Drill Press Stand/Cabinet

[Paul.]

I never make mitres with sharp corners, it works on wood but not for a welded joint, the reason you are struggling to weld it is because the weld metal has nowhere to go, when you clean it off it will just remove the weld and expose the joint, better to cut the lengths 2 material thicknesses shorter and set them up with an open corner joint as in "B" below, for a non critical joint you could even run the weld vertical down this will give you a nice flat bead and will be easier to blend it into the radius of the vertical leg when you weld it on, done properly you will not be able to see where its welded, I would have liked to have seen a vee prep on the butt welds too
its more cutting using this method, but if a jobs worth doing....

 

[Sarto]

Will this work?
1- cutting to a mitre
2- tack the tubes
3- grind a bit of the edge with a grinder (not making it too thin)
4- weld "rebuilding the edge"

Do you suggest a V-prep always, or there is a minimum thickness?

Thanks

 

[dazza]

Thanks paul. I grinded the corner off before welding didn't have this problem last time. Will hopefully do a better job on the next bench.

Edit:

So cut the material length then cut again at 45º?

 

[macandmoss]

very smart looking bench ,what mm top are you putting on ? , as for the lighting my mate has just put up some cheap Chinese led floodlights he got and they light the place up great and cost next to nothing to run as he is a sparky and knows all that stuff , getting him to order me a couple

 

[dazza]

very smart looking bench ,what mm top are you putting on ? , as for the lighting my mate has just put up some cheap Chinese led floodlights he got and they light the place up great and cost next to nothing to run as he is a sparky and knows all that stuff , getting him to order me a couple

This will have a wooden counter top. The plan was to make two like this and a welding bench.

 

[dazza]

Welded the legs in place.

 

[dazza]

I want to be able to move the bench easily. Will something like this work

 

[skotl]

Possibly / probably, but the more "traditional" way to do it would be to have fixed castors, then extendable feet on screw rods that can be brought down past the castors.
Gives you the added benefit of being able to adjust for uneven floors.

 

[dazza]

Thanks skotl i will continue with this idea for now. Worse case scenario it does not work and i will resort to something like you posted above.

 

[dazza]

A whole afternoon and this is all i got done . Some scrappy welds .

Maybe i need bigger hinges?

Really struggled getting the scale of the plate even with a brand new 80 grit flap disc.

 

[skotl]

A whole afternoon and this is all i got done . Some scrappy welds .

Maybe i need bigger hinges?

Really struggled getting the scale of the plate even with a brand new 80 grit flap disc.

View attachment 88394

ummm...

Possibly / probably, but the more "traditional" way to do it would be to have fixed castors, then extendable feet on screw rods that can be brought down past the castors.
Gives you the added benefit of being able to adjust for uneven floors.

 

[Sarto]

For removing the scale on plate, have you tried using a solid abrasive disc like that on the photo attached?

http://www.grinding.it/img/p/7/2/3/723-large_default.jpg

Maybe it's just me , but I found it much faster than flap discs.
Side note, with a light pressure !

 

[dazza]

ummm...

Is it that bad? i will get my coat

 

[dazza]

I was close to giving up on the wheels today. But i think i'm nearly there now. If the legs are 80mm i should get about a cm of lift.

Need to work out a way to lock it up. Maybe a pedal that i push down then slide to one side?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

To be honest Darren, I think you're in danger of overthinking this. What's wrong with 2 x fixed + 2 x braked castors?

Just saying......

 

[dazza]

To be honest Darren, I think you're in danger of overthinking this. What's wrong with 2 x fixed + 2 x braked castors?

Just saying......

Yep i was thinking the same. I'm stubborn so will try and finish with my original idea. Plus i get a bit more welding done.

I will be doing what skotl recommended on the other bench.

 

[gaz1]

swap your flap disk to a 40 not 80 as 80s are more finner the higher the number the more finner the grit is its the same with abraisive wheels i believe

 

[dazza]

I pushed on today had to use all my three brain cells to devise a way to lift and lock the bench.

After adding the cabinet and fobco drill i've lost a bit of lift if the floor is not too uneven it should work.

If you enlarge the vid and watch the back left corner its getting a bit of lift.

Need to do the feet tomorrow. The bench is very high i suppose i will get used to it.

 

[dazza]

Got a little bit done today. I'm not very good at welding on nuts so no pictures of those .

 

[Sarto]

Have you removed the zinc (or what the silver thing is..) from the nut before welding?
I made a mess on my first nut.