Welding is addictive, once you start you want an excuse to build something.

OK FAVORITE SON - another great design!! Thanks for using some of the rectangular steel tubing I donated. I think I might have donated the side cutter too? Several comments: 1. I wish I had a CrossFire for my projects when you were growing up!! What an awesome addition to any type of workshop. 2. Keep the originality of the old vice - Character and good memory. 3. Consider putting the roller jack up wheels on the LONG SIDE of the table. You will sooner or later, while using one of the vices, have a tendency to put on leverage on something you are working on that could potentially tip the table over. With the roller jack up wheels on the long side . . . they will give the table much more stability/anti-tip.

I'm hunting for ideas for a new welding table/cart and this is the closest I've found to what I have in mind. Nicely done.

This is from an old fabricator/welder, great design and layout. Leave the one side solid. The size of the table says it all. You have plenty of hold down on one half. I the real world of welding it takes experience and know how. I was reading the comment of not cleaning the metal before welding. Try hanging in a pipe leg of an oil rig welding off heavy angle for a scaffold and depending on good old 6010 to bust your way through the rust and crap on the inside with the ocean water rolling around like a swell. Once you get some solid ground established you can clean where you are going to put your support pieces. I've worked for companies in my early days that would through you out the gate if you had to take time to rake the flux and trash out of the way to weld, When your in a shop you can clean or prep your weld areas, but honestly, clean metal, no rust, no grease, freshly cut? Get your butt in gear and get it done. I'm 68 years old and I can still lay it in there. 40 years pipe and tube welder, instructor, CWI, fabricator and I started back in the day when we still used Oxygen/Acetylene Gas Welding to make a living. Maybe you should show your base when it's necessary to be sanitary and clean and when it doesn't make sense other to hit it with a file and a hand brush. My Humble Opinion, your one of the best in my book. I have no doubt the you could easily throw down 2 pieces of rusty steel and weld it together just as good as it would if you had cleaned it all up. Great build.

HOBART LOVE! Great build!

This is awesome and so compact

This is a very cool and practical design. Well done, very inspiring.

very nice build! I'm just getting started with welding and currently using the concrete floor lol. A welding table is on my short list for sure! I really like this design and the way it came together. Thanks for the great content - subbed.

One heck of a slick table right there! Damn!

Nice. I remember my old wood benches. One I got into welding I make everything out of steel. I've been looking at those crossfire pro tables. I like the size, I have somewhat limited room. Keep on keeping on.

Very creative work, thanks for sharing it with us 👍🏻

The puddling of the metal is hypnotic!

Excellent job on the welding table.

So glad my idea worked Brian! Awesome job!

Know the video is 2+years old but I would suggest putting the wheels 90 deg off on the long side to add to the stability of the table while moving around. Love all of your work so far, keep it up!

love the video... I am half way through my welding cart build. got a couple of extra ideas from your video! thanks! Subscribed

Once again I’m very impressed, gotta get through this hay season so I can get my 2x72 rocking thanks bro!

Nice work, Brian! That's a beautiful welding table! Love the file holder idea, and I'll be interested to see how it works for you long term, around weld spatter. Happy Father's Day, brother!

Those hold-downs are rad! I recently picked up a steel cart out on the street for free that I want to add some bells and whistles to. After watching this video for the I-dont-know-how many-nth time, I think I'll see if I can add a slot for those hold-downs. Because the table top is flush with the frame (no over hang), this will solve that problem to a certain degree. Pretty sure that a 5/8" drill and a steady hand with an angle grinder will get the job done. I also use diagonal cutters to snip welding wire so I'll make a holder for those as well. Thanks man for all the ideas you pump out into Tubelandia, and with pretty cool soundtracks to boot (most other content creators videos have soundtracks that...hmmm, let's just say I ofteb have to hit the mute button!).

New subscriber, working on my welding table this week and is similar to your, but to save space, going to leaf (via hinge ) one side 24in x 16in x 1/2 plate. Plate will have fixturing tapped 3/8 & 7/16 holes with milled Tee slots. Have a 16in face plate on a short delta drill base that my rotary fixture mounts to, so my table does require adding one to it. Nice job, and like how yours has fixing & jack rollers. I must consider this concept as well. My Everlast 256s and 3 ton arbor press take up top space, but the added 16in x 24in leaf will give me + 20in more work area. Thx for sharing, I will post our's when finished. I also like Jeremy Fielding's powered height adjusting table concept, but thats more fabing and weight added. Cheers, and will visit often, Bear

Amazing build!

Sweet build!

Great build, looks solid!

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome table. I like your dad’s comment about the wheels being moved to the long side to add stability. (Hindsight it 2020)😉.

