General welding questions that dont fit in TIG, MIG, Stick, or Certification etc.
If yyou have a way to cut it 'properly" ? Buy it and put the word out that you have some with the heavy equipment crowd.Nobody wants a whole sheet but will pay a premium for a piece cut to size, and perhaps drilled, for a dozer/backhoe/track machine repair.You can turn that couple hundred into a couple thousand .......IF you have a way to deal with stout plate.
I could have cut it with my plasma, drilling, no go. But...........key word in your reply was "IF". IF I hadn't procrastinated on it, I wouldn't have missed out on the deal. Plate gone. Next time, just pull the trigger, ask questions later.Antorcha wrote:If yyou have a way to cut it 'properly" ? Buy it and put the word out that you have some with the heavy equipment crowd.Nobody wants a whole sheet but will pay a premium for a piece cut to size, and perhaps drilled, for a dozer/backhoe/track machine repair.You can turn that couple hundred into a couple thousand .......IF you have a way to deal with stout plate.
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Everlast PowerUltra 205p
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Assorted stuff
Bill Beauregard
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Steel is expensive, and more liquid than gold. I mean a pound of gold won't find an immediate buyer, a pound of any weldable raw metal will sell. I watch Craigslist for nearby steel, aluminum, or stainless. When it comes up, either the price is higher than retail, or it goes immediately.
Something to think about is a smaller table with some type of extension/support for longer work, or 2 smaller tables and store the 2nd one against the wall to take up less space. The smaller 2x3 ProTable is 80 lbs. Not light, but could be a flip up work table on a mobile base. But also a smaller 2x3 table by itself might be more practical on your space, with some type of support extensions built to insert into the mobile/fixed/stand. Just a thought. I thought about a welding cart with a flip-up 2x3 ProTable, or even to be stored on the stand and assemble for use. Weighs 80 lbs, not too bad.ljdm1956 wrote:I thought about that type option, but where I want to put another table, more rectangle shaped (30" x 60") rather that 3' x 4' is better suited. Plus, having a 20" x 84" and a 30" x 24" x 3/4" cutoff around could come in handy.
If most of your work would require the full space, then your original plan might not be too bad.
EDIT: calculating the weight of that 50" x 84" x .750" plate, I get ~890 lbs. That would cost me $490 + tax at the scrap yard at $0.55/lb.
Alan
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