuz I can would be super cool!!!

That center bar chop, made me subscribe. Well done sir.

Really excellent video. Good photography and explanation.

It would be cool to have Jack’s build into it.

Absolutely incredible work sir and excellent job. I would give nearly anything to own a table like that.

* As soon as he puts an exactly 1 pound piece of steel on this table, it completes the weight of 666lb and the portal to hell is opened *

That punch is AWESOME!

Awesome! Man it sure helps to have all the right tools. 👍🏼

Now, you can make one for the kitchen. Excellent creativity.

That cutting method you used, was that Cobra Kai inspired? Great job on the table. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Good job.

Well done sir!

Love the perm machine at 8:45

I will take 3!

Rainfall projects did a big welding table project that had an incorporated wheel-jack setup, might be worth a try over having to adjust all those legs each time

Tapping with a mag drill? Thanks, know I have to add both to my wish list.

Production, narration cadence, and even physical appearance just like Matt Cremona. Both excellent content creators. Thanks for your contribution!

I'd like one of those. If mine, I'd round the corners a bit.

I grew up with Acorn tables. You cannot compare it to anything else. Very massive, very strong, very accurate. With the tooling available I could set up most anything. ,

Great video! I need to build a welding table this summer.

The square plates on the ends of the legs look like they would bite your ankles.

That table is awesome!!! Nocely done!!

Nice work. Love your work ethic. Great job

Awesome table. Wish I was closer to take some classes.

awesome video! I'm building a welding table currently from 14G 2x2 & using a 1/4" plate. lots of great tips here that will improve my project.

Awesome table. Love the countersunk fasteners. 👍😎

Great looking welding /workbench. You have a quick analytical mind for your shop construction. 👍

That is an overkill. You can use and abuse it, it will still stand the test of time, super!

Great video and a really nice table build. I can't imagine how nice it would be to own a table like that. But even the anvil is flippin awesome.

Well done sir I enjoyed the video and I loved your idea making it Thanks for sharing

Nice job. I have the plate on my hydraulic welding table held on like this. I wish I had tapped the top and bolted from the bottom, for a completely flat top.

Nice table! Your videos really inspire me to get more into metalworking. I'm in the middle of switching careers, and seeing the work you do has helped me figure out what I want to do moving forward. Keep up the awesome work man!

Always good to weld your corners going towards the same direction on all corners to help keep square

Great job, thanks for sharing. Those casters are going to be working hard once you put a bunch of stuff on the shelf, like that anvil. I would have used much beefier ones.

Those million dollar precision tables I bet are sweet!

Those overhanging feet? I am curious how your ankles and shins appreciate them here half a year later after many bumps and scrapes. I think I would have matched them in size to the legs with a bevel and just welded them from the side. Drilling and tapping is great for later adjustment, but I think I would have done it different. Drilling all the way through with tapping drill size. Then tapping the plate and putting in the bolts from the bottom. Three reasons for this. No need for all that countersinking and trimming the bolts to sit flush with the table is easy. If later you need to attach something to the table taking one screw out or extending one and attach with nuts gives you options. Last reason is like you said makes it possible to flip the plate, and if you measured precisely it is a simple flip and screw using existing holes.

agreed, thtere is always errors on each corner. by doing it this way you are not compounding those errors at each weld. You have a small error on one corner, an equal error on the adjacent corner and then what ever those errors are will be the same on the last two corners. You are not accumulating error, you have ONE level of error not one level of error added to each new corner which is what you would have if you welded round the circle.

Wow… really nice table!

4 foot by 2 foot frame, plus 4 inches of overhang, according to the 2 inch spacing of holes on the welding table and another comment below. I've been thinking about a very similar table for a while now, and wondering how thick I want the top, definitely wanted 5/8/16mm or thicker, 3/4/20mm seems like a good choice, any thicker would be just silly with a small top that big (similar to what I want). Those threads on the feet are probably M16x2 or maybe M16x1.5 - I'd worry about the bending moment on the threads if one side of the big round foot was on something a little higher. On another HEAVY project I built I used hardened ball bearings as a point loading mechanism under the 4 adjustable feet and that worked really well. Would probably do the same again on something like this, I think, but maybe skip the washers and make disks out of plate steel instead. I'd also want the wheels further out and likely on some mechanism to speed up the move/drop process for indoor/outdoor flow use.

👍👍😎👍👍. Thanks fo much for all the details. It has helped me decide a better workflow and use of my equipment. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Ive made my table more than 10 years ago 350 kg its made in square 80mm and 10mm plate he have a plate upsite and downsite he is 2000mm large too 500mm you can do with him what you will , good luck with your new table

Excellent video my friend!!!!

I'd be afraid to even guess how much that entire table weighs, but would be great for holding and welding just about anything. Thank you for the review, very informative video.

nice table

Nice video

Awesome build mate

Awesome table.

Great job! Thanks for sharing! 🤙🏻

You have all the cool tools man. Jellen

Nice work.

Great job!

Clean job.

That is amazing.

Looks good

Great narration

I was guessing 675 lb great job Nice table

I want to ma,e a tabke like this, just keeping an eye out for a large plate steel for the right price

Great project and video, love it thanks! My only dig is that I would cringe slightly every time you said "perfectly". Just saying, "flat, square", or whatever tells us what you're after just fine.

Great Vid Chris!

nice job

I was curious if you have a link to the tap machine you used in your mag drill to thread those holes? Heck of an awesome table, that beast will last you for years.

With those open hollow legs you could fill them with sand or concrete to add even more weight and it might help it stop ringing if you are beating on it.

I see you have one of those Porta band tables. Besides space and cost considerations, are there any pros/cons vs a traditional stand up?

1st time watching, subbed!! Can't wait to see more!

Really great content mate only just started to follow you 👍👍👍👍

Love the video mate 👍🏻

Not sure if u will even see this since its an older video but I'm just curious why not use a horizontal band saw? I love mine especially since after I set the first cut up I don't have to change anything for the rest of the same parts I'm cutting... I so realize that the chop saw is faster but I just feel the bandsaw is superior...i would really like to hear your input on this...if you see it lol Note: 90% of what I'm cutting is round tubing from cro-mo rollcage tubing up to large aluminum intercooler piping...idk if that make a difference to you but figured I would add that

Yeah I welded some zinc and I was outdoors, got a headache, welder friend told me drink some milk 🥛, and yep that worked.

Nice video where did you get the hold downs from

Ask us to guess the weight after putting it in the title.

sweet

we enjoyed this video

7:40 👍

I have a 35 ton press I wonder if I can get dies to punch holes?

I weighed my welding table today. 650lbs 3'x8'

smart build! Add a "toe lifter", so you don't have to grab that jack ery time. Using your imagination.

Can you add a link for hood lamp. Thanks

Is that new table the same height as your strong hands table ?

Can you shoot me a link for your countersink? or add it to your vid description?

Do you know the make/model of the countersink bit?

Got a link to that countersink?

I still need to make my table. Can I pass ideas past you? My table top is 7/8in but I wish it was 1in.

Hello, I would like to ask what type of steel do you use for the plate on the table? Please if you can answer me .. thank you very much..

You should be doing your taping dead last why tap material that is only going to be removed like your countersink the taps that size are very expensive and if you have lots of hols it realy adds up to a lot of steel that Is not going to be there that you taped! Don't you think??

How do you keep the table free of splatter AND avoid grinding divots in the top?