Welder cart and weld table all in one. I'm going to have to rethink that for my shop. I'm for leaving the appearance of the Russ vice, but a new screw and jaw might be good. Great video, it looks like you enjoyed the build and after it all you have a great weld table.

Great video. I would leave the vise the way it is. I love old tools.

Awesomeness Mr House this is a very cool tool i want to build one for my welding stuff to right now i have to drag everything out it's such a hassle sometimes. Takecare and keep safe thanks for all you do and share.

Its funny how a tool like a laser cutter table thingy can just totally revolutionize the workflow.

Great Video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I don't yet have a table but I manually plasma cut and always have dross that I have to hammer/grind/flapdisk away. I always presumed it is due to 'I suck because I am new to this,' as I always see the KZfaq machinist badasses pull parts off the plasma tables and they look like they've been laser cut, tumbled in ceramic media and glass bead blasted. Seeing you hammer and grind 1:07 makes me feel a little better about myself, because you're like a god to me. Speaking of gods, what would you like on the alter in my shrine to you in my shop? Beer? Pork products? Plasma and welding consumables? Thanks bro, your videos always teach and inspire!

Nice welds

Nice work!

Your are well equiped Guy, vert créative environnement.

I like your work man,my entire workshop was 4m under water 6 months ago in an epic flood,your knowledge is inspiring me to get it back together,creator’s porn,what’s not to like.

Looks great man! I think I'm going to make myself a new top for my table once the rest of my Crossfire pro shows up.

Weld done sir. I like it.

Inspired. Good video.

Hi Brian, Great build but with a small table it can help if you mount your vice into a receiver hitch. That way you can keep your top clear and uncluttered, or simply remove the vice if not required. I enjoy your channel. cheers mate

That was a nice build! I ordered a Langmuir a few days ago I can't wait to start making things, like a welding table. :-)

Another great build. I really enjoy watching your shop progress. Tracey nailed it with the vice. I do not know Russ but from one man who loves all things to do with shop things. I would personally like to thank you for taking the time to talk about Russ. We are here for a short time so impacting people after we head the the big shop in the sky is so awesome!

muito show ! um sonho de consumo 😃 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Amazing! 💯🤩

Nice shop! Interesting design. If you put your caster wheels on 90° to where they are now, that will mitigate top heaviness that you spoke about.

Awesome

Putting files on a magnet and placing masks like buckets to catch trash, great design

I LOVE TECHNIC

compact with wheels Perfect. Also like your attitude. Thanks

You may already know. But just in case you don't. When welding, it is best to not wear any jewelry especially gold or tungsten. There are many safety videos that will show you how dangerous wearing jewelry can be. I personally have seen a man's wedding ring cease itself to the bone . Just letting you know. I hate to see anyone get hurt. Great video BTW I learned a lot. Thank you for all the information

I would love to buy a top plate with the mounting holes and slots! You should make a holster off the side of the table for your gun, the holes work to

That's sweeeeeet! 🇬🇧🤜⚡️🤛🇺🇸

Thx

Great video! Leave the vise alone!

Patina is cool, but I think you should do a Russtoration on the vise 🤠 Welding table looks great. I'd leave the one side flat, it'll come in handy. I'll have to send you a pic of one of my speed squares that I use for welding. There's a simple mod to trim off one corner so you can check square and not have a weld bead interfere with it. I've been missing out on the vlog, guess I need to step up my game LOL.

Nice👍

I think putting the wheels on the sides would have helped a bit more with the top-heavy-ness but it looks great. i've been looking at a bunch of welding cart designs with a table top as I don't have much room for both a table and a cart at the moment.

I just clicked buy it now on that caster set, 800lbs load per set is more then ill need and perfect

I just picked up my first welder. I got it barely used and it came with a table similar to yours and I'm thinking about incorporating some of your ideas. I have two 7" bottles for mig/tig as I have a multiprocess machine. Do you have any issues with sparks, debris, metals, etc falling on your equipment or hoses and doing any damage?

I would be interested in buying the plans for this table/cart.

Instead of welding the top to the frame have you considered putting adjustable legs between the frame and the table top with the top screwed to the leveling legs? The build is amazing.

I think Russ would like to see his vise restored but not made to look new and unused. Many times less is more. Perhaps some rust removal, some splattered paint removal, a buffing for the handle, and an lube job would do nicely!

+ 1 Subs !!! Nice work dude 👌👍👍

Very nice layout. Enjoyed watching the build. Did have one question. Does the hook you added to hold the mig gun get in the way of opening spool door?

Regarding the holes on both sides. Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them😊

..keep the vice alive...!!!!

