Shop Table

You'll have to wait for pictures on this one, because my step-dad currently has the shop table.  This was a project for the San Antonio Ag Mechanics Show like the headache rack.  The idea came from my shop teacher.  We wanted a table that we could use for welding or other heavy duty work.  We also wanted to be able to move it around. This project, like the others was made with predominately reclaimed, scrap, or re-purposed materials leaving the final cost of the project around $80.

We decided on a solid 1/4" sheet steel table top.  I welded pipe to the bottom of the table to make the legs.  I reinforced them with angle iron welded along the underside of the table was well as supports along the base of the legs.  To make it mobile, I constructed some wheels out of larger pipe.  I cut the pipe into pieces about 1 in thick and then welded a circular shaped piece of sheet metal on the inside to make the wheel.  Then I carefully found the perfect center of the wheel and cut a hole and welded another small pipe through the middle to accommodate the axle.  Then I cut a slot through two of the legs so that the wheels would fit inside and welded the wheel with a small axle into position.  They spin pretty freely - definitely enough to roll the table around.  Then I added some retractable handles  by using telescoping pipes so that we can move like a wheel barrow.  The table also has an expanded metal rack underneath it supported by the frame around the legs that serves as a shelf to store a welder and other tools. 

Pictures soon.