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Thanks Butch... I'm DIY only so the table will probably not see much use. However as you say it does rust after sometime. I grab the wire wheel and give it a spin then WD40. I just don't know if I can keep up with the rust when I start tack welding on the table and grinding these afterwards.

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Nice work Jay, very clean and smooth, you should see my table, its always rusting on top, don't know how to keep the rust off, usually i clean my table top once a year, after a few months, it starts rusting again, tried wiping on wd 40, light oil, turco, eventually a spot would start to rust, probably from the heat generated by weldding. i don't know how they manage to keep their table surfaces clean n shiny like the ones i see on tv, maybe they have someone always cleaning the table hehehe...

I saw one time on youtube , this welder or metalworker working on his metal workbench and noticed his large table top looks so clean and shiny, I suspect maybe he sprayed the whole top with several coats of maybe some poly or varnish or something, I just don't know but its really so shiny. :p :rolleyes:

Maybe from time to time we should do some lite sanding of the table top then giving it some spraying of wd40 after which we wipe it dry then wipe again with motor oil to prevent rusting.

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i usually don't tack weld on the table, instead i put the ground clamp on one of the table's legs and everything i put on the table gets grounded so i don't have to keep moving the ground clamp at all. Before i inquired about how much to use stainless steel plate for my table and i estimated the cost to be around 40k for a ss304 table top, maybe pag may extra funds ....

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jay, ang ganda na ha? 🙂 blue fanatic ka talaga 😀

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jay, miller welding overall ba yung suot mo? thanks

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jay, miller welding overall ba yung suot mo? thanks

No it's not. My Symbo got it for me. Usually I don't wear it because it's hot but for this particular welds I have to be a bit more protected so I wore it.

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jay, ang ganda na ha? blue fanatic ka talaga

Yes OZ. I love Miller. The MIG welder is making all this possible for me to build. Easy too which is very important for a DIY like me.

The table is almost done. Except for a few small stuff like mounting the vises, connecting a built it grounding and probably power connections it's finished already. I'm waiting for cables and connectors and hopefully get these this month.

Here are some pictures

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nice work jay, got a lot of extra angle grinder guards there....

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nice work jay, got a lot of extra angle grinder guards there....

Thanks Butch.

Yeah I took off the guards for the Maxsell sander and the Bosch variable speed with a flap disc. The Dewalt too but usually I use it with smaller diameter grinding disc.

Where do you purchase spindle extenders? The local version grinders I have are M10 x 1.25 while the US versions are 5/8"-11.

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the 10 x 1.25 extenders i DIY using a 10 x 1.25 hi tensile bolt and hex bar, don't have the 5/8 - 11 since i only have that size in my big grinders....

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the 10 x 1.25 extenders i DIY using a 10 x 1.25 hi tensile bolt and hex bar, don't have the 5/8 - 11 since i only have that size in my big grinders....

Thanks .... I might at least have one grinder on this setup.

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I'll mount the vise using bolts. Drill and tap holes on the 1/2" table top plate.

Preparing the needed tools for the job .....

Two steps ... 1/8" then up to 27/64"

and this

Small drill bits like to go fast while larger bits like it real slow ..... liberally use good cutting fluid ... and watch the proper feed pressure or else it will bind

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Usually I will choose an air drill for such task but I wanted to test the Metabo 18V cordless.

Drilling 1/2 inch plate is not cake walk even for a Metabo which is used at it's maximum drilling capacity.

It did perform well with a lot of torque. However given a chance I'll still grab the air drill first. Still more torque and gets cooler the more you use it.

I used Mechanic's length drill bits. Here's a comparison to a normal Jobber length drill bit. Also the shanks are not round for better grip.

It there's anything I like best about this 18V drill it is the self tightening chuck. Absolutely first class performance.