water pan instal on bolt together 4x4

[Kmanco]

Had my local race car fabricater make me a 56x48x10 inch aluminum pan to bolt on my new t-mate table

Made leveling feet from 1/4 inch plate and 1/2x13 bolts i had

sandwiched the pan between bed supports and side rails


had fabricater put in 1/2 npt bung on left front for drain

What a difference the water makes for the dust factor..my lungs and shop are very happy now!

[MBG]

What are you just going to run plain water in that table?

Also, how do you plan on cleaning the table out?

[Kmanco]

What are you just going to run plain water in that table?

Also, how do you plan on cleaning the table out?

yes,right now i have plain water in it but i will add some washing soda in it soon,as far as cleaning it i have a hose spigot screwed in the bung with a domed stainless strainer glued over the pan outlet to keep the debris from entering the spigot,you can see it on bottom photo on left side of panI also plan to hang some 1/4 inch hardware cloth under bed slats to catch small drop outs to retreive them easier than from the murky depths of the bottom.

[Normsthename]

Wow, thats a lot of weight to add to your table.....
If you fill it 9" Deep it will have approx. 400kg (880 lb) of water
Why did you make it so deep?
My water table is 4" tall and I fill it upto 3" deep and it works great

Andy

[Kmanco]

Andy,I tried to find info on the depth to make it but was unsure of the size.I did not know how deep the plasma would go in water and after the first cut i realized that 5 inchs would have been sufficient...keith

[Normsthename]

Hi Keith
Never mind, at least it works!
You will have one advantage over my tank.
Mine only holds approx. 16 gallons and yours holds approx. 88 gallons.
So it will take much longer to get murky with the horrible Plasma Dust

Andy

[Blindchicken]

Mine started out 8" deep on a 5x10 table. Now I think it is about 4" deep. Time to get a shovel...

-Mark