How To Build a Welding Table - DIY with a Bowling Ball for CHEAP!

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[@acklan3]

You could have got a strut spring off the car you got the rotors off of and used it to tension the ball. Run a bar through the spring to one of the legs. When you want to release the ball just step down on the rod. Release the rod and tension is reapplied. Or not. What you did works great. Enjoyed the video.

[@northwestcustoms6663]

Have to say Rich that is pretty slick, gives me some ideas for a table myself and maybe use some of your ideas for a stool to. Awesome channel. 🇨🇦🤘

[@gabewhisen3446]

Do you mind if I pirate this idea

[@austinseubert6047]

I think lots of credit needs to go to whoever edits these videos because they are phenomenal

[@InvincibleExtremes]

A welding table from a bowling ball? That's badass.

[@wobblysauce]

That is like Stone soup.

[@nozmoking1]

I don't know about this. When I built mine it made welding a lot easier but every time I went bowling they complained about the box tubing gouging up the ally.

[@tmacie2]

Damn you Rich! Now I have another project on the list!!!

[@SteveRivett]

That's a neat project. It's good to build something that won't kill you when learning how to weld. Most people want to make trailer hitches on their first try.

[@jeremysmith8990]

Love the ViceGripsGarage hat👍🏻! Saw y’all at Norwalk but didn’t bother you, y’all were busy trying to get the GTO going again! Just built a 4’x 8’x 3/4” welding table with 4”- .5” wall square tube legs on industrial U-Line casters... works great and after adding linear supports for the legs the bastard will hold over a thousand pounds with no flex and it is at 44” working height!

[@AndrewBrowner]

Tips for anyone else building thisPut some antiseize between the steel and aluminum if you ever wanna change the top plate, and could cap the leg ends and fill them with sand or some old coolant if its too top heavy Also the top plate should really be 1/2" thick atleast but i mean use whats free or cheap

[@Vladviking]

Inclined to agree on the steel plate Aluminum heats and spreads so well your bound to get some burns until you just learn to keep your hands off.

[@turboflush]

I have a older 120 Lincoln. I love it. Love this project. Very handy. Probably a good Tig table.

[@iaahner]

Curiosity: did you consider using an old suspension coil spring or something and just adjust the preload on it? Maybe even an overcenter linkage that drops the preload? Seems like the bottle jack is a little clunky when a spring would work. And the ability to set friction and just move the table as needed would be slick. LOVE the build! Genius!

[@JohnTurner313]

Cool idea!

[@dusty6700]

Just a suggestion for you to try....When using your spool gun to weld aluminum, push your weld instead of pulling it. I've found it works much better for me. Keeps spatter from sticking to the bead, bead lays flatter, and just ends up looking better. Different strokes for different folks, but it's worth trying.

[@Smart-Skippy]

Mr Deboss, you are my favourite Canadian ! Respect Brother !

[@richardallen1629]

I like the way you think and make stuff out of what you have Rich.

[@marksstudio]

That was a great job, and loved how you fabbed up the jack release. The whole bowling ball idea was inspired. Thanks man.

[@CrazyPetez]

That’s a nice “table”. Very ingenious design. Nice welds. 👍

[@WBOS72]

Love the table. Look forward to the welding tip/instruction vids.

[@dafirnz]

Especially if he's doing it with a welder us peasants can attain.

[@danielhorn4541]

Great content that’s bloody brilliant please do more little projects like this rich

[@chrisp5428]

Rep'n Southern Ontario, awesome!

[@johnnymelendez4836]

Great job Rich. Thanks for all the knowledge. CHEERS FROM NYC🗽

[@thomascoscetta6452]

Great video. That is a cool project to make. Good step by step process. Bowling ball is a very good idea for a swivel table. There's a lot of bowling balls out there to be reused in a project like this.

[@johnbrunner6564]

You should consider using E6010 rod. It works much better for penetrating rusty corroded materials. And for things like brake rotors which are extremely hard it will help penetrate. 6010 rod is a little harder to use but is a better rod for some applications.

[@dixielandfarms8628]

As usual, another damn good video!!!

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

Sorry I had to cancel bowling last week, I hope you understand why. By the way, I'm quitting the league, I can't find my ball

[@dixielandfarms8628]

@@DEBOSSGARAGE HAHAHAH!!!!

[@TorturedPeace]

That is a great table, Rich! 🙏

[@imwhatim7259]

You are explaining the work in a perfect manner, its easy to understand that what are you gonna do, I liked it , by the way subscribed

[@gethinjones1348]

Great bit of design and fabrication there Rich 👏👍

[@joep8520]

This is BRILLIANT. I really want to get into welding, but not sure where to start. AVE recommends learning stick first, but not sure if I should go with a Harbor Freight welder or something like the Lincoln Electric to start with. Any ideas? Would love more welding/beginner content!

