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Glenn, can't you just make location a required fill box? welder19

Sam, I love that idea about the rotating vise mount!!! I may have to borrow that one, seeing as how I still don't have my leg vise properly mounted. Thanks for sharing your idea! welder19

I wouldn't weld, smith, or any other type of hot work in those....unless you wore your leather socks with them welder19

AC-DC stick Lincoln, Hobart mig and oxy/acy, have gotten so the mig covers most of my welding needs, when I have to weld heavy material I will still use the stick but otherwise it's mig. welder19

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I have 4 full time tables that are steel, a built in bench that is wooden with a 1 1/4" oak top. My main welding table is 2' x 4' and 48" tall, which I built to eliminate too much bending which has become a major concern due to major back problems, if you plan to do a lot of welding one of your #1 concerns needs to be comfort 1) for obvious physical reasons 2) you will weld much better if you are comfortable, when you weld you need to only be focused on your weld, not "I gotta hurry up and get out of this position". Steel tables are best for welding, 1) fire 2) durability 3)you can ground the table and weld away, move it, turn it, flip it, etc. and not have to worry about a ground cable. If your gonna worry about splatter sticking then for a few dollars you can pick up a can of anti-spatter spray and coat the table every so often. My main welding table also has a tool box built into it which is where I keep all my tools and supply's that I need while I weld, clamps , squares, straight edges, markers and soap stones, grinders and discs & wheels, and so on, plus I have a vise mounted to it. I'll try and get some pics. welder19

Thanks Steve, I have thought about the cut out for long stock but just havn't decided how I want to do it yet, I actually thought about cutting the lip off of the entire corner and reinforcing underneath, I usually over think everything and put it off as long as I can so I don't do it and then wish I had done it different but usually do any way. welder19

Thanks, at the time when I got the table I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I knew I wasn't going to let it get scraped, it's heavy, 4"x4"x1/2" angle legs and frame and 3/8" steel plate top, I just cut 12" off of the legs and a hole for my fire pot and it worked out perfect. There are some things that I still have yet to do, like mount my vise, (note the C-clamp holding it) finish the ash dump, make a hammer and tong rack and then sometime I'll eventually make a nice hood and then paint the whole works black, I am also going to make a gas forge one of these days and I'll probably make a mount for that somewhere on the table, probably movable. If I ever get it cleaned up I'll post some finished pics. welder19

Home made pot in a table I found at work that was about to get tossed, it used to hold a 1000 gal oil tank, the sheetmetal was a quick and crude job I did with scrap sheetmetal I got from a HVAC guy and has just kind of become permanent. welder19

1/2 of an old wine barrel welder19

Welcome! welder19

What is the best finish for kitchen utensils and things that will be used with food? welder19

Beautiful!!! welder19

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Guess it depends on what you are doing. welder19

How much does it weigh? welder19

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Well if I was in the profit making side of this hobby then that would be a different story, but I am not at this point, it's just a hobby so keeping cost down is important. Marc, thanks for the info, I'll give it a go and see how it works. welder19

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I don't know how much salt it would take but I could try it, salt water will freeze, being from the shore area I can tell you that first hand, but I would imagine that enough in a tub would atleast lower the freezing point quite a bit. Well as far as the dolly goes my forge is more or less out side, so I could just empty it but (A) I am about 100 ft from running water which would mean dealing with a hose in freezing weather, put it out drain it roll it up etc. and ( like you said heavy on the water usage/ tough on the well, tub is 35 gal or so. Wooden slack tub = fire under it bad idea. There are a bunch of alternatives, smaller tub for the winter and so on which I will do what I have to in the end but I was hoping to be able to just keep it from freezing with out costing too much, ie. electric for a water heater. Well I guess if no one knows about using the rv antifreeze then I'll be the test dummy and give it a try. welder19

Looks good! 1" is pretty thick, if this is something your really gonna get into you may consider one of these, if you don't have one already; Petrogen | Petrogen Oxy-Gasoline Cutting Systems Home Page Definitly the way to go if you do a lot of torch work and thick cutting, it will pay for itself in the first year, even sooner if you put a $ on your time. welder19

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Locally is the way to go with that kind of steel, not the kind of thing you want to pay shipping on welder19

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Very nice! I like the square stock cut off's, they add a unique look welder19