Occasionally clients need a model to work with for mocking up fixturing on their welding table. So we’ve created basic models of several table tops that can be used for this purpose. STEP File Downloads If you’d like to create…
In the welding table manufacturing industry, the most common “standard” for tooling isn’t a standard at all. You’ll see tables that claim to have 16 mm boreholes (about 0.629″), and you’ll see tools labeled as 16 mm, or 5/8″. In…
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…
Hey folks, I’m John P., founder of Texas Metal Works. In case I get hit by a bus one day I wanted to share as much as I can about welding tables, in the hope it helps you understand all…
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…
Question: Why would a market leader, with a decent product, LIE? Answer: Maybe because their marketing department is out of control and doesn’t care. Background Let’s back up a minute. We purchased multiple 5′ x 10′ Siegmund Imperial Series welding…
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…
We’re super excited to introduce our newest product line! After being asked way too many times if we offer welding booths to go along with our welding tables, we’re releasing a fully modernized, new and improved kind of Welding Booth.…
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…
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…
Sometimes, you just need to have a little fun. So in the interests of Science, we’re posting some little games you can play. For no good reason at all. Enjoy!!! Tetris Click the image to play the game, then use…
The easiest way to figure out how much a steel plate weighs.
The one where we explain why in the world you should care about the type of steel a welding table is made out of...
We explain the difference between Fabricated, Milled and Blanchard Ground welding tables. In plain old English!
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…
If you ever need to flip a big heavy welding table, or just about any other kind of table, and you happen to have a forklift nearby, here’s the easiest way we know of to make it happen in just…
Steel prices are skyrocketing. Here's why!
Should you really pony up the cash to pay for an extra thick top on your already expensive welding / Fabrication table? No. Here's why.
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…
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…
Installation guide for our Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Cargo and Accessory shelf system.
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.…
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…
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…
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…
