LOL! Welding in shorts and slippers? I was using a cutting torch a few years back. I had on jeans but I was wearing tennis shoes. I felt a hot piece fall on top of my foot behind the tongue of the shoe on top of my sock. Well, I was in the middle of a long cut and didn't want to stop. So I just started stomping my foot to knock the piece off, it had always worked before. This time however it burned more and more till I couldn't stand any longer. I stopped the torch set it down gently while yelling rolling to my back unlacing the shoe and kicking it up over my head. I jumped up ran into the house turned on the cold water in the tub stuck my feet in the water and sat there for 30 minutes. I managed to burn about a 1/2 inch hole on top of my foot which took forever to heal. I learned my lesson and today its a minimum of jeans and BOOTS! Anyway, love your vids Jimmy and ALWAYS learn something new!
"bendy strips" needed or not can be debated, the fact that Jimmy knows about them and brought them to the attention of many of us is a good deal. Thanks JD.
I was puzzled by the strapping just under the top, with the bolts. But now I see, and it makes perfect sense. I learn something new from every Diresta video.
Made by Jester those flimsy strips push up the welded bar? would that really work? in my head this compares to straightening a 2x4 with a straw. could you explain the principle why this works please?
Just when I thought I was falling into a CZcams rut, Diresta channel comes along and saves the day! Shame on you CZcams for not recommending this man's wonderful work sooner... SHAAAME!
I like how the bottom shelf is recessed in so there's plenty of room for your feet. ..It's something everyone misses. Love these projects and the channel ;)
These 'torsion straps' have been around for many, many years. My uncle had a metal table in his garage workshop similar in size to the one in this video. It had the same straps along the underside of the longest span. My uncle got the table from his grandfather so it had been around for several decades. Other than additional side bracing (which can get in the way), this method is a time tested 'old timey' solution to a problem.
A similar (using rod) type of device has been used on wooden overhead garage doors since the beginning of the 20th century. Do your doors have a sag when open? Tighten the nuts at either end to straighten.......
As a fairly new subscriber, I've just got through watching vintage DiResta on your Tips Series back in 2015 with the star of the show Spike and have learnt so many awesome tips, Thanks so much and thanks to Jackman Works for mentioning your channel :-)
I always loved how you made such great stuff in your little cave. It kind off proved that you can do a lot with a little. I'm glad that you have so much room now. Good luck with the new big space.
Those are some really nice shop tables. Anytime I build shop tables I immediately think wood for the whole project. I really like this design better. Now that I can sort of weld I may consider this for future tables or benches.
HELLO, GOOD JIMMY, the bolt and the strip to prevent bud flexing of the long table side is an very engineering tricks and very very well done. RESPECT FROM SOUTH ITALY MAKER
Always always, I learn a little bit of something. I've used strap like that to keep a rig I slapped together for lifting a boat, to keep the legs from bending. Pretty damned ingenious use on the tabletops. This option, I think I haven't run into before because most of the folks I know building work tables in metal just make them weigh a ton, Heavier than heavy steel, 3/4" steel tops too. Always like your solutions. It's smarter, and thrift for another win from team Diresta.
Jimmy your the man. I started my own channel. Built my first table and sold it. I am pumped you are an inspiration. Thanks for everything keep on making the art.
Definitely took a couple of days of feeling like an idiot. Healed up now. That's what I get for not having my welding jacket in the shop and going "nah, I'll be ok" lol
Yeah... I did a good bit of mig welding one day, only time I've ever peeled. I have a very high resistance to sunburn and it still got me. Long sleeves are a must.
I have just found you on you tube, fantastic, very down to earth and informative info and demonstrations. You are easy to watch and offer great tips. Many thanks, I have a lot of catching up to do with your episodes. Kind regards.
That has to be the ugliest table I have ever seen in my life. To change my view on this please send me one so I can inspect it further for a more precise rating. You always come up with great ideas, yet another DiResta masterpiece.