Nice. Any problems with welding sparks or hot metal causing fire issues on the wooden shelves?

hi nice build. I've been going back and forth on the type of table i'd like to build and seem to keep coming back to this video. The top is quiet simple but looks super functional. Would you share more details on the dimensions of the surface, holes and slots? thanks

I like the table top overhang for ease of clamping. I wonder why you did not put the wheel on the sides to help with the top heavy build?

Just Stencil Russ on the side, clean and oil is about all. Cheers

Looks great it's a great design other than the magnets I have magnets in my shop and all they do is collect the grind and shavings and it's just like they just pile up and let's face it you can't do well then what I haven't grinded magnets are just not a good thing to have in fabrication shops or anything to do with grinding that just grab all the metal shavings

how did you set up your cnc pulasma cutting machine? where can i get one ?

Great build, really wanting to make one for my garage, yours looks "compact" for the features you have, perfect for me. I'm curious about your electrical setup, do you use an extension, assuming your using 220, or do you have a drop down that you can just roll the table to and use it that way?

Very nice video Where can ine get locking wheel set?

The hose hook you just welded on, is going to make getting into the welder to change wire or basic maintenance, unless you are going to slide out welder and sit it on ground, which seems like a pain.

22:16. Need to keep your door unobstructed to replace wire, tension wire, etc. Also you should get yourself a new set of Mig plyers since they can be used to snip the wire and so much more. Nozzle cleaning needlenose, plyers to loosen tips and pull wire, and other uses. Like the table

being three years do you still like have the table being flat and the other having fixture holes? Would you do that again?

What is the overhang on each side of table top? After using it for awhile, do you have any issues with it being too top heavy like you thought? Awesome videos! Great work!

Any chance for kits? How about your metal guy selling the waterjet cut stuff? Great table!

Nice build . What is the spacing between the tabletop holes ?

Were you able to get plans drawn up?

I like the table. Any sliding of the bottle at the bottom? Nice work!

This is the best welding table/ cart build I've ever seen. Consider me a subscriber.👍👍. As far as Russ's vise goes, leave it alone. It tells a story with all of the patina.

Hello, great video. I’m wanting to create something like this. Just curious what the size and wall thickness of the square tube you used is? Sorry if the question has been asked, I haven’t gone through all the comments.

Just watched your awesome video. Great ideas and wanted to know if you had the Amazon links to the bollians, not sure if that is correct. The base of each leg had a 1/4” plate with threads and the osculating legs would be perfect for my build.

Very new to this welding stuff, but couldn't you just bolt the welder down on a metal shelf for your ground to do away with the clamp when welding directly on the table top? I'm building a very crude cart right now and am wondering if I should insulate the welder from the cart or bolt it down... great video BTW.

That is exactly what I need to solve the loss of space because of the footprint of the welder, put the welder under the welding table, excellent idea. I’m thinking I might put the argon tank in at about a 45 degree angle. What model Hobart is that?

Awsome table/cart. Im new to welding, any possible issues grounding to the cart with the welder also on it?

That is a great table!! half smooth and half of all the holes is awesome. Great spots and mock things up etc. How thick is the top? 1/2"? Nice work! I'm enjoying the podcast also, good discussions over there.

Did you ever provide the plans anywhere? And material list?

Great build,, I noticed the Heavy Wheels on your personal 2x72 grinder,, where did you buy the wheel set?? ...thank you in advance. 👍👍

Great video, I will steal many of your ideas :) one issue though, at 23:30 - the hook placement. I don't see how to easily open the welder's door with that in place. As I was swapping between solid and flux, while working on my cart - converted from an old thick plate steel tool table last night I thought of that requirement - luckily I was setting up and still revising plan as I went though. As I'm sure you ran into this later, how did you fix it, or was it not the issue I am thinking it is?

Love this design and currently building one very similar! Quick question, what size steel plate are you using on top?

Hi Brian, what mill do you use. I know you have a jet mill/drill. (If you still have it) I was wondering what the mill was where you showed those little clamps. Thank you.

Nice job.. Can I take the drawing and give it to a metal shop to get cut? Any recomendations for the Orlando area? I can do all the work myself, except I haven't gotten around to buying fancy plasma/water/laser tables lol

Do you have to move the welder out to open the side? When I made mine I tucked the welder in and it makes it hard to work on the welder and forget reading the wire chart.

What are the dimensions of it? Im guessing the table top is 2ft wide x 4 ft long? Id like to know for a similar build

How are those caster holding up? some feed back on the caster wheel will be nice, I am thinking to put it on my anvil base...

Nice job! Did you use 2in or 1.5in Tubing for the legs/sides?

Great design. What floor material do you have in your shop?

Very nice small welding table. The name of final song? KZfaq library?