Comments on: The Ultimate Welding Table http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: tinbender2 http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/#comment-935212 tinbender2 Sun, 24 May 2009 06:33:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24779#comment-935212 Very well developed array of accessories. The price will probably limit sales to businesses. I have the "old" style jig table, which is only slightly less handy than this one, and use it mainly for tig welding assemblies. Very well developed array of accessories. The price will probably limit sales to businesses. I have the “old” style jig table, which is only slightly less handy than this one, and use it mainly for tig welding assemblies.

]]> By: Trevor D. http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/#comment-933689 Trevor D. Sat, 23 May 2009 05:03:53 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24779#comment-933689 "You wouldn’t buy one if you’re just patching up old trailer hitches. :)" @ Doc - Well, *some* people might... haha. You never know :P “You wouldn’t buy one if you’re just patching up old trailer hitches. :)”

@ Doc - Well, *some* people might… haha. You never know :P

]]> By: DocN http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/#comment-933508 DocN Sat, 23 May 2009 02:23:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24779#comment-933508 Welding is not necessarily a precision process. Yes, some heat will transfer to the table, but unless you heat a spot red-hot, it'll only move a few thousandths. That's irrelevant for a piece that may only be, itself, accurate to a sixteenth- especially since the part itself will move as much or more simply from the heat. This sort of table, also, is typically intended for high-accuracy jigging for things like airplane parts, and as such is meant for use with TIG or high-quality MIG. You wouldn't buy one if you're just patching up old trailer hitches. :) Doc. Welding is not necessarily a precision process. Yes, some heat will transfer to the table, but unless you heat a spot red-hot, it’ll only move a few thousandths. That’s irrelevant for a piece that may only be, itself, accurate to a sixteenth- especially since the part itself will move as much or more simply from the heat.

This sort of table, also, is typically intended for high-accuracy jigging for things like airplane parts, and as such is meant for use with TIG or high-quality MIG.

You wouldn’t buy one if you’re just patching up old trailer hitches. :)

Doc.

]]> By: Aaron http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/#comment-932993 Aaron Fri, 22 May 2009 19:53:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24779#comment-932993 Maybe you only tack the pieces together; not generating enough heat to transfer into the table? Maybe you only tack the pieces together; not generating enough heat to transfer into the table?

]]> By: Scott http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/22/the-ultimate-welding-table/#comment-932950 Scott Fri, 22 May 2009 19:09:05 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24779#comment-932950 I must be missing something. This is to be used while welding (as opposed to using it to align pieces prior to welding and doing the welding elsewhere)? So I arrange my work pieces, clamp them down or together, and strike an arc or light the torch. Now I apply high heat to the parts, some of which heats small areas of the table. Isn't that heat going to cause te surface of the table to move? The precision inherent in the materials will be lost (at least in some areas) but you won't know where or by how much. What am I missing? I must be missing something. This is to be used while welding (as opposed to using it to align pieces prior to welding and doing the welding elsewhere)?

So I arrange my work pieces, clamp them down or together, and strike an arc or light the torch. Now I apply high heat to the parts, some of which heats small areas of the table. Isn’t that heat going to cause te surface of the table to move? The precision inherent in the materials will be lost (at least in some areas) but you won’t know where or by how much.

What am I missing?

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