Geez Skinny, wish I had read that before I went out into the shop at 6:30 this morning to fabricate the lower corners from 3/4" tube. Oh well, whats done is done. I figure they turned out not half bad. Took a 10" length of tube, for a 2" radius cut it starting 1 1/4" from the end, make cuts at 1/4" spacing for 2 1/2". Bend the tube till the cuts get tight and clamp in the vise. Open up the cuts again (about 2/3 rds of the cut depth) with hacksaw, bend again, open up the cuts again, bend, check radius, fine tune by making a cut every second cut. Clamp on welding table (jig it up just more than 90* becuase it will pull square when welded). Gas weld the cuts, grind smooth, trim to length, and there ya go...... lower corners. I thank the contributors of this site because this is where I found the solutuion to make these. I would also like to thank the guys who put all the <'s in CAD, what a time saver to transfer an < to the tubing without a lot of head scratching. Cudo's. Hi Laser, yes thats 3/4 MDF, the table top is 2x6 cross pieces planed level after the table was leveled (it has adjustable legs), then the MDF is screwed to them. Tacked up some 1" sq tube, fabbed the 4x4" plates and welded the 3/4" tube to them, other than that, its a very windy day here in central Alberta, 35 - 45 mph.
As I'm posting these pics, I wonder, should I be making them smaller for this site.........please advise.
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