Normally that tension system is used to straighten a pipe after welding it. Jimmy probably used it to keep the long stretch of pipe straight and kept it intelligently as a decorative element.
😂😂😂. Not gonna lie! When I first started watching the video... I thought the helper was Taylor 😬. Sorry dude!!! Great job!!! Those are gonna be great for the new shop. 10 more to go and you are in business. 👍👍👍
I must have missed something. I thought you were moving into a funky gas station for your shop. The place you've got is great. I love the space you have. Wish I had half that space to play in!
Glad you found a sweet maker space. Sorry you couldn't make that lovely gas station work. So funky and cool. But hey, you found a place that's going to be great!
Nice tables, should last a lifetime. One thing, you can't have someone welding without being protected, the cumulative damage from the arc radiation is real.
Thanks Jimmy for the great content, as always (even if I use it as a sleep aid).With this in mind, both you and Bob Ross share stuff in common! great beards, great shows, great artistic skill
If your shopmates don't start covering their hair when they weld, their hair and scalps will get burnt sooner or later. I've met some welders with peculiar bald spots due to this.
LOL! Welding in shorts and slippers? I was using a cutting torch a few years back. I had on jeans but I was wearing tennis shoes. I felt a hot piece fall on top of my foot behind the tongue of the shoe on top of my sock. Well, I was in the middle of a long cut and didn't want to stop. So I just started stomping my foot to knock the piece off, it had always worked before. This time however it burned more and more till I couldn't stand any longer. I stopped the torch set it down gently while yelling rolling to my back unlacing the shoe and kicking it up over my head. I jumped up ran into the house turned on the cold water in the tub stuck my feet in the water and sat there for 30 minutes. I managed to burn about a 1/2 inch hole on top of my foot which took forever to heal. I learned my lesson and today its a minimum of jeans and BOOTS! Anyway, love your vids Jimmy and ALWAYS learn something new!
"bendy strips" needed or not can be debated, the fact that Jimmy knows about them and brought them to the attention of many of us is a good deal. Thanks JD.
I was puzzled by the strapping just under the top, with the bolts. But now I see, and it makes perfect sense. I learn something new from every Diresta video.
What's it for?
Ned's Head it levels the top, pushing the middle up. You can see it in one of the shots as he adjusts the bolt.
Can you please explain what they are for?
Made by Jester those flimsy strips push up the welded bar? would that really work? in my head this compares to straightening a 2x4 with a straw. could you explain the principle why this works please?
Makes sense, but I thought a stiff timber bench top would pull up any sag when it's screwed down
Just when I thought I was falling into a CZcams rut, Diresta channel comes along and saves the day! Shame on you CZcams for not recommending this man's wonderful work sooner... SHAAAME!
I like how the bottom shelf is recessed in so there's plenty of room for your feet. ..It's something everyone misses.
Love these projects and the channel ;)
These 'torsion straps' have been around for many, many years. My uncle had a metal table in his garage workshop similar in size to the one in this video. It had the same straps along the underside of the longest span. My uncle got the table from his grandfather so it had been around for several decades. Other than additional side bracing (which can get in the way), this method is a time tested 'old timey' solution to a problem.
the tensioners/levelers are a brilliant, simple solution.
A similar (using rod) type of device has been used on wooden overhead garage doors since the beginning of the 20th century. Do your doors have a sag when open? Tighten the nuts at either end to straighten.......
As a fairly new subscriber, I've just got through watching vintage DiResta on your Tips Series back in 2015 with the star of the show Spike and have learnt so many awesome tips, Thanks so much and thanks to Jackman Works for mentioning your channel :-)
Wow. You have soooo much content to discover!
The leveling or strsightening method for the long square tubing is genius.
New shop is filling up fast. Looking great.
I always loved how you made such great stuff in your little cave. It kind off proved that you can do a lot with a little. I'm glad that you have so much room now. Good luck with the new big space.
I love those tables! Definitely going to build one if I get a bigger shop. I would add wheels and drawers everywhere.
