The company I worked for had a contract to build molds for fuselage parts for Boeing. We welded together alloy steel plate into large circular shaped beams. There was a tremendous amount of welding to attach all the pieces. That resulted in severe, 1/4" to the foot in some sections, warping. We were able to bring it back to required specs by heating the sections with acetylene rosebud torches. We heated the beams on the concave side. That caused that side to expand and the pressure compressed the opposite side of the beam. When it cooled the expansion was reduced almost back to original size but the compressed side kept the compression and flattened out the bend. A similar process is used to straighten I Beams that support highway overpass bridges after being damaged by trucks trying to drive through with an oversize load.
Received our 5x10 sheets, 3x3 tubes, and extra SYNC consumables in last week, and I'm getting closer to pulling the trigger on doing this thing. Dang I'm nervous now and I can't imagine how much anxiety I am going to have when it starts going!!! I hope future Tony is as confident as future Tay was in having it all figured out! BTW, thanks for your input the other day man! Really dig what y'all are doing over there in VirginiaLand!
Tidy Job boys .this is when you do the sums and count your time hrs and it's 1 of those things that you want to build your own fab table as you can .I do the same building things that a could probably buy cheeper but we engineer's get a buzz out of it and that's why we do the job .and man I wish I had 1 of those CNC plasma tables Merry Christmas from us in wet west of Scotland
Off topic, but I would love to see a video on the vintage Hydraulic Press seen at the end of the video. It looks like it has some very cool features that I would like to incorporate into my press. Thank you, and GREAT channel !
I have to credit the youtube channel 42 Fab for that tip. And being that im in an old machine shop that I cleaned out, i happen to have one laying around! It helps a ton cleaning dross off the smaller parts for sure! Thanks for watching! - Tay
Clamp your ground directly to your metal you're cutting, also fill your table up to the metal for less back side dross clean up,(these are things we have to do with the Torch Mate system where I work) your Tech dept. can let you know if what I passed on works better or not. I'm just a fabricator that gets help/play with the plasma at work
First of all, I wish I had a tech department, I AM our tech department haha! There is a 6ft ground rod inserted into the ground right next to the machine with large gauge grounding straps grounding the table and the slat tray in the water table. The water level is definitely something we need to regulate better, amazing how fast it evaporates!! Im just a fabricator that also gets to play with the plasma at work! Cheers, Tay
An old guy that I learned a lot of metal fab from said to me... "If you can't make it perfect, then make it adjustable." I would be tempted to add a top of 1X1 precision plates on their own tunable jacks. Like the way Fireball Tool makes their table. The table you have there is a great, very solid, foundation. It just doesn't sound that precise in terms of flatness.
That! Is a fantastic line and very true! We could go back and cut some welds, shim a bit and re-weld to get it perfect but honestly, because we're not building rockets, it's plenty precise for what we use it for. The perfectionist in me isn't satisfied but he never is... Cheers! - Tay
Not sure if you are still using the Hypertherm on a plas table or not, but, I recomend using a drag shield on your torch so that is does not kill your tip
Two things …. 1 I have the same hypertherm plasma cutter and mine has to have absolutely clean dry air. 2 my cutter does not work in the off position either. Coincidence or factory manufacturing error?
Table build cost more than buying a used marking out table! Most engineering shops had big cast iron tables that are now in scrapyards or used machinery shops.
My experience cutting with my Hypertherm 85 is that I always get some beveling of the cut between the top and bottom edge of the cut no matter how much I adjust settings. in other words, the cut is never exactly square with the top surface. How did you manage to avoid this in order to maintain a proper fit for your table's accessories?
Great job! I’ve been wanting to cut the same table on my Sabre table as well.
Good luck! I highly recommend it, just make sure your table is DIALED IN. There are over 1800 holes it has to pierce in a table this size. - Tay
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Thanks for adding the issues and solutions. I makes this channel so much more real then the "Look, everything just works for me. I'm perfect" channels
The company I worked for had a contract to build molds for fuselage parts for Boeing.
We welded together alloy steel plate into large circular shaped beams.
There was a tremendous amount of welding to attach all the pieces. That resulted in severe, 1/4" to the foot in some sections, warping.
We were able to bring it back to required specs by heating the sections with acetylene rosebud torches.
We heated the beams on the concave side. That caused that side to expand and the pressure compressed the opposite side of the beam. When it cooled the expansion was reduced almost back to original size but the compressed side kept the compression and flattened out the bend.
A similar process is used to straighten I Beams that support highway overpass bridges after being damaged by trucks trying to drive through with an oversize load.
Received our 5x10 sheets, 3x3 tubes, and extra SYNC consumables in last week, and I'm getting closer to pulling the trigger on doing this thing. Dang I'm nervous now and I can't imagine how much anxiety I am going to have when it starts going!!! I hope future Tony is as confident as future Tay was in having it all figured out! BTW, thanks for your input the other day man! Really dig what y'all are doing over there in VirginiaLand!
