The column base that I fabricated before was wide enough that it was going to separate the garage door rails more than I wanted, so I decided to make a new one. Luckily I had enough half-inch plate around, so I set off on the tedious task of grinding off the old base without destroying the column.
Carefully grinding off the old base without damaging the column:
A cutoff wheel can make fairly nice cuts in 1/2" plate if you are patient enough:
I laid out all the positions on the new plate, which is 6 1/2" wide:
I bored 9/16" holes for the bolts over on the drill press and now the base is ready to be welded to the column:
My new Miller Multimatic ready to be put into service:
With the last weld bead laid down, the new column is built:
This mild steel cleaned up nicely after a good sanding and is ready for some primer:
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