[TheForge] Poor mans platen table

Sun Apr 6 23:41:00 2003

Shannell, The other idea that Dave Mudge gave me years ago for platen
fastening is just opposite what you are thinking.........weld the flat bar
to the bottom of a pin and shove it up thru.  It should have a bolt welded
to the top of it, and you fasten ANYTHING you want to your platen this
way........works really well.   Thank you Dave Mudge!  :-)

        I think heavy cloth or expanded metal is great for shelves to throw
hot stock and freshly forged items on - to keep tables clear, but for a work
surface.......the scale doesn't only fall thru.........so does your
soapstone, scale rules, and other small tools.  Platen tables are the same
way.........you soon learn to put a tray on them if your gonna work there
very long, or your crawling under them all day.   I'm really glad that angle
grinders and port a powers haven't learned how to slip thru those holes.

Ralph Sproul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table

> Hmm not sure I know what hardware cloth is. The term cloth seems like you
> mean a type of material? Id worry that hot scale would burn/melt it but is
> that what you meant? mabey a type of wire mesh?
> Ralph I get it now, looks like a good idea, I might do both, I like the
idea
> of a shelf under the plate, keep the pins and stuff in there.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "evelyn hart" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: 07 April, 2003 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table
>
>
> > Shannell,
> >
> > Use hardware cloth instead of plate and you won't collect the trash you
> > would on a plate.
> >
> > Bobby Hart
> > Griffin, GA
> >
> > At 09:55 AM 4/7/03 +0930, you wrote:
> > >Ralph you have some round pins in your table on your website, are these
> > >hammered in? or are they a perfect enough fit that you can just push
them
> > >in? I was thinking of putting a plate under this 3/4" platen plate so I
> can
> > >drop pins in and they will rest on the lower plate, looks like from
your
> > >pics you dont have anything beneath yours?
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
> > >To: <[email protected]>
> > >Sent: 25 March, 2003 11:58 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table
> > >
> > >
> > >>         Shannel, anything works that has holes to drop in fixtures.
It
> > >> sounds like the price is right.  The platen's have a benefit of
> wieghing
> > >> 2400 lbs so they don't move.  Your table will be about 400-500 so it
> will
> > >> slide when pulling long stock against it.  a couple pins in the floor
> > >could
> > >> stop that.
> > >>
> > >> Ralph
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> > >> To: <[email protected]>
> > >> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:00 PM
> > >> Subject: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > I found a 3/4" 5' x 5' plate the other day at a used machinery
place,
> > >with
> > >> > looks like 1" square holes on a 5" grid. Would I loose anything
using
> > >this
> > >> > as a platen table, being only 3/4 thick I mean? Was $200, Id like a
> new
> > >> work
> > >> > table and this could be a good start.
> > >> >
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