Just wanted to see some pics of your guy's jig tables and jigs for a arms and trailing arms. I just need to get some ideas. Thanks.

Anyone?????????

Noone wants to divulge their secrets

you might want to do a search...there was a similar topic just a couple weeks ago..

heres the thread

http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....=34341&hl=kevin

i will try to post some pictures in the next day or too. the tables we use come from scrap yards.


8' x 20' milled flat and square for 4 grand
5' x10' flat but rusted for 600. $$

anyone interested i have 4 5x10 foot fixture tables for sale, but the weigh close to 14,000 pounds each

Where are you located?

And how much for a 5 x 10 table?
Solid top? Square holes? Cast top?
Is it an APEX? Do you have pics?

Thanks!

Carl

Anybody have pictures of their jig tables they can post? Lets see em...

I'm building one right now and will post pics soon, should be finished this weekend.

5'x10' table 3"x3"x3/16" square tube with 1/4" plate. Should be about 800lbs completed.

Did you see these pictures?

Not a very good pic, but here is the one we use.

I have multiple jigs for my frames, trailing and a-arms. My camera batteries just died or I would snap some pictures....Here's the table I built. It's 6 wide and 8 long. I built some 1 inch lips outta 1/4 plate so I can bolt extensions on if I want in the front and rear. The top is 2 inch thick MDF boards. I like the MDF because you can draw on it very easily for setting things up. You can also screw 2x4's down to hold things in place if you want. You can weld on it all you want and it won't catch on fire. I tried to set a piece on fire just to see the limits and it just burns a hole down into it. The top can be replaced very easily as well. I used 1x1 inch aluminium angle on the front and down the sides so I always had a solid point to measure. I drew a line down the center that was squared off the front edge with a square, then I use the centerline for my measurments, not the sides.
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Nice table Yoshi.

maybe if you were closer, platen tables are the best

Thank ya much. It has (6) 6inch caster swivel wheels and the entire frame is 2x2 1/4 inch thick angle.

A table top I made for Jefferies-Also made another one 4x6 x 3/4" aluminum with same hole pattern.

craig, are those holes lasered then tapped or just through holes? What is that...5/8, 3/4"? ---Pm sent as well

Does humidity have any affect on the MDF?


Daniel

I live in Oklahoma so we have not only high heat but a sh*t load of humidity. It has been miserable in the shop for the last month or so, all my tools will rust if I don't keep hitting them with oil. I built that table in Jan. and haven't had any issues with humidity. The table stays solid. The trick is to make sure you have a very well braced top under the wood. The first table I built a few years back had too big uh space between braces and the wood would dip down as I started getting more and more weight on it from the frame being built. The new table is braced properly and has (2) 1 inch thick pieces of wood on there and does great. You don't have to use MDF for the bottom piece since it's so expensive, you might want to use a 1 inch thick piece of finished plywood since it may actually be a little stronger for the base, then put the MDF over it. The other cool thing is after the top gets warn out with weld marks and drawings, you can flip the piece over and use the bottom. I haven't done that yet for mine but if I started a new build from scratch I would want a fresh top for all my lines.....

I wish I was half as cool as Yoshi