Lot of work should outlast the building 💪. Thanks 😊!!
No doubt! Thank you for watching! - Tay
I cannot imagine having your talent but I hope to learn. Thank you!
The happy builder at Fireball Tools would appreciate this
More on the S13(240sx) Tay? haha. I love watching the maintenance and problem solving! Thanks for the video. 💙
Geeeenius! Persistence. And patience. Great work, guys 😃
Dont forget just the right amount of naivety and stupidity lol - Tay
Tidy Job boys .this is when you do the sums and count your time hrs and it's 1 of those things that you want to build your own fab table as you can .I do the same building things that a could probably buy cheeper but we engineer's get a buzz out of it and that's why we do the job .and man I wish I had 1 of those CNC plasma tables Merry Christmas from us in wet west of Scotland
Off topic, but I would love to see a video on the vintage Hydraulic Press seen at the end of the video. It looks like it has some very cool features that I would like to incorporate into my press. Thank you, and GREAT channel !
Liked that you used that mag vise to hold your smaller pieces for clean up with the hand grinder. Another good video!
I have to credit the youtube channel 42 Fab for that tip. And being that im in an old machine shop that I cleaned out, i happen to have one laying around! It helps a ton cleaning dross off the smaller parts for sure! Thanks for watching! - Tay
Got er done y'all. Great job!!
Thank you!
Awesome content y'all!! 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it! - Tay
That is a beast of a table. Nice build.
Clamp your ground directly to your metal you're cutting, also fill your table up to the metal for less back side dross clean up,(these are things we have to do with the Torch Mate system where I work) your Tech dept. can let you know if what I passed on works better or not.
I'm just a fabricator that gets help/play with the plasma at work
First of all, I wish I had a tech department, I AM our tech department haha! There is a 6ft ground rod inserted into the ground right next to the machine with large gauge grounding straps grounding the table and the slat tray in the water table. The water level is definitely something we need to regulate better, amazing how fast it evaporates!!
Im just a fabricator that also gets to play with the plasma at work!
Cheers,
Tay
ALL THE HOLES ARE CROOKED
An old guy that I learned a lot of metal fab from said to me... "If you can't make it perfect, then make it adjustable." I would be tempted to add a top of 1X1 precision plates on their own tunable jacks. Like the way Fireball Tool makes their table. The table you have there is a great, very solid, foundation. It just doesn't sound that precise in terms of flatness.
That! Is a fantastic line and very true! We could go back and cut some welds, shim a bit and re-weld to get it perfect but honestly, because we're not building rockets, it's plenty precise for what we use it for. The perfectionist in me isn't satisfied but he never is... Cheers! - Tay
Great video 👍🏼
Not sure if you are still using the Hypertherm on a plas table or not, but, I recomend using a drag shield on your torch so that is does not kill your tip
Two things …. 1 I have the same hypertherm plasma cutter and mine has to have absolutely clean dry air. 2 my cutter does not work in the off position either. Coincidence or factory manufacturing error?
Just curious, how much did the material, and files cost you?
Great channel.
Really enjoying your videos! Just found your channel late last wk. How "Circular" were your holes? Thanks.
How much $ do you think you have in it ? Did you use 1/4 ? 3/8?
Didn't quite catch the thickness of the sheet used... how was the tolerance of all of the holes? did you fit 5/8" stub in nice and snug?
They never said. I’m also curious.
On the sheet for the top with all the holes, were you able to cut it with one set of consumables or did you have to pause and change out consumables?
Any update? Did you try flame straightening it?
What size metal is used for the legs?
How about a update on how you dried the air supply
Still working on that actually, I'll definitely be filming it!
@@LiftArcStudios A refrigerated dryer is expensive but it works great.
3x8” or 1/2” plate?
Table build cost more than buying a used marking out table!
Most engineering shops had big cast iron tables that are now in scrapyards or used machinery shops.
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My experience cutting with my Hypertherm 85 is that I always get some beveling of the cut between the top and bottom edge of the cut no matter how much I adjust settings. in other words, the cut is never exactly square with the top surface. How did you manage to avoid this in order to maintain a proper fit for your table's accessories?
We cut the holes undersized and used a 5/8 reamer to finish them out. Just ream the holes as we need them
Currius how you got the financial start.
That must be pre machine update when the cutter could be bumped out of position...and it didnt know it.
How thick of plate are you cutting here sorry if you stated it in the video
Hey I'll double check with Tay, but I'm pretty sure we used 1/4" plate! Thanks - Walker
Put a small dry right on the machine one little little drop of water will burn the tip
I thought you were building a ground cast iron or cast steel table you just using steel plate, Fireball tool you need Precision table
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Please have the old lathes sand blasted and painted a nice bright colour. They give totally wrong impression to your new business.
Please don't 🤦
Eesh. All that work to build a crowned welding table. :/
No rhyme or reason to the order the holes were cut.
Pen drive? Facepalm.
tell steve hes brainwashed take the face nappy off humanity got scammed