Next I hit the frame with some self-etching primer:
and rattle-can charcoal color:
Mounting the casters:
Re-assembling the slats, hopefully for the last time:
Lookin' pretty good!
Next, I wanted to build a stand for my vise. I had bought a length of square tube sized to slide nicely into the 2" square tube I used for the frame- this would allow me to relocate my vise to any of the open ends of the frame, or either of the 2 "accessory tubes". I butt-welded two scrap cutoffs to make a square plate for the vise, which I then welded to the smaller square tube. It was fun to be actually welding on my welding table for the first time
I assumed that my vice would be at the right end most of the time, so I drilled a hole, welded a captive nut to the frame, and welded a wing nut to a bolt to fashion a clamp/lock for the vice stand. It would have been better to do this before paint, cuz now I had to clean up and respray the area. I'll probably add more of these to the other open tubes, eventually.
It'll work
Next up, the finished table.
- Jake