The NEW Harbor Freight Welding Fixture Table

First off, thanks for not having loud distracting background music inserted into your video. The table is a great idea Harbor Freight came up with. Beats their portable folding ones.

FYI, Fireball Tool sells a "Insert Hook Clamp" that designed for 3/16" tables like this. These minimize hole distortion from the clamps.

Northern Tool has been carrying this welding table & kit, for quite awhile. Same price during their sales. Also, I attached the short legs first, using the outside bolts only, then attach the longer legs directly onto the frame using the inner bolts. It creates a little stronger mounting point for the longer legs. Cut a piece of 5/8" or 3/4" plywood for the lower leg brace, and then you'll have a shelf to keep the accessories.

Problem with any flat surfaces in my shop is they tend to get used as storage space for odds and ends. 😢😅

Excellent video (as of 9/27/23, not shown at HF yet). The flatness, hitch, washer spacer and the height are great takeaways.

Impressive weld table for a Harbor freight item and wow under 200 bucks I'm definitely impressed

For wood working, you could bolt a plywood top to it, then use the steel holes as a template to get holes in the plywood, which you could then use for clamping. That is a lot of utility for the price.

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I also made years ago a welding table of 1/2" steel that was given to me 30X72 that was a steel plate used to cover trenches in roads. I just drill the holes only as I need them not all of them at one time. I've had this table for 20 years and have only 17 holes drilled in it. I have built 4X4s, wrought iron fencing, golf cart frames suspension parts and many other projects and some how 17 holes have worked out fine and I can always just drill more as needed.

I flunked Latin in high school in the '70's, but my shop slogan is "Omnia debet esse rotis!" "Everything must be on wheels!"

Nice video. I especially appreciate how you discuss your oversights and things you see after the fact that could have been done better. I think this encourages the amateur fabricator to "give it a try" even if they find they need to change things with time. Cheers.

I have a table similar to that, but I bought mine a few months ago from Amazon. Mine is made by a different company, but everything that you got with yours, I also got with mine. I think it's a great table for a beginner like me. I don't do a lot of welding, I'm still trying to learn how to weld. But think for me, it's great for someone who is just starting to weld. Having all the things that come with the table helps you and saves you time from going out and getting al the clamps and other things.

I'm a hobby woodworker primarily, but I do have the need to weld now and then. Just this weekend I made some lumber rack brackets with my little Titanium 125 Fluxcore welder. This would be an upgrade over throwing the fiberglass blanket over my workbench for sure. I'll keep my eyes peeled for this to become available to be sure!

As someone who just made their own fixture table out of 1/2" plate and had to buy a mag drill and annular bits etc this is ingenious for someone on a budget. Only disadvantage I'd see is like you said, heat. I'd be afraid of warping this. As an idea I'd just buy this table to use as a template for my fixture holes. Sounds silly but perfectly drilling 2" O.C. holes by the dozens is very difficult without a CNC machine. It took me so much time to even get 79 holes and i need another 50 at least. I loved this video and see myself buying it for the same reason, an auxiliary table.

Nice addition to the shop! I've been using receiver tubing under my work benches for years. It's sweet to be able to move a vise, or other draw bar mounted tool, from one bench to another. However, mine don't stick out so that I don't catch my hip while moving around the table. Also, rather than using a hitch pin, I welded a 1/2-13 nut to the bottom of the tubing and then used a 1" long hex head bolt to clamp the draw bar mounted vise in place. I welded a large washer to the head of the bolt to make it easy to tighten or remove by hand. This makes the tool much more solid than having a hitch pin holding it.

This is really cool! Nice idea taking a couple of 2 x 3 table tops and making a bigger table! Now you should make a couple of drawers to stash all those pieces that came with the tables!!!

The new table isn't showing up on HF's website. When will it be available?

1:39 you may want to box in the bottom of the legs on the single table. I added casters to my welding table and with any weight, the tabs holding the casters on will bend.

I have started using casters that flip up. Most are rated for hundreds of lbs so roll well. when you want the stability of a regular leg you flip the lever up, the casters fold and the legs are solid on the ground. Best of both worlds.

Acorn tables are the ultimate for heavy fab work. I used them for years, and you certainly don't need to worry about grounding through them. They are actually designed to tack weld parts to them if needed. Of course, they are 6-8 inches thick and are various dimensions, 3x3. 4x4. 6x6. Whatever you need. And super heavy. But I do think I may have to pick up one or two of these. Good video. Thanks.