What would a pro do?

[SGS Welding]

I am welding up a new welding table and not sure the best way to go about it.I need to weld some 2" square tube to some 3/4" plate.The square tube has rounded corners.Should I stick weld this or Tig weld it.I don't have a mig so that won't work for me.I have never welded a joint like that and don't want to make a mess by going about it the wrong way.The wall thickness is 1/4".This is a fillet weld and I have done them at my night course but never with that rounded corner just want to make sure I do it right.

[Blondie_486]

I'd stick weld it. If you're not that skilled at stick try using a 7024 or 7028 rod they weld nice but don't run out of position so you'll have to turn the table upside down to do it. Myself I'd use a 7018 rod but I've been burning them for a long time now.

[Desertrider33]

I would stick weld it. Use 6010 or 6011 for the first pass and 7018 for the cover. If you want a full penetration joint, grind a 45 degree bevel around the edge of the tube, put in a root pass with 6010 or 6011, then a second pass over that with same, then fill/cover with 7018.

[Don52]

Some people prefer to bolt the top to the legs for welding tables to minimize any chance of warpage. You could weld a frame out of 2" x 2" tubing then weld gussets in the four corners. You could bolt if from the bottom through the gussets and into tapped holes in the 3/4" table top. Make sure that you overlap the top so you have room for clamps.

PS. I like your choice of 3/4" for the top. I have had trouble with warpage on a table that had a 1/4" top.

Don

[sailor]

I second the bolt method or about a dozen 1'' tacks with 1/8'' 6011, at least 2'' on the over hang, I went 4'' and glad I did.

[J hall]

Just skip weld it with stick. 6010,7018, whatever you have.
Just be careful about heat, and keep checking for flatness.
But I wouldn't think that you will have much trouble welding 2x2 tubing to 3/4 plate

[nfinch86]

What size is the 3/4" Plate ( L X W ) ?
Good Advice by all above !

............ Norm

[SGS Welding]

Thanks everyone!Sounds like being worried about the rounded edge is worry for nothing.

Norm the 3/4" plate is 33"x48" and the 2"x2" frame is 25" x 40" leaveing a 4" overhang.

[FusionKing]

I would stick weld it. Use 6010 or 6011 for the first pass and 7018 for the cover. If you want a full penetration joint, grind a 45 degree bevel around the edge of the tube, put in a root pass with 6010 or 6011, then a second pass over that with same, then fill/cover with 7018.

He is already saying the tubing is "rounded corner" so no shaping is needed.
As for welding the top to the frame using a root pass and a cover pass....maybe if the top was already cupped and he wanted to bring it back into shape!!

[Sberry]

Just cause you can don't mean you got to weld the snot out of everything. You don't need root/cover, any weld will do and it doesn't take much to hold a table together. Gussets do not help a bench much, they don't bend at the corners but across the middle span but that wont be an issue with 3/4 plate.