perfect :thumbup:

 

sweeet! the only thing better than the new frame table is the price...

 

Whoever originally had that built must have been expecting to see some serious action!!

That's one heavy duty bed!

 

Heavy duty bed maybe, but not nearly heavy or stiff enough to build a frame on....it will warp right along with the frame as soon as you start any serious welding. Maybe would work if you bolted it to the floor

 

When your done making your frame you can put longer legs on it and a top and have a great work table too....
If its free.......Its for me.... :thumbup:

 

Now that's Hotrodding and I like the comment about free steel, I must have a ton and still dragging it home.

 

Heavy duty bed maybe, but not nearly heavy or stiff enough to build a frame on....it will warp right along with the frame as soon as you start any serious welding. Maybe would work if you bolted it to the floor

Agreed. However, I just want a solid, level surface to setup my frame on. All pieces will be tacked only. Finish welding will be done by a competant local rod builder, at his shop.

Yeah guys, 'free' is one of my favorite words!

 

Frame table

I noticed you used bottle jacks to level the bed frame.A frend showed me a good trick.Check at your local home improvment store for a bunch of old floor tiles to use as shims under jack stands. I've been using the
se a lot,as I have more stands than jacks.

 

bed frame

By just getting things up off the floor so you can clamp the kicks to the main rails much easier is the main thing anyway... Once they are together solid, (keeping both sides the same) you can now install the cross members keeping it all square and level...

 

Cheap Frame Table

Anything that starts off as free, is a good idea. Another thing, is knowing your limitations. No shame in having to go to an Expert for Welding or anything else. But it is allways nice to continue you education, and upgrading skills

 

Frames were built with less

You have a nice fixture there buddy. There have been hundred of high speed rods built off of chalk lines on the floor of someone shop floor.
BUT; unless you know the techniques to weld the frame or it's parts without drawing the steel from and or useing heat distortion, Leave it to someone that dose it daily.
The first Rod my brother and I welded was with Oxy-Act. The joints were brazzed and had a 80,000 psi rateing. Trouble is with the heat effected area the off weld material was in danger of becomeing brittle. First Cobras and many other sports cars that were raced were gas welded. Not to mention aircraft. It's not used today because of the skill set needed to use gas in production fabricateing.
I see a good MIG welder in the photo of your shop. They are great welders when useing gas. If you want to teach yourself to be a better welder? Then learn the =vertical up= welds and then use a three mix MIG gas like "Stargon" to get the penetration with little heat effected area.
Hey the whole point of "OLD SCHOOL" Rodding is.... OLD SCHOOL> Go for it!

 

Nice tool and what a RIDE !

EVOLVO

Hey ...I'm wanting a level like you sudjest. It is just the ticket and I think easy to set a bench mark.
Nice job on your Wagon ! I bet it is a bumble bee ? How many RPM ?
The photo with the wire bomb aftermath made me laugh....been there. Now I just order the Speedway 20 circuit kit...$ 149...

 

I bought a nice bench at a garage sale one day for $10...

No, not free, but not real dear either.

The table was made of two pieces of 15" wide channel section steel with 3" sides, the steel was over half an inch thick. The two pieces were welded together totally flat and had some nice big RHS pieces underneath to make the legs.

I fitted a vyce up to this bench by drilling holes through it. Then when I fitted the second vyce I realised I could drill and tap the holes instead!

 

How To Move A 300 Pound Table ?

I have a fixture (cant say JIG) table with 1/2 inch AR Steel. It weighs at least 300 pounds and I didn't want wheels on it so I could bend parts if need be.
Simple sollution was to add a 5th leg in the center but left it 6 inches short. So now I can use the floor jack to move the thing out of the way by my self.
Hope it would work for you too.

 

Good thinking...