I know this isn't Mustang related or even specifically car related, but I thought some of you guys would have interest in this. Plus you can see my '86 in the background of some of the pictures.
I've been wanting to build a welding table for a while, but as some of you probably know, the cost of materials adds up FAST. So this whole effort started months ago when we were throwing away an old bed frame and I thought to myself, "I could totally make something out of that..."
So I've been hoarding junk steel for a while now and I finally have something to show for it.
I started with an old roller mechanics tool cart that I've had since college. It started out looking like this (sorry, I don't have my own "before" pictures):
Step one was to do away with the original legs and make my own. I lost a bunch of the pictures I originally took, but in a nutshell the new legs are scrap square steel tube that I cut, drilled, put a brushed finish on, then sealed internally with black Rust-Oleum and then clear coated the outside. The new legs allowed me to raise the top of the cart to a more appropriate welding table height and drop the lower tray so I could fit the welder below.
I've been wanting to build a welding table for a while, but as some of you probably know, the cost of materials adds up FAST. So this whole effort started months ago when we were throwing away an old bed frame and I thought to myself, "I could totally make something out of that..."
So I've been hoarding junk steel for a while now and I finally have something to show for it.
I started with an old roller mechanics tool cart that I've had since college. It started out looking like this (sorry, I don't have my own "before" pictures):
Step one was to do away with the original legs and make my own. I lost a bunch of the pictures I originally took, but in a nutshell the new legs are scrap square steel tube that I cut, drilled, put a brushed finish on, then sealed internally with black Rust-Oleum and then clear coated the outside. The new legs allowed me to raise the top of the cart to a more appropriate welding table height and drop the lower tray so I could fit the welder below.