Those are some really nice shop tables. Anytime I build shop tables I immediately think wood for the whole project. I really like this design better. Now that I can sort of weld I may consider this for future tables or benches.
HELLO, GOOD JIMMY, the bolt and the strip to prevent bud flexing of the long table side is an very engineering tricks and very very well done. RESPECT FROM SOUTH ITALY MAKER
Awesome brother!! It's really cool seeing the new place come together between Brett and your videos!!😊😊👊👊
Always always, I learn a little bit of something. I've used strap like that to keep a rig I slapped together for lifting a boat, to keep the legs from bending. Pretty damned ingenious use on the tabletops. This option, I think I haven't run into before because most of the folks I know building work tables in metal just make them weigh a ton, Heavier than heavy steel, 3/4" steel tops too. Always like your solutions. It's smarter, and thrift for another win from team Diresta.
That's next level genius man. Those leveling "springs" are sweet!
I like the plywood on the bottom, it's rad how it sits flush instead of hiding the steal 👍
Our metal shop has a shop built table like that on wheels. In a big shop it is handy to have a portable work surface that size. Chris
I'm laughing so hard right now, I realized that just one of those tables has more square footage than my entire workshop.
Jimmy your the man. I started my own channel. Built my first table and sold it. I am pumped you are an inspiration.
Thanks for everything keep on making the art.
Thomas Babcock awesome thank you for the love!
I like the strap and bolt detail a lot.
The shop's really coming together. Hope you get to enjoy it for years to come and make many, many projects!
I like when good things happen to good people. You work hard, and I'm glad to see you living the dream.
Thank you for the deep dive !! 👊🏼👊🏼🙏🏼
Wow look at all that room ...possibilities are endless great work jimmy ✌️
David Cameron
Ricky models yes?
Hello!!!
Hi there
Man, that bow-string support design is genius. Physics, for the win.
those things are built strong...what a great job.
I'm so jealous of these beasts! The straps are nifty...I love how it leaves the sides open without legs.
real men weld in sandles and shorts. good work jimmy
Definitely took a couple of days of feeling like an idiot. Healed up now. That's what I get for not having my welding jacket in the shop and going "nah, I'll be ok" lol
Yeah... I did a good bit of mig welding one day, only time I've ever peeled. I have a very high resistance to sunburn and it still got me. Long sleeves are a must.
Roadkill safety flip flops - standard issue! ;-)
Those are some massive tables. Nicely done! I've never seen a tightening/flattening/straightening mechanism quite like what you integrated into these.
Love your safety birkenstocks! Just like my safety crocs. They make you dance every once in a while when welding.
A nice clean slate for creating! I love seeing the new shop come together!
Nice move with the adjustment!
Brilliant to see how to straighten the top. Personally, I would have made the overhang an inch/2cm more for clamping purposes.
Fantastic! Those tables are gonna be around awhile...
Welding in shorts and Krocs. Balls of Steel!
If you translate weight from the upper part to the bottom part with a center column there is no need for the lateral flat bars.good work lovely tables
So glad you have so much more space to work in!
that counter bow Its an awesome ideia! Gonna steal it for myself!
I have just found you on you tube, fantastic, very down to earth and informative info and demonstrations. You are easy to watch and offer great tips. Many thanks, I have a lot of catching up to do with your episodes. Kind regards.
love the Laura Kampf shirt! Awewsome!
Nice, lightweight, super functional shop table design.
Great big worktables Jimmy. Tension bars adds a industrial look to it. Thanks for sharing
The tension straps would be a handy place to clip a tape measure or keep clamps close by.
Those tables will last forever!!!
Awesome tables Jimmy! Congrats on the new space and I cant wait to see what the future holds for you and that space!
..... Nice, I'm going to have to do that also in my shop ..... some day.
That has to be the ugliest table I have ever seen in my life. To change my view on this please send me one so I can inspect it further for a more precise rating.
