I thought this was great, slideshow is just fine. You were not demonstrating anything that required a video explanation. I think just giving an overview the way you did had a good story arc and I appreciated the video. Had me remembering some of the discussion we had on various parts of the build over on Emma’s Discord. It turned out amazing and please keep up the great work! A lot of the interest is just seeing you succeed and continue growing!
@@ollysworkshop Thanks Olly, I appreciate that. I lost some of the early footage, and then when I had problems with the drawers I decided it was going to be a below-par video, so I put the video camera down entirely. In the end, the only coherent version I could make was the photos I had taken throughout (a habit of mine). Tried to make up for the lack of interesting video by putting a voiceover on top! Worked out fairly well, but I much prefer using video footage so I will try not to rely on the photos again. Thanks again mate. 👍
Thanks Matt! I appreciate your comment. And,your videos are excellently produced and narrated so it means extra that you give my little production the thumbs up! Yes the table is a beast and will hopefully outlast me with any luck 🙂👍
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Very nice Craig. It will be the most thing you spend time on. 😁
Glad to see your mind blowing presentation…...….it is my pleasure to stay beside you as your permanent follower……..always be creative and keep posting such fantastic stuff……..have a prosperous future ahead…….
Hello Craig, That is a super nice table. I like the drawers for the stock and the clamp rail... most of what you need in one location. Take care. Paul,,
Thanks Paul. Drawers for machining and metalworking, are like clamps for woodworking, never enough :) Thanks for watching and commenting, good to hear from you. Cheers, Craig
Thanks Tom. When it was just the table, I used to be just about able to pick one side up off the floor, now it's loaded with materials, it's about twice as heavy, and I can't move it at all. That's a plus for sure. (Pallet jack is close-handy though if I need to move it)
That is one of the mods yes. I have some 20mm threaded rod here and would like to make some nice swivel feet and threaded mounts so these feet can sit under each side rail in the four corners.
Yep - I have made a few now over the years and they are always underbuilt. This one is nice and overbuilt, which means I don't have to make another one - fingers crossed. :)
Wow it looks great..... You will need to become a double Black Belt to chop steel. LOL.... Are you thing about picking up a bangood Mag Drill, to drill for some hold downs? it may make work holding easier. Once Again the shop is looking so good and what a fantastic job on the table....
I'm not sure about the mag drill. Trying to keep costs down! The slides and flat bar have cost a lot more than planned. Maybe! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Thanks Mark! I have thought about fixture holes, and that would be great for a welding table, (I could make suitable clamps) but really I need a mag drill and annular cutters to make the holes,, and that is not in the budget at present!
@@CraigsWorkshop I bought one of those old drill press accessories with a lever operated spring plunger arrangement for portable electric drills at a second hand store. I am planning to discard the base and make a plate that can be bolted to a single hole in the welding table top and then index each hole a fixed increment. My bench is only 8mm thick though. I am thinking 10mm diameter holes would be sufficient. 25mm might be a struggle with one like I have. You can hire mag drills and if my plan doesn't work out that is what I will do.
That is a very good idea, I like the resourcefulness of that. I think annular cutters have a lower cutting force than a twist drill, so if the unit is rigid enough to hold the cutter on axis, it could be "pressed" into service!
that’s a good idea with the fire blanket for controlling the angle grinder dust. Any idea what material that blanket is made from? I think I’d like to make one
Sure yes it is a fire blanket that comes folded in a red pouch (for purchasing purposes) and it is some kind of tightly woven fibreglass from what I can make out. 👍 I have also used it as a welding screen to a) prevent people/animals seeing the arc and b) prevent the wind from blowing my shielding gas away. It is very useful.
Thanks! I don't think it makes a big difference round vs square. All I would say is mock something up first in your vise, with the clamps you have. Some do not play well with being hung up like that. I can't remember how many clamps I have on there but there are a couple where I just need to touch the clamp and it falls off. Most are fine. I will just braze on a bit of an extra jaw pad on the troublesome ones though. 👍
In general, I think you probably need to factor in your height, and your average workpiece size, and use trial and error, with existing surfaces, and/or sawhorses with a surface attached. In my case though - I knew I wanted it to match the other two workbenches in the workshop, and those are sized as follows. An 100mm engineering vise on top should have the top at about elbow height, so that sawing or filing keeps your forearm horizontal. That happens to also translate over to a good welding bench height for me too. In an ideal world, adjustable height bench!
