Fabricating steel stand - which steel do I buy?

[WarDog]

1/8th thickness will be fine. Just tell your hubby not to weld the corners as hot. He'll know what that means.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by WarDog

1/8th thickness will be fine. Just tell your hubby not to weld the corners as hot. He'll know what that means.

I think this might be turning into a "me" job. You know, "Let me show you how to do it, honey." In the meantime, I'll show him how to cook dinner. Ya...right.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by TimT

If you have a mitre saw just get a 10" cut off blade.

These blades are CHEAP, like $8-10 each. They do have a drawback though (unless I'm doing something wrong lol), in that you can't make cut after cut after cut since the blade heats up and then it won't cut - it just stops cutting. I could only make 2-3 cuts through the 1" 0.125 thickness steel and then had to let the blade cool for a bit. I thought it was a crappy blade, so I went and bought another one, and same thing.

Originally Posted by Myka

I think this might be turning into a "me" job. You know, "Let me show you how to do it, honey." In the meantime, I'll show him how to cook dinner. Ya...right.

Lucky for me, hubby is doing it all. We thought he was done last night, but then we realized that we forgot about the bar we were going to put along the bottom to help support the sump. So, one more piece this morning, and then I can clean it up and paint it.