You always come up with great ideas, yet another DiResta masterpiece.
What are the bendy strips for? Tool-cords clamping?
Straightening the table top. You can see it on the video :)
I had the same question. My guess is that the weight of the steel bars makes them bend down and that the strips counter that effect.
Good catch! thanks for the clarification!
I would have thought that screwing the two tops to the base in so many places would accomplish the same thing. Obviously, Jimmy doesn't think so.
it would just bend with the steel. Steel is much stiffer than wood, so adding wood would just make it bend more instead of less ^^
I had to watch this twice as the first time I couldn't get my eyes off your "Safety Sandals"...it was even better second time around :-)
So much space. Nice!
Normally that tension system is used to straighten a pipe after welding it. Jimmy probably used it to keep the long stretch of pipe straight and kept it intelligently as a decorative element.
love the new workshop.
the place is shaping up!
Amazing dude! Looking forward to seeing some super projects go on in the new shop and new work benches! Keep it up 👍🏼
😂😂😂. Not gonna lie! When I first started watching the video... I thought the helper was Taylor 😬. Sorry dude!!! Great job!!! Those are gonna be great for the new shop. 10 more to go and you are in business. 👍👍👍
Those are some nice shop tables
Nice work!
Great job ;-) wow the new shop is very big
nice work Ms.Taylor!👍👍🍻
New shop is looking incredible Jimmy :)
I really enjoy ur vids here in Scotland 🏴
They look great! Nice build Jimmy! 👍🏼
I am a simple man. If I watch a DiResta Video, I press Like.
I am simple woman, I do same. Always have always will!
I really need to learn welding. I could use a shop table like these. 👍👍👍
Новая мастерская - мечта
Awesome work benches.
I love the new shop!
those work benches will last several life times
I must have missed something. I thought you were moving into a funky gas station for your shop. The place you've got is great. I love the space you have. Wish I had half that space to play in!
Kris Gasteiger the station fell through.. too many hoops w the planning board in the town. This place is few miles away
Glad you found a sweet maker space. Sorry you couldn't make that lovely gas station work. So funky and cool. But hey, you found a place that's going to be great!
Great shop Jimmy.. it is coming along nicely!! can't wait to see it when it's done.. but we all know, shop's are never done :)
Of course, in order to build this table you need to first build a table.
(Great vid as always Jimmy!)
You make it look so simple - great !!!
Nice tables, should last a lifetime. One thing, you can't have someone welding without being protected, the cumulative damage from the arc radiation is real.
Love the leaf spring
Very nice tables. Great work!
Awesome work as always
Looking good Jimmy!!!
Oh these look good now, Wait a few months.
Шикарный рабочий стол получился , а вот за диагональные натяжители - лайк!!!!!
Parabéns Jimmy Diresta pelo seu novo local de trabalhos.
Maravilhoso.
Excellent job brother
Jim
nice work Jimmy!
question:🤔
what's the straps used for on the side of the tables?
Nice safety workshop shoes 😉
Thanks Jimmy for the great content, as always (even if I use it as a sleep aid).With this in mind, both you and Bob Ross share stuff in common! great beards, great shows, great artistic skill
Nice tables!
you can now add the quick release vise from andrew aragon to one of these!
a man can never have enough horizontal space
brrooooo them tensioners in the middle = GENIUS
Good Job Jimmy
nice work jimmy
get the space in the new shop. tnx for make video and the silence.
could totally do a jingle bells song with the quick weld sounds at the beginning jimmy lol
Jimmy quickly discovering that junk is like a gas, expanding to fill the available space.
Jealous of all the real estate you have to work with. I would love to have two huge assembly tables. Nice project
real nice tables 👍👍👍
Good job!
If your shopmates don't start covering their hair when they weld, their hair and scalps will get burnt sooner or later. I've met some welders with peculiar bald spots due to this.
Noice, my favorite part is the squeaking of your voices, it's hilarious.
That's what a mouse with a welder would sound like.
nice shop, spacious