[@KStewart-th4sk]

There are lots of sites dedicated to welding. This is one guy I watch (Jody) and he has a pile of videos on different processes mig, tig, stick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3zVqKCBbMmZY9U He has reviewed different makes of machines as well in some videos (some offshore ones too). Start there would be my suggestion. Lincoln, Miller, Hobart, ESAB

[@fonhollohan2908]

don't buy a cheap welder from harbor freight their junk welders a good welder for a cheap price is Arccaptian MIg 200 its a excellent welder for newbies its a good welder for experienced welders like myself I've been a welder for over thirty yrs this welder is a multi purpose welder and it can weld stick, mig, tig, and aluminum and do spot welds as well Years ago to have a weld with al these functions would cost 3 to 4 thousand dollars this thing is 400 Canadian Thats crazy if you want to weld aluminum you have to buy the spoil gun but its only $150 bucks. You can't go wrong with these welders for the price.

[@jdm_mike91_90]

Yeah love to learn more welding videos!! I love watching your videos I learn so much bud!!

[@WrenchAvengers]

Im pretty sure ive got a bowling ball laying around. this is an interesting idea.

[@balloney2175]

Super Awesome! I will copy this.

[@nickpohl6440]

You got MAD skills bro!!

[@jpsspeedgarage7168]

This is the stuff I like to watch. Thank you for the content

[@morgansword]

Hey Deboss, I found a space shuttle out behind the barn... its cool as hell, think you could hook me up with a custom tow bar???/LOL. Damn man even the catchphrase is different and I like it. I know that you could make a time machine out of bed frames and a subaru car body if they gave you twenty minutes to find the material behind your new shop. You flat impress me with the ingenuity and intrusive thinking cap on. I wish we had met when I was your age.. I'm only 72 now and so if I start hitchhiking south from alaska, I should make it there in time for my funeral but if you say something nice, thats it just "something nice" and I'll meet Bob,you know, your uncle. I just think that life has shuffled the cards bad for you after the way they led you on about the tape measure patient. You and Gates could play a round of golf or something rich people do. I guess I should be glad you didn't get rich cause your still making youtube videos. Your one nice person and I hope that you never change cause they don't make many like you

[@rcytb]

Brilliant design!

[@TheKajunkat]

You were able to weld the aluminum with the 140? that's pretty impressive.

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

I didn't think I would like this welder as much as I do. It is by far the best welder for bodywork as I find its much easier to burn through with a 220V welder.

[@pfleeger2010]

I used to think 110v welders were useless and had no purpose in this world. Then I stated doing exhaust work with one, then I had to do exhaust without one. For that kind of work, those little welders are king.

[@seang5284]

I’ve got a spool gun with Argon on my miller 212, it works well, but you have to push, not pull. You want the Argon out in front. move quicker than steel, and get the Argon pressure set just right. Too low and it doesn’t cover the weld, too high and it cools it too quick. Definitely a learning curve.

[@rogerstrand4903]

Use a 3/8 drive swivel from your jack release

[@SteveStoltz]

That's an ingenious use of an old bowling ball.

[@spudsmckenzie4123]

Great video fellas! I really enjoyed seeing what a basic welder and a not-quite-professional welder can do. Gives me hope I can learn one day and actually make welds that don’t suck.

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

Practice makes perfect. My first welds compared to my last ones even on this table, are night and day. It takes time to get used to a new machine but nothing beats time welding

[@timothybailey7118]

Great project! Good tutorial for beginners like me.

[@bruceblais7958]

That's a feat of engineering itself great job.

[@k9wiREless]

The quick release bottle jack that I imagine would be ideal for this is used in Pallet-Jack

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

This welding table is bad ass

[@gmindgjerd]

That sir was brilliant. Thanks.

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Great work Rich !

[@westie4ageturbo.749]

Bloody awesome little project!

[@byron7165]

You can weld aluminum without a spool gun if you swap your spring liner for a teflon liner and keep your gun lead relatively straight. I have done it on welds up to 8 inches long.

[@robwigglezz944]

Very cool. Building stuff is so much fun.

[@stanleyharrell6009]

Now, I have a project. I want mine on locking casters though. Very nice table.

[@raynyhus2026]

Great build, I always find a useful tip or tool. An idea I thought of for out of level floor weld on some nuts and use bolts to level it up. Thanks for the build.

[@barryhuddlestun3098]

Nice job I'm planning to build a Welding table something like a workmate bench vice with an electro magnet.

[@lloydh1100]

Awesome thanks! This welder looks like a great unit for those of us with small jobs at home.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Very cool idea in the welding table

[@fastinradfordable]

this makes me want to stick weld. when I was a kid I saw my second ex-step dad weld a catalytic converter in with a coat hanger and oxy torch and a can of flux. He was an amazing man, my mom made a mistake leaving him

[@TheDanbulance]

I've got the Lincoln 210MP. Only really used it in 120v and it's been awesome. Desperately need to get the pedal for Tig though. Scratch start sucks.

[@abstring]

Great table design!

[@jeepanimal2943]

I'm liking this idea too. Didn't know I needed one till i saw the video. Got everything but a bowling ball. Guessing someone's gonna be hanging round the alley with a 2x4 .............

