Building a Heavy-Duty Worktable

[@Kami8705]

The swivel feet are so that it can still have full support un even surfaces. It's not making it any weaker in the direction of force on the foot

[@nitrofrango]

Min 6,17. He explains the lack of support on even surfaces. So why did he weld it? The swivel feature is there because of that right?

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

I would tie a support from under the vise to the sub frame of the table. I don't know how you use/abuse a vise but the mount would get bent quickly the way we abuse vises.

[@asquithmainlines699]

Spencer, you built yourself a beast, something that will last many many generations. Glad to see good talent put to work.

[@spencerhilbert]

Thanks!

[@samrobinson9802]

A couple of diagonal braces for the vice would be highly recommended. I built a similar welding/work table and with all my pounding, the braces were highly needed.

[@gatorsadventures2298]

Nice job on the videos. To try and answer your question on the pivioting adjustable foot, the surface the table will sit on will not be perfectly level. The piviot foot will have more contact surface.

[@robervin9107]

I’m so proud of you bud your doing magnificent and brilliant. Living your best life. Love you bud.

[@markd2858]

Nice job, I can appreciate showing your "mistakes" which really aren't it just part of the process of doing things like this and learning. I loke the vise mount being extended. Should provide a lifetime (and more) of use.

[@waterskiingfool]

That's a nice workbench you made

[@cornel777_C.V.T.]

Spencer why you weld that adjusted foot , was supposed to wable to adjust them self on the ground 🤔

[@spencerhilbert]

Wouldn't the table then be wobbly if you were to push on it? Trying to understand how it wouldn't move when you gave it a hard push? Trying to wrap my head around it.

[@cornel777_C.V.T.]

@Spencer Hilbert so that the table doesn't wobble, after positioning it you have to tighten the nut above the ball and that way it gives you a more stable surface, because you don't have a perfectly straight floor

[@spencerhilbert]

Gotcha that make sense now.

[@hanksfarmvideos]

I just started mig welding a few weeks ago and your welds still look better than mine haha. Looks great 👍

[@spencerhilbert]

Thanks!

[@CALDues]

Not sure if this will explain but maybe. If the table had only one leg, then I would agree with you and say it would be wobbly with that particular leveling foot, it would be all over the place. An example would be the abundance of supports designed into a pedestal table with a massive base footprint and absolutely rigid with no swivel until you put your elbow on it and find out there is an imperfection in the floor and it now needs shimed. Since you are wanting to be able to adjust your table to not only not rock around on more than 3 feet but also be able to level it in more than 1 plane you are appropriately adding adjustable feet to each leg. The floor probably has a slope to it to aid in drainage etc, but it can also have smaller imperfections as well, much smaller dips or valleys within the slope hopefully within reason. Since I'm assuming these feet are for industrial weights 500#+/ft they need to self level themselves evenly distributing the weight PER LEG or they will be forced to self level by flexing the material they are made from potentially weakening them. On a lighter duty application the leveling feet are probably built with no wobble/swivel because it's cheaper to build therefore easier to sell or they are already large enough to handle the weight they'll be expected to. To remove the swivel/wobble you would want as close to perfect perpendicularity between the leg and foot then the foot to be perfectly parallel to the floor which they do on industrial stamping machines and CNC machines. The difference being the legs are more than likely built into the frame of the machine, the pads of concrete that they rest on are isolated from the surrounding concrete, usually multiple feet thick and or wide with ground tops, and the machines are meant to stay there potentially forever the opposite of portable. To sum up it only appears completely unstable when holding it upside down and shaking it like a Polaroid picture. Right side up with weight and a structurally sound table pushing down you'd find the untampered version more evenly distributed and stable, built that way because there is no perfect floor that is perfectly flat and level that will remain so indefinitely with tables sporting perfectly perpendicular legs. You'll notice cranes, backhoes etc will have much more articulation on the feet of their outriggers for the same although more exaggerated reason. Hope this helps or at least didn't make matters worse. I think an experiment video would be a great idea especially if the Ah-ha moment hasn't hit yet. Great table!

[@spencerhilbert]

Yes the Ah-ha moment has it. Others have commented similar thoughts and I now understand. I should order new feet and do a test like you said! Thanks for the comment and explanation. I am not the most “experienced” or “knowledgeable” when it comes to this stuff and more learn by doing.

[@joshwagner5414]

Instead of grinding small V’s you can use something to give it a small gap. I use an old sawzall blade for cutting metal to set my gaps

[@manleybrittain1296]

Nice table looks solid!

[@spencerhilbert]

Thanks!

[@codmlife55]

when your mig welding have both hands on the welder besides when you tac a peice in place

[@cedricbroussard8738]

Awesome video

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

OOPS! The articulating joint is so that you can adjust the height with weight on the legs and the feet will tilt to fully contact the floor. We talked about putting casters on my son's table but decided if he needed to move it, the skid steer would move it. His is about 5'x9' and weighs about 1000 lbs.

[@waynejones5239]

Nice video work bench tables that you make need to be made so that you are not bent over when working and so you are in your best work zone with a vise mounted should brase the vise with a couple of brases going down to the bottom rail

[@mikeweaver5399]

Youngster, add a tiny little bit to your wire speed, the sound should be higher and smoother. I’m a retired welder and I miss it.🇱🇷😉

[@spencerhilbert]

Will do. Thanks for the tip.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌❤️🇨🇦,heavy duty

[@challengers1373]

Keep up the good work

[@HartungFamilyFarms]

Cool build buddy!

[@cornel777_C.V.T.]

And you need to make the table to stay at max 900mm high that's the best high for a have work table , but in rest is very good 👍

[@Dbergson]

Did you build the perfect floor in your shop? That;s why the swivel feet!

[@brendansteed2486]

For the feet it's so it's self leveling.

[@hubertrobinson8825]

Thats a real heavy duty table

[@jasonjackson9130]

The floor it’s being used on is likely not perfect so no matter how perfect you get it there will be an imperfection somehow…

[@spencerhilbert]

Yeah exactly

[@thetngamer01]

Make a tank holder

[@denniscasey4967]

😮😮😮. YOU NEED HELP , YOU WELDED THE ADJ. PADS ❓ MESS

[@kendrabell9798]

It’s level on un even ground

[@challengers1373]

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[@thelastengineer2315]

Shouldn’t have welded those swivel feet the guys who designed them know a hell of a lot more than you

[@spencerhilbert]

I agree 😂 still can’t wrap my head around it though. Explain how the table wouldn’t wobble? I need to test it out for myself and do an experiment.