Thanks Gary. I do have a tiny sandblast cabinet, and also a sandblast gun that can be used in open air, but I don't have any abrasive-friendly spaces outside that would suit the use of the sandblast gun. I guess I could make a tent around the table, but - it's a pretty unpleasant job. We got it done though, and the table has been rust free ever since! Thanks for watching.
Sorry it's only a photo slideshow folks, back to proper filming for the next one! Hopefully it was interesting anyway?
I thought this was great, slideshow is just fine. You were not demonstrating anything that required a video explanation. I think just giving an overview the way you did had a good story arc and I appreciated the video. Had me remembering some of the discussion we had on various parts of the build over on Emma’s Discord. It turned out amazing and please keep up the great work! A lot of the interest is just seeing you succeed and continue growing!
@@ironhead65 Thank you Dan. I appreciate you watching and your thoughtful and encouraging comment! 🙏
I enjoyed your commentry, and there were enough pictures to show the key parts of the process. A really good video in my opinion.
@@ollysworkshop Thanks Olly, I appreciate that. I lost some of the early footage, and then when I had problems with the drawers I decided it was going to be a below-par video, so I put the video camera down entirely. In the end, the only coherent version I could make was the photos I had taken throughout (a habit of mine). Tried to make up for the lack of interesting video by putting a voiceover on top! Worked out fairly well, but I much prefer using video footage so I will try not to rely on the photos again. Thanks again mate. 👍
Slideshow and commentary works perfectly, and the table is a beast! 👍 🇬🇧
Thanks Matt! I appreciate your comment. And,your videos are excellently produced and narrated so it means extra that you give my little production the thumbs up! Yes the table is a beast and will hopefully outlast me with any luck 🙂👍
Very nice Craig. It will be the most thing you spend time on. 😁
Thanks mate, that is the plan :)
The karate chop is my most valued metal fabrication tool...
LOL. Yes - I'm with you there. :)
I like your table, thank you for sharing. Getting a large, thick top from junkyard or scrap is a great idea.
Nice table. Lots of work into it.
Thanks Randy - it has been a bunch of work, but I'm fairly sure I will be worn out before this one is. Won't need to replace it any time soon :)
Glad to see your mind blowing presentation…...….it is my pleasure to stay beside you as your permanent follower……..always be creative and keep posting such fantastic stuff……..have a prosperous future ahead…….
Thanks - you too! :)
Gday Craig, that’s going to be a great table, bloody solid and no fear of it flexing, the draws are a great idea as well, nice job mate, Cheers
Thank you mate. I am very pleased with it. Thanks for watching 👌
Hello Craig,
That is a super nice table. I like the drawers for the stock and the clamp rail... most of what you need in one location.
Take care.
Paul,,
Thanks Paul. Drawers for machining and metalworking, are like clamps for woodworking, never enough :) Thanks for watching and commenting, good to hear from you. Cheers, Craig
Looks good Craig. Nice and heavy is a plus.
Thanks Tom. When it was just the table, I used to be just about able to pick one side up off the floor, now it's loaded with materials, it's about twice as heavy, and I can't move it at all. That's a plus for sure. (Pallet jack is close-handy though if I need to move it)
Superb build Craig enjoyed the process. Tony
Cheers Tony. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Looks great Craig👍👍👍
Thanks Gary 👍🙂
That's a really great build Craig. You won't wear it out.
It would be difficult to! 🙂
Craig, New to your channel. Great job on the table. Thanks for showing. Gary
Thanks for subscribing and for your comment 👍 cheers, Craig
Well Done
Thank you
I hope one of the mods you're referring to are adjustable feet. Thanks for sharing, Craig, that looks to be a beast of a table.
That is one of the mods yes. I have some 20mm threaded rod here and would like to make some nice swivel feet and threaded mounts so these feet can sit under each side rail in the four corners.
