I've been out in the workshop again, ignoring the missus, health and safety and all the jobs I was supposed to be doing. On the plus side I made
myself a lovely new welding table.
From experience having a good table to weld on makes a big difference. Welding on the floor can get the job done, but a waist height metal table to
work at makes it easier and nearly always results in a tidier weld.
quote:Originally posted by jps
How do you manage to get such square cuts freehand with the angle grinder? Is it just practice? I am rubbish at it!!
I scribe a line to follow then mike a light pass to just score the metal. Once i have a shallow groove that is straight I just work back and forwards
keeping it in the groove. Using the thin slitting discs makes it a lot easier! Then it's just practice and a steady hand. One other thing that
does help is not holding the grinder too tight; if you hand is all clenched up it will naturally shake, whereas if it is a more relaxed it will be
nice and stable.
Can I ask why you did not tap the holes but instead welded on nuts, which I'm amazed you were able to do to a one inch steel slab.
I've found that welded on nuts can come away, obviously depends on how much weld is holding them but that can not happen with a threaded hole.
Thanks, and you sure can
It boiled down to time and effort. It took me a full day to drill all the holes due to the table top having some localised hard spots from where
things had been welded down to the top by a previous owner. I didn't fancy the odds of how long it would take to tap all of the holes especially
given the hard spots.
My original plan was to tap them M12 but in the end using M10 weld nuts seemed like an acceptable compromise. Only time will tell if it was the right
decision. No doubt the table will get plenty of use in future videos so it will be interesting to keep an eye on.
