Lightweight welding table

An industrial work platform, comprising:

• a plurality of beams disposed in a side-by-side, spaced-apart relationship, each of said plurality of beams defining a plurality of beam silts;
• a plurality of cross-ties traversing said plurality of beams, each of said plurality of cross-ties defining a plurality of cross-tie slits, said plurality of cross-ties being joined to said plurality of beams at said plurality of beam slits and said plurality of cross-tie slits to create a support frame having an upper edge;
• a top plate attached to said upper edge of said support frame, said top plate defining a matrix of work piece alignment holes each of which provide a first open area, said top plate defining a plurality of top access holes each of which provide a second open area, wherein said first open area is smaller than said second open area
• an array of intermittent fillets joining said plurality of beams to said plurality of cross-ties and joining said top plate to said upper edge;
• and
• a peripheral lip substantially coplanar with said top plate and cantilevered therefrom to extend outward beyond said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties, and wherein at least one of said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties define a plurality of tool clearance holes therethrough.

An industrial work platform comprising:

• a plurality of beams disposed in a side-by-side, spaced-apart relationship, each of said plurality of beams defining a plurality of beam slits;
• a plurality of cross-ties traversing said plurality of beams, each of said plurality of cross-ties defining a plurality of cross-tie slits, said plurality of cross-ties being joined to said plurality of beams at said plurality of beam slits and said plurality of cross-tie slits to create a support frame having an upper edge, at least one of said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties defining a plurality of tool clearance holes therethrough;
• a top plate attached to said upper edge of said support frame, said top plate defining a matrix of work piece alignment holes each of which provide a first open area, said top plate defining a plurality of top access holes each of which provide a second open area, wherein said first open area is smaller than said second open area, at least one of said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties defining a plurality of slots that are open to said upper edge such that each of said plurality of slots in conjunction with said top plate define a second tool clearance hole, at least one of said