I just ordered my Dragon Wagon on Monday. Ordered about the same value in fixtures. Now I’m realizing I need more fixtures. I’ve started putting together a list of some tooth blocks, with short and tall risers.
I also want to mount some of the risers to the side of the dragon wagon. Would the 28" cast tower be ok to mount to the side of this table.
In CAD it looks like it should work. But I’m thinking it might be a little over kill. If I buy 2 of these it’s just a little cheaper then another table and 2x legs.
2x of the 14" x 5" x 5" cast towers look ok. I want to draw up the 14" x 6" x 6" slot less cast tower. I think 2x of these as table extensions or risers would be the best deal. Does anyone have the CAD for that FA75-CTB146-FE-DS.
I can’t find it. I found everything else.
I have a TIG Welder, and I’m just waiting for my 800w fiber laser welder to show up. I’m thinking about sitting the Two units on the bottom shelf with the argon on one corner of the table. That way I think I can lose the cart. Any space I can save the better. That’s why I’m looking into having the ability to extend the table as needed.
Got my table delivered about a week and a half ago. Finally got it all assembled. All in I’m at like $7500. I should really have bought the bigger table. I did go with 2x of the 28" extensions. 1st project was wood drawers. But worked great. I always fight with pocket screws. They came out with zero twist.
I did get my tig and laser welder under it.
Had to finagle the foot shelf so that there was no play because I needed the table higher to fit my laser welder.
I’m very impressed the quality and beefiness of everything.
You can easily hang the 28” towers off the sides. The Dragon wagons were designed with Heavy ribbing to support the side loads. I’ll see about making the cad available on the website
Im really considering one of your tables but I am just unsure if it would be useful for majority of my applications. I fabricate a lot with wire mesh infill railing panels. Wire mesh gets welded into a a channel or u edge frame. The channel gets holes punched or drilled for the wire mesh. My concern is that all of the stops and clamps will be in the way of the mesh defeating the whole purpose of using the table. not to mention I have a lot of one off layouts. This is just an example of something I make. Am I overthinking this? I love your video content and your tooling looks awesome Im itching to get my hands on some of it
I’d place all the fixtures for the frame along the outside. This leaves the center open to place your mesh inside. Just choose a table surface large enough. 102x54 is the most popular but we have 5x10’. You can extend the top Surface with risers or tower blocks for the extra large projects.
OK, that part I understand and that would make sense but what about the wire that has to pass through the channel? I know in those pictures it’s welded to the channel but a lot of the times the channel will have holes punched and the wire will pass through and get welded on the other side won’t the stops be in the way of the wire would I be saving time on set ups but sacrificing time on the wire prep work? And then my last question would be when I have, for example a dozen different set ups of one panel apiece. How do I avoid laying out all these lines on a bench is that where fixture mapping comes in to play?
