Now that I am middle aged, welding small parts while kneeling 
on the garage floor (parts laying on either a steel plate, or 
fire bricks on the concrete floor) is getting old.  I needed a 
table that I could weld on and but that welding table had to 
store out of the way.  Since I do not have any wall space that 
is unused, I decided on a table that would store over an existing 
work bench. The intent is to move a vehicle out of the garage 
and push the table into the middle of the garage to do any 
serious welding.  I am very much afraid of an undetected 
smoldering fire started by a welding spark (this workshop 
garage is located about 10 miles from my residence and any 
smoldering could easily go undetected until it is too late). 

The welding table is essentially made from found objects.  
The only exceptions to that is the top plate (purchased 
very cheaply at an auction) and some of the small angle 
pcs used as drawer "tracks".  THe table top plate is 
36 x 36.  My desired table shape would have been 42w x 30d 
so that it would protrude less past the work bench.  THe 
table was made with 6 legs (the two rearward ones are 
removeable to stow the table over the workbench.  THe table 
is surprisingly sturdy and I do not find that I even need 
to use the rear legs. The table has a fixed 12 inch high 
steel back plate and removable 12 inch high sides as spark 
shields.  Optionaly the table also has an additional 24 inch 
high welding curtain that can be used if I need to do a minimal 
ammount of welding w/ either the table located over the workbench 
or if the table is freestanding but something nearby needs to be 
protected from welding sparks.  Pure dumb luck has it that my AC 
buzz box fits under the welding table (which freed up some space 
under another workbench for steel drops that I recently aquired).