Tig table top?

[Noods]

Hi..

Anyone know please where you can get the steel tig table top, the one you see in many videos with holes in the top to help the heat escape..

Thank you..

Noods

 

[Noods]

I may be wrong, but I thought the many holes were for clamping purposes...

Oh right! That makes sense.. My assumption wrong then.. Must help with heat dispersion too though surely.. X

 

[dobbslc]

And for picking up the filler rod when you drop it....

 

[Burdekin]

I reckon they'd be quite pricey.

Would be 10min to draw one in autocad if you know autocad and then get it water or laser cut.

 

[AndersK]

Stronghand reseller in UK
http://www.weldingtables.co.uk/

Certiflat, they have an affordable weld-up kit:
http://weldtables.com/

First chineese knock-off has arrived here now, about 1000£.....

 

[Richard.]

I may be wrong, but I thought the many holes were for clamping purposes...

Your not wrong. That's exactly what they are for. So you can fit your fab down in any position.
If your not fixing things down noods or you can use g clamps on the bench edges a solid top is fine for Tig. That's all I use.

 

[Richard.]

Oh right! That makes sense.. My assumption wrong then.. Must help with heat dispersion too though surely.. X

No. Your not going to be heating up the bench noods with a 160amp dc Tig. A 400amp acdc doing hefty Alu work maybe!! If you want something to take heat away from your job a thick flat lump of metal to sit it on and act as a heat sink will suffice. I have a 25mm thick lump of cast that I do my small Alu jobs on. It sucks out the heat quick if the parts are small and becoming heat soaked too quick.

 

[Noods]

No. Your not going to be heating up the bench noods with a 160amp dc Tig. A 400amp acdc doing hefty Alu work maybe!! If you want something to take heat away from your job a thick flat lump of metal to sit it on and act as a heat sink will suffice. I have a 25mm thick lump of cast that I do my small Alu jobs on. It sucks out the heat quick if the parts are small and becoming heat soaked too quick.

No. Your not going to be heating up the bench noods with a 160amp dc Tig. A 400amp acdc doing hefty Alu work maybe!! If you want something to take heat away from your job a thick flat lump of metal to sit it on and act as a heat sink will suffice. I have a 25mm thick lump of cast that I do my small Alu jobs on. It sucks out the heat quick if the parts are small and becoming heat soaked too quick.

Ok thanks mate, is a solid slab a scrap yard job?

 

[Screwdriver]

I bought a T slot machine bed for welding use.

Only slight issue being that it weighs well over a quarter of a ton. It's bigger than it looks...

Hoping to make it height and tilt adjustable but it might just end up going in on four legs!

S.

 

[roofman]

That table is amazingly good ^^^^^^

 

[Richard.]

I bought a T slot machine bed for welding use.

Only slight issue being that it weighs well over a quarter of a ton. It's bigger than it looks...

Hoping to make it height and tilt adjustable but it might just end up going in on four legs!

S.

That's a proper one.

 

[Screwdriver]

That table is amazingly good ^^^^^^

Thanks. Is it worth going the extra mile and making it height and tilt adjustable?

 

[Noods]

I bought a T slot machine bed for welding use.

Only slight issue being that it weighs well over a quarter of a ton. It's bigger than it looks...

Hoping to make it height and tilt adjustable but it might just end up going in on four legs!

S.

That's great... Many Qiudlys to buy?

 

[Screwdriver]

It was a bit toppy at around £200 iirc. But it's a spectacular bed from a stupidly expensive machine. Should come in handy for dialling in bent motorcycle frames as well as the fabrication side of things.

I picked up a really nice clamping set with 17mm T nuts for it too.

 

[roofman]

Ide hate to weld over that to be honest and ide use it as a surface plate and jigging table

 

[Screwdriver]

Ide hate to weld over that to be honest and ide use it as a surface plate and jigging table

Because you'd spoil it? TIG should be ok plus I am planning to protect the surface with steel plates when accuracy is less critical. Plus I already have a really nice surface plate!