Got my steel saturday, they sell drops and end pieces from there big warehouse so stuffs cheaper since it doesnt have papers. Didnt have any 1/8 wall longer then 3ft. So i got 3/16. I coulda got new sticks but it was still cheaper to get the 3/16 so I figured heavyier duty and less chance for warpage when welding.
I started sunday but it was so dam hot I stopped after cutting the 2 62" pieces, got bored got some 90* framing clamps and got to tacking the 2 side peices together to see physically how much space I was going to take up. I need to cut my 2 other 44" and grind or trim down my other 2 56", I hate abrasive cutoff saws I had 2 exactly 56 and the other 2 were a little over 56 1/32.
I really liked using these clamps, But I still double checked with a square before I tacked it.
In case anyone wonders, the oven is for powder coating, its my Uncles.
NIce, i started to go with the 2 inch tubing for my whole table but used the plans for 3x3 tubing instead. I hope to have my table done this week, are you gonna put castor wheels on yours?
casters maybe maybe not, gonna make leveling feet but its going in a corner so dont see moving it much can always add later. heres 2 more pics I tried to load this morning but the pc locked up.
Ok heres what I was talking about in wickeds post Matt.
1. Its lever on both sides and on the same plane
2. the water table supports measure 6" in all 4 spots, so both planes are parallel
3. Is a drawing of what I mean, the 2x2 bars have slight twist in them. at one end they will be perpindicualr to the water table
or be .4 - .5* off measured with my digipass digital level. This off course will make the support rail either higher or lower, Over the 2" length of the bar its only .011 difference in height So I guess if the bar is level with the other side bar it shouldnt be to bad of an issue, maybe Ill tap and bolt the support rails to the gear rack prior to welding, or grind 90% of my tack welds down to help synch it up with the hardened rail.
I was just concerned that if one was .4 off one way, the other side off the other if you drew a straight line from them to the center of the table here would be 1* total which in reality 1* off over a 31" span because thats the apex point of the 62" width shouldnt be to bad now that I think about it. Its just that Ive machined dies and stuff manually and know if things are perfect it really bites you in the ass in the end, and was just a concern. OCD for the lose = )
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