Shop Table Rebuild

BigSouth

BigSouth

Doesn't play well with others!
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Location
Shelby, NC
Picked up this snazzy table from @jeepinmatt the other day so me and the boys can start our next project. The table itself needs a little love first. Here’s the table in its original form:
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Then we started cutting off the top piece of diamond plate and the boys started cleaning up the rough parts. We ended up cutting out one side of the bottom plate to get rid of the rusted out holes.
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The boys want to build a recessed tray out of angle iron to drop into that void for round tube scraps that tend to roll around. We have the scrap pieces, so why not.
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We’ve had a 4x8 sheet of 3/8” steel laying on my Dad’s shop floor for over 20 years. He thought it was perfect for leveling his mower deck on. Asked to buy it, he gave it to me. Free if you consider caring for your family “free”. It’ll get bartered like most other stuff around the farm. Cut it down to 3x5 and welded it on. Got 3 coats of Rustoleum hammered satin black. Now it weighs twice as much as it did and should last forever. Almost work ready.
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Maybe a designated group of holes for clamping fixtures? Also, a rod welded on, out of the way, for a grounding clamp, maybe even an insulated 4 gang box, so a plug in isn't too far away, and wired so it is plug in, and only one heavy drop cord is needed.
 
upnover said:
Maybe a designated group of holes for clamping fixtures?
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This is definitely in the plan. I want my tools from my fixture table to carryover to this one. Just not near as many.
 
Got one of those fancy “Made in China” foot brakes to keep it parked in one spot.
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The boys didn’t like the mill scale look so they spent a couple hours stripping it to shiny steel again. Gibbs Oil will keep things from turning again.
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Got the little tray built, but my scrap of expanded metal was a few inches too short. Trimmed a stall mat down to cover the bottom shelf.
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Here’s the finished product until I can borrow a mag drill and punch a few holes for the fixture clamps to go in. Probably won’t do more than 12 total. Got a set of those tiny HF stands to get the project mocked up on. Probably after 1st of the year.
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