I Beam Welding Table

I beam welding table built this table in the shop a few months ago and figured some of you might like to see it.

I beam welding table.

Using some chain and a hydraulic jack i bent the beams back to pretty straight. Place a straight edge long enough to cover all the spacers on top of the beam. On the underside of the top beams i will have 2 pieces of the i beam ran perpendicular to the top beams to add width wise stiffness and also my mounting point for the table legs. Perfect for clamping and it looks sick.

Table is 42 across and 16 long would have made it longer if it would have fit. American wide flange beams according astm a6 metric units for full table with depth width web and flange thickness and section area rotate the screen. 50 diy welding table and cart ideas and designs get inspired get inspired with ideas designs and pictures for building your diy welding table or cart. Didn t cost much and is extremely convenient for building larger projects.

Econ welding also offers general fabrication services and can provide a range of additional custom order. See which work surfaces will work best for you. We are constantly tack welding jigs to make parts or jigs to assemble parts to the tables which there are 5 main tables most being 5 x 10 x 1 and a new 16 x 12 made from 16 x 1 2 inch beam channel. Make your fish plates narrow enough so you can get horizontal welds between the plate you re adding and the flanges just weld to the web not the flanges cut a radius on both ends weld all the way around.

Welding the spacers onto the beam will mostly likely cause some bending. Econ welding has since become a trusted high quality custom fabrication shop that provides high end products that can be custom tailored such as x and i beam table legs metal desk legs bedframes stainless fabrication and much more. I had about an 1 8 gap in the middle. Properties in imperial units of american wide flange beams according astm a6 are indicated below.

A hydraulic press would have been easier to use but i don t have one. Weld your beams together then fish plate the web on both sides i do this quite often.