Hephaestus Smith

Step 6, take the 2 pieces you cut of in step 4 and weld half way along, place on your sheet, and cut around. i used 3mm mild steel but i have used 2mm before.

step 7, insert the 2 uprights, stand up, and cut out for your fire pot.

Step 8. weld on some edging to suit( and pieces of 100x 5mm around the hole i accidentally cut too big) throw in your fire pot ready for the final step.

Hi here is a very easy and quick forge table, made from an old builders trestle,

step 1 slide out the top bar and put this to the side, this will be the table top.

step 2 , cut the upright at the hight you want, i went for 32"

            now we have the upright and a H piece,

Step 3, cut the bar joining the uprights and disregard (this is the only waste also this is often 1" square tube and might fit your hardie)

 , this will leave you with 2 uprights and a H

Step 4, take the piece we slid out on step 1. and cut to required depth of table. i went for about 28"

step 5, take the H piece and cut of the longer side of the H, (Keep these safe as they are very important for the final step.) then insert the " not a H any more" piece over and square it up of the front bar. you can weld it or tech screw it.

Thanks for all your comments, this was my first project other than fire side tool sets, and trivets. As i said at the start i am new to the whole forum concept, I really hope all you old timers  know how much it means to people like me, that there is some where to ask questions.

hi Thanks for all your help

On 23/3/2017 at 0:49 PM, J said:

hi all, thanks for all your advice it is much appreciated, i ended up making a simple roller with some left over scaffolding and a car jack. i also changed the design and used 30x6mm for the outer rim and 12mm square for the rest, here is a few pics of the project. Thanks again  .

Hi Lads, thanks a million for all your replies, i think i will give VaughnT 's  

idea a go, i live in Tipperary, Ireland so there is no workshop that could do it locally, with out fleecing me. we dont really have an equivalent of  Harbor Freight here,  Thanks again,  

Sorry about that, its 1/2" stock not 12",

Hi All i hope i am doing this in the correct way, i am new to forums, i need to form a 1.5m (about 4' )  diameter circle out of 12" square stock, i need it to be as close to perfect as posible. at the moment all i think of is to cut a template out of 3/4" ply and try to bend some 30x6mm flat stock around it to make a form, but at 30 quid a shot for the ply and 12 for the flat bar its quite an expensive form for a 1 off,  any ideas would be massively appreciated.  

Thanks in advance.