Welding table: how to prepare a welder's workplace with your own hands?
The real master, who is not afraid of manual labor, always dreams of mastering the skill of a welder, but this requires a workplace, buy a suitable welding machine and free up a corner in the garage or home workshop. A welding table will also come in handy, which can be made with your own hands.
Homemade table for welding work is an ideal option for convenience, as a novice welder, and a professional. Naturally, that metal must be used to make such a device, since the wood instantly ignites from hot metal splashes during welding.
In addition, the desktop has become much more efficient than its wooden counterpart in a number of other parameters. An earth cable from electric welding can be connected to the metal structure, so as not to drag it constantly from one place to another. But before moving on to the assembly work, it is necessary to be defined, what materials and tools will be needed to carry out all events with their own hands, and what safety precautions to follow in the workflow.
Materials for assembling a welding table
First, the presence of what you need to take care of for self-manufacturing table for an electric welder - it's steel plates, from which shelves will be assembled. At once it would be desirable to note, that in the process of purchasing metal blanks need to pay special attention to their thickness. Experts advise to use 3 mm sheet iron, which does not exceed the allowable thickness for welding with a welding machine. In total, you will need two steel billets with dimensions 44,5 on 75 div. In addition to the plates, will need metal corners, cut to a certain length:
- 4 corner 2,5 on 2,5 see and 460 mm long with ends, trimmed at an angle 45 degrees;
- 4 blanks from the corners with illogical parameters as in the previous details, but in length 760 mm;
- 4 steel corner 3,2 on 3,2 see and 915 mm long for table legs.
The following elements are also required for consumables and components:
- 4 wheel supports with threaded connections and nuts to them;
- 4 special nuts for connecting threaded studs;
- 4 locking rings for fastening wheel elements;
- a segment of pipe length 75 mm and cross section 30 mm, if the table will be used for gas welding.
Naturally, to assemble a welding table with your own hands you will need a tool from the following list:
- electric welding and all accessories to it: cable, electrode clamps, etc.. d.;
- trade winds, two squares, construction roulette, chalk, ruler and hammer;
- 3 special C-shaped clamps;
- hacksaw on metal, and it is better an electric Bulgarian to perform cutting at a given angle.
The sequence of self-assembly of the table
After the preparatory process for the purchase of consumables and preparation of all necessary tools will be completed, you can proceed to the direct assembly of the welding table with your own hands. To this end, experts recommend following a certain sequence of simple actions.
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Frames with shelves for a table-top are welded. To do this, combine the blanks from the corners in length 760 and 460 mm and are connected by electric welding.
- It is important to follow, to match the matching angle 90 degrees.
- Assembly of the second frame is performed by analogy.
- Prepared blanks are captured by welding.
- After that the table-top is welded by the hands to the prepared frame. A metal plate is used for this purpose, to which the frame is attached.
- It is important to remember, that before, how to make a solid weld you need to make a few grips around the perimeter of the tabletop. This will prevent deformation of the structure from high temperatures during welding.
- The second shelf is made similarly to the first blank.
- At the next stage the legs are mounted again with the help of a welding machine. The legs should also be placed perpendicular to the tabletop. A clamp is used to fix the individual elements.
- Further, self-assembly and fixing of the second shelf is carried out. Shelves are located at a distance 700 mm from each other.
- All individual parts are fixed with tack and only after checking the geometry of the welding table assembled with their own hands is the final welding of seams.
- After installing all 4 legs go to the installation of wheels.
- If the workplace will be used for gas welding, then the holder is additionally welded, in which the burner will be located. For this purpose the preparation from a pipe is used.
Safety rules must be observed during assembly work, after all, there is nothing more valuable, than human health. It is important to use protective ammunition when carrying out assembly work: gloves, glasses or shield.
Safety measures when working at the welding table
It is no secret, that work with the welding machine is accompanied by a certain danger and therefore the person should protect himself from possible troubles at independent work at a desktop. Before you start any work, the following factors must be considered:
- It is important to provide quality ventilation at the work site. The best option is to install exhaust ventilation.
- Protection against electric shock. For this purpose it is necessary to work in special gloves of the welder and to adhere, so that they are always dry.
- Eye protection against arc radiation. This requires a protective mask or goggles.
- Prevent your desktop from splashing metal. Before carrying out welding actions it is necessary to clear a place of work of any garbage especially easily flammable. You need to remove the container with paint, remove sawdust and especially remove fuel tanks, if the workshop is arranged in a garage.
Protective equipment has also been specially developed for welding activities, without which it is not recommended to start work.
Purchase a ready-made welder's table
If a person does not want to, or for some reason is not able to make a welding table with his own hands, he can always buy a ready-made design in the store. He has a choice, based on that, for what purpose the welder's workplace will be used. If space in the workshop is limited, and small metal parts will be welded, then you can buy a folding table design.
The welding table is a very convenient and functional rotary design, but such a product is quite expensive. Modern welding tables have a drive on the turntable, which greatly simplifies the welding process. Mechanization of welding measures also improves the quality of the weld.
Welding table, equipped with a rotary mechanism, which allows to carry out a full cycle of works, not moving. Thanks to rotation of preparation the welder gets access to any even hard-to-reach points of a heavy metal detail.. Welding works, held at such a workplace, differ in the increased efficiency, quality and safety.
Make the welding process convenient, it is possible, on ones own. At the same time, it is not necessary to make inhuman efforts or spend huge sums of money.. Assembling a welding table is a completely simple process, especially if you follow the recommendations of experts.
