John P.

John P.

How H-Beams Are Made

Here’s a really cool video from Factory Monster in Korea showing an everyday process that most of us will never get to witness in person – the manufacturing process for H-beams (close relative of the I-beam). Technically they each have…

Which Casters Are Best For Weld Tables

Why Are we Talking About Casters? It’s kind of weird to be discussing something as boring as casters, especially when we build things that are WAY sexier. But as it turns out, our tables are only as bad ass as…

How to Debur a Laser Cut Hole

If you’ve recently received one of our tables, you might notice that the underside of the laser-cut holes have a slight burr (or you may never notice). This burr is just a tiny rough edge that surrounds the hole, and…

WOLFRAM Weldstation: The Ultimate Welding Table

Howdy, fellow welders! We’ve been building and refining the concept of professional fabrication tables for years, and we’ve learned a LOT of lessons from that experience. Now we’ve taken all of that knowledge and rolled into a new product that…

Why You Should Level Your Welding Table

At Texas Metal Works we own a very expensive and extremely accurate laser measuring system. It’s the same system used in the aerospace industry, and we use it to test our tables for quality control purposes. Since most people don’t…

How We Build Super Flat Weld Tables

Hard work. Attention to detail. Pride of workmanship. We’ve got no secrets – we want our customers to know what goes into the tables we build. So today I’m outlining how we build our welding tables, and also importantly why…

Accessories For Our Welding Tables

If you pick up one of our exceptional welding tables you may be wondering what to do with all of those fixturing holes! Well, this article will outline some of our favorite options. Clamping The holes on all of our…

How to Keep A Welding Table From Rusting

We sell a lot of welding tables, and the two most common questions are: Well, we’ll tackle number two later, so for now let’s talk about how to care for steel tables that are exposed to the elements. Both before…

Welding Table Flatness – Why, and When It Matters

What Exactly Is Flat? One of the most misleading things in the welding table supply business is the way vendors intermix machine specifications while discussing welding table flatness, ignoring the difference between finished products and the machines they’re made on.…

Building the 42Fab GIANT Steel Chiminea

Normally we post about projects we design and fabricate on our own, but this time we’ve got to give a huge shout-out to Richard Day at 42Fab in Oklahoma City. Richard has a YouTube channel where he shares all sorts…

Breathing New Life into Old Picnic Tables

A little while back we had the opportunity to redesign and refurbish the old picnic tables at a local park. The old tables had a nice concrete base firmly planted in cement, but they had extremely weathered, rusty and downright…

Fabricating a Custom Live Edge Table Support

Our friend and professional woodworker Kevin Tunis is always coming up with crazy ideas for beautiful wood tables, and occasionally they are so massive they could use a little extra support. We worked together to create a unique Texas-themed support…