Anyone near Cambs got a build table up for grabs?
 

Bit of a long shot... but has anyone near Cambridge got a build table they want to get rid of?

Thought it was worth asking before I go to the trouble of making one!

I cut mine up a couple of months ago to make a bench:)

Buy a pre-made chassis and save your self the trouble. :D

Phil in Essex

Where's the fun in that! :p

I found it easier to make the build table out of 40x40 steel box section as timber frame work is very rarely stright or true due to warping or rough cut timber. I use cross runners every 18" to support the surface which is good quality 10mm ply and it tends to lay flat with out needing to be forced flat. I put at a nut and bolt adjustable foot on all four legs so it can be leveled across it's width and along it's length, some thing which comes in handy when you use a sprit level later.

Wooden table and welding...:D

Oh I can do better than that try a 9" angle grinder with solid grinding disk and a bucket of 2k thinners in the line of fire. Lesson learned all flamables now kept in machine room out of harms way. As for the wooden top build table I've not had any trouble so far, I just wait 10 mins before locking up after welding.

That reminds me, I'd better replace my fire extinguisher before I make a start on the chassis.
There was an incident involving a motorbike cover last time I had the welder out... Luckily the cover was under my workbench and not on the bike at the time!