Fabricating a frame jig??

sup, im needin to build a frame jig for a new project that im building a complete tube chassis for, and i was wondering how everyone that has done this has made there frame jig, i was thinking about gettin a couple sections 3x3 tubing and getting it a few feet off the ground and make sure they were perfectly level with each other and start my chassis on top of that.., is this all i need to do, or would you reccomend using bigger material? any help would be greatly apreciated, thanks in advance!!!

you woould be best off to make a table that is completely leve front to back, side to side and corner to corner....

how would i go about making this table? the biggest i can get a sheet of steel plate is 4 feet by 8 feet, can i just add a couple sheets of steel across the 2 3x3 bars and then level everything out? would that work good enough?

like use some 3/16 or 1/4 inch plate and just reinforce em on the bottem with like some 1x1 where they might bow and stuff? would that work? as long as i kept everything absolutely level

Just make that bitch outta 2x4's and some plywood, you'll be fine... lol, JP

Originally posted by DougyFrisch



Just make that bitch outta 2x4's and some plywood, you'll be fine... lol, JP



actually you could do that..........

lol, what do the rest of you guys use, i know theres gotta be more people who have done tube chassis around here

well the few ive done i've built on a shop floor, i actually built a 6x12 wooden table to use as a frame table, out of 2x4s and 1" thick plywood, it had about 12 legs, so it was extremely level, but ended up just using it as a workbench, you dont need to use a "frame table". although i will be building a table from 2x3x1/8". if you are gonna be doin alot of mig welding on it, it would be a pain to cover it in plate because you will constantly be cleaning all the spatter off.