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Thift stores give them away

[@jeepanimal2943]

@@rustedratchetgarage6788 Oh......... Alrighty then. Guessing someone's gonna be hanging around the thrift store with a 2x4...............

[@ronanderson1816]

Sweet table !

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Turned out great

[@dtoshredneck]

Random question for you,since we both work on rusty Canadian junk, what blades do you use to cut springs out of trucks? I'm trying to save them out of a parts truck as kid I'm fixing for is on a really limited budget. Usually i just separate the clamps holding the stack together and drop them in underneath, not an option either, as his springs are twisted.

[@glenvanbavel2094]

That’s an awesome welding table

[@Tinker1837]

Well that was an unexpected & cool concept, thanks for sharing!

[@emilioballi]

Awesome would like I've to see more of this type of content

[@johnschutt9187]

Thanks #LincolnElectric !

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Awesome video Rich!

[@mikestrucks]

Cool 😎 another great video dude 👍🏻

[@65Coasty]

Very cool. Love your work mate

[@1234garrett1993]

That's an awesome table, I feel like the nut would have issues passing a good ground through though. I don't even weld lol but if I used that table I would probably put the ground clamp right on the threads.

[@davidschmidt449]

Very nice table.

[@nbowling10trio]

Variable control electric turntable would've made the world's best welding stand. When your welding all the way around a tube or similar it's nice to have the part turn so you can keep on trucking

[@brukernavnfettsjit]

That is genius!

[@carlos.75]

What an imagination great job!!!

[@dallasvanwyk]

Absolute madman

[@ifell3]

Omg your a genius, you've got me subbed!!!

[@flyingpeter]

cool proyect, now i want to make one

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video deboss

[@BillyRillkratz]

This is brilliant!

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Frickin epic idea thanks for sharing

[@bradleycopus9170]

I am curious as to what you are wearing on your head at the 15:35 mark in the video. Can you explain what that is and why you chose to wear it? Great table idea! My only change to it would be the ground connection as a solid attachment to the aluminum plate instead of the nut but that does work.

[@dixiemae5042]

Fancy fancy drawing table

[@user-mi3he3kp9e]

Welding cast iron rotors to steel it makes for a brittle weld and I'd be worried about one or two of the welds pulling out of the cast iron when the jack gets over tightened . Got to use high nickel welding rod , pretty heat it really good , and when you done welding peen the weld with the chipping hammer , then rap in insulation and let cool slowly . Kool table genius design 😎👍

[@campbelljg1]

More please!

[@ziggassedup]

STRIKE.!!!!!...That's sweet.!

[@planetzebulon21]

PlanetZebulon has been making something similar, for woodcarving, since the late '90's. Both would be nice

[@JohnsJunk]

Saw the first bit of the description and thought: Great, that won't fit in my space. This will. Put some locking casters on it and it'd be perfect.

[@Karfix]

Awesome job!

[@joshuaurban7575]

I'm going to keep it simple👌mint!

[@tnlranch]

Nice table 👍 how about a little Welding cart for the little welder

[@tjf1531]

Keep the changes coming

[@LostInThe0zone]

Nice project.

[@kiwibrett]

Keeping with the sports theme, i wondered if the entire jack/locking mechanism could be replaced with a weight lifting bar with a course thread? By welding a handle to the locking nut, would there be enough lift in the 110⁰ of throw you might get between two of the three legs to pinch the ball tight? Just putting the thought out there...

[@ronaldbrewer4370]

Ok , ok... now you’re just showing off 😂 nice job bro !!

[@xozindustries7451]

Cool, welding cart next? I put an old tool box on the bottom of my cart to hold my welding tools and supplies

[@Cre8toR87]

I wonder if Old Tony might build one of these too.

[@novaorbitdragon]

Try blowing the sut/soot away from the weld when welding aluminum. You were pulling. Try pushing. Well.. kinda depends on the angle as well

[@hazadus2u]

Awesome!!!!!!

[@krazziee2000]

very cool tool ..

[@tinygriffy]

wow, cool construction ! some copper paste on the ground nut could be good ?

[@kevindtimm]

pretty nice, but how long is it going to take me to cut off the bolt pattern on the disk if all I have is a 4 1/2" angle grinder?

[@alexpresler1449]

Bleepin Jeep did this a while back

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

It’s an old idea.

[@kwiebusch]

Next delivery by Lincoln, wire and weld fume control/extractor, smoke sucker? Nice project.

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

If you look over my shoulder in the fist few seconds, there is a fan in the window that sucks everything out. It does a really good job for keeping the air "fresh". Its not quiet though so we turn it off for filming. I also have a 4' one in my ceiling for pulling exhaust out

[@kwiebusch]

@@DEBOSSGARAGE Yeah typical problematic noise for filming, fans. We've a big fan in the side of the shop too in the welding area, but nothing beats an extractor.

[@curtisballer688]

This is Great!! Thx