Great work Craig, very nice table and a super bit of storage organization . Enjoyed the vid, cheers mate!
Thanks Howder. Can't have too many drawers 🙂👍
Top table mate 👍🇦🇺
Thanks Mark! 🇦🇺
Around here, folks describing the build quality of that table would say “righteous”. And they’d be right. 👍
Thanks 🙂👍
Nice welding table. Certainly solid enough...lol. Regards Kevin
Yep - I have made a few now over the years and they are always underbuilt. This one is nice and overbuilt, which means I don't have to make another one - fingers crossed. :)
nice project 👍
Thank you 👍
Nice very nice.
Thanks Jaime 👍
You need to put heavy duty table wheels to make it look so cool
That would be great yes 👍
Wow it looks great..... You will need to become a double Black Belt to chop steel. LOL.... Are you thing about picking up a bangood Mag Drill, to drill for some hold downs? it may make work holding easier. Once Again the shop is looking so good and what a fantastic job on the table....
I'm not sure about the mag drill. Trying to keep costs down! The slides and flat bar have cost a lot more than planned. Maybe! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Nice job Craig. Are you considering fixture holes in the top?
Thanks Mark! I have thought about fixture holes, and that would be great for a welding table, (I could make suitable clamps) but really I need a mag drill and annular cutters to make the holes,, and that is not in the budget at present!
@@CraigsWorkshop I bought one of those old drill press accessories with a lever operated spring plunger arrangement for portable electric drills at a second hand store. I am planning to discard the base and make a plate that can be bolted to a single hole in the welding table top and then index each hole a fixed increment. My bench is only 8mm thick though. I am thinking 10mm diameter holes would be sufficient. 25mm might be a struggle with one like I have. You can hire mag drills and if my plan doesn't work out that is what I will do.
That is a very good idea, I like the resourcefulness of that. I think annular cutters have a lower cutting force than a twist drill, so if the unit is rigid enough to hold the cutter on axis, it could be "pressed" into service!
that’s a good idea with the fire blanket for controlling the angle grinder dust. Any idea what material that blanket is made from? I think I’d like to make one
Sure yes it is a fire blanket that comes folded in a red pouch (for purchasing purposes) and it is some kind of tightly woven fibreglass from what I can make out. 👍 I have also used it as a welding screen to a) prevent people/animals seeing the arc and b) prevent the wind from blowing my shielding gas away. It is very useful.
More vids featuring the shop dog required :D
I'm from there, but live down in Tasmania! I will make sure to include Rusty in some more videos 🙂 Thanks!
Beefy table! I have to make a similar C calmp storage. Do you have any thoughts regarding which would be better, Round or square stock?
Thanks! I don't think it makes a big difference round vs square. All I would say is mock something up first in your vise, with the clamps you have. Some do not play well with being hung up like that. I can't remember how many clamps I have on there but there are a couple where I just need to touch the clamp and it falls off. Most are fine. I will just braze on a bit of an extra jaw pad on the troublesome ones though. 👍
How do you determine the right height for a welding table?
In general, I think you probably need to factor in your height, and your average workpiece size, and use trial and error, with existing surfaces, and/or sawhorses with a surface attached.
In my case though - I knew I wanted it to match the other two workbenches in the workshop, and those are sized as follows. An 100mm engineering vise on top should have the top at about elbow height, so that sawing or filing keeps your forearm horizontal. That happens to also translate over to a good welding bench height for me too.
In an ideal world, adjustable height bench!
The cheap version of adjustable height bench is a collection of different size boxes to stand on.
😁
sand blasting wasn't possible for you. love the Dog we had a Blue dog Kelpie cross bitch very very inteligent. Loved the vid.
Thanks Gary. I do have a tiny sandblast cabinet, and also a sandblast gun that can be used in open air, but I don't have any abrasive-friendly spaces outside that would suit the use of the sandblast gun. I guess I could make a tent around the table, but - it's a pretty unpleasant job. We got it done though, and the table has been rust free ever since! Thanks for watching.
Caster heavy duty caster
Thanks. Yes, that's a good idea.