Thanks! it was a great project, I hope I can make some money with it.

Finished mostly, needs some touch up and a little tuning but seems to run really well.

Thanks all, for the words of encouragement. I have gotten a lot of benefit from forums like this along the way and I hope this topic might help someone else down the road. I have fit up some doors and panels for the sides, installed the gantry, ran some of the cabling and connected the PC to start t...

Sorry for the late reply, I started a new topic in the metal cutting section called "My First Table" with some pics.

Mike

I started building a table back in October and I figured I would post a few pics and incorporate some lessons learned. I have been welding at the self taught, amateur level for a long time, but this is my first serious project. Feel free to let me know if you have any "tips or tricks" for ...

Thanks for all the great advice everyone. I ended up with about 4 decent tacks on each end. The reason I was asking is during my construction of the frame I had tacked the top of the frame together and found on one corner, one edge to be a little higher than other. Unfortunately I had tacked it up p...

I am finishing up a plasma table build and need some advice on how to minimize distortion. I need to weld in a vertical 11 GA 3 X 3 tube for some shelving (see attached photo), but I don't want to distort the horizontal tubing. How can I minimize or eliminate the distortion?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

I've been welding as a hobbyist for a long time but now starting a plasma table build to make some money (I hope). Joined the forum to improve my skills and share any lessons learned.

Mike