A table for my mill

I needed a strong low vibration table for my 3HP 3ph Enco mill on my Converted Household goods trailer now dubbed the machine shop van. Not wanting to spend a lot of money for a 30 by 93" sheet of 1" or thicker steel plate and not wanting to have to fabricate such a heavy table in the van either I bought 20 cheap 2x4 studs gallon of wood glue and 4 1/2" all thread 36" long for less than $80.00
Studs resting on the scrap wood saw horses
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I pre-drilled all of the studs then assembled them on the rods slathering glue on them as I went
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after sanding both top and bottom smooth I used the long drill bit I made to attach the table to the wheel wells of the van (see stretch your drill bit thread)
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I then cut a steel overlay for it from a sheet of 3/16" AR 400 plate left over from a previous build ( see the Dump truck extension thread)
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Glue freely slathered to thye table top then the steep plate laid in place a few tack welds to hold a back stop on
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Mill installed and bolted in place
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Thanks Frank S! We've added your Mill Table to our Storage and Organization category, as well as to your builder page: Frank S' Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Greetings from Canada

Impressive stuff you build Frank.

Question, what is the machine on your avatar picture?

Bob Braun

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Originally Posted by Manitoba Man

Greetings from Canada

Impressive stuff you build Frank.

Question, what is the machine on your avatar picture?

Bob Braun

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Thanks Bob,
My avatar is a DuMore #2 versi-mill that I used to have. I mainly used it in conjunction with several line boring bars that I made to re-bore the bearing locations on heavy equipment before I went to Kuwait in 2002
Then in 2003 I took it and 43,000 lbs worth of other machines over there to use to set up several factories.
the Dumore and all of my equipment that I took over plus many machines that I made while my wife and I were there is still there.
One of the handiest machines I ever owned and one day will take the time to make one just so I will have it again