Frame Table
 

I am going to start building a frame/chassis table and was wondering what the length, width of anyone that has one should be?

How big of a car are you working on? Do you want the wheels/tires to rest on the outer frame rails?

The one I built is 18' long and 5' wide.

I'm planning to do mine 20x6. 2x4or6 - 1/8th wall main structure. I'm thinking 2ft off the ground. Heavy casters with a flip down stabilizer on each leg.

Would be great to see pics of some of the pros tables, and things that they would suggest?:thumbsup:


Jeff-

WE built one out of 12" x 1/4 I beam, maybe over kill but it sure dont move. we put big 12" castors on it and 1 1/4 leveling bolts on all four corners. and we dont weld to it, we used to have a 2x4x1/4 wall table and it moved arround to much. the other option but its expensive is a 5x10x 1" plate but almost impossible to move, our table for building the subframes is 4x8x1" and it weight about 1000 lbs

I'm not a pro - but built one for my 356G project. It's a bolt together deal and when you pull the 2 upper or lower leg bolts - it folds flat for storage on the wall or against the wall. You can take it totally apart if you want to.

It has leveling casters on the 4 corners - with just levelers in the center posns. The casters are non-marr types so they don't tear up my epoxy floor but they are expensive - so I have an option for replacing them with a less expensive type and adding levelers in the lower hoop. If anyone is intersted I can post the measured drawings and materials listing.

PS, Make sure you set the lower rail above the height of your engine hoist so you can roll the hoist in/out.

Jim

A list and drawings would be great. Thanks Mike

mine is made from 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 .188 wall it is 16'5" x 6' wide it was made from 100' of tubing

Jim,

Those caster/leveling things are cool. Where did you get them?

Darren

Our table is 9/16" Plate steel with I-beam legs and it's HEAVY!! We don't move it around since it's in a dedicated work space. It is balanced though so when empty we place a floor jack under the tube in the center that you can see hanging down from the middle and 2 people can move it around easily....but this isn't an option with a car on it. Our table has to fit multiple needs so if building one for a single project your dimensions and features need to be considered to fit your build needs.

Not a great picture but it's all I had handy....

sounds familiar...

It should Thanks Tim :cheers:

Uh hu! Sure..... LOL!

John

Anyone else have any pics of their frame tables? Possible plans and a material list.

Hope you don't mind the cross-link:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=522649

Post #7 has a good pic of the type(s) I prefer.

Just didn't feel like typing it out again...

Nice table Jim!

My advice is make sure it bolts together if you're limited on space. Mine is 3"X3", 1/4" thick, 6 legs, and it all bolts together.

I'm just curious. how did you get that Mustang on the table?