For one-off projects or prototypes it’s not uncommon for us to make make with whatever office we have on hand. using a deck railing as an impromptu sawhorse, for example, is one that might be familiar to any individual who owns a circular saw, but [Daniel] has a slightly different situation. He had been setting up metal workpieces on random chunks of brick in buy to use his plasma cutter, but just like the home handyman who gets worn out of nicking their deck with a saw, he made a decision to come up with a a lot more permanent option and built a custom-made plasma cutting table.

Plasma cutting has a tendency to throw up a lot of sparks, so a lot of commercial offerings for plasma cutting tables include a water bath to catch all of the debris from the cutting process. [Daniel] builds his table over a metal tub to hold some water for this purpose. The table itself is built out of aluminum and created to be built without welding even though a lot of people with plasma cutters probably have welders as well. The frame is created to be remarkably strong and includes curved slats which add to the strength of the table. The table is also created to be portable, so the curved slats stay in place when the table is moved.

While this might seem like an average metal table at first glance, the table is actually being created with a homemade CNC maker in mind which [Daniel] is working on. The CNC plasma cutter needs a sturdy, flat surface and can’t be set up on bricks in the driveway, so this table suits both [Daniel]’s immediate needs to not shower himself in sparks whenever he cuts something and also his future CNC machine’s need for a sturdy, flat workspace. We look forward to seeing that build being completed but in the meantime take a look at this motorized plasma cutter which has the beginnings of a CNC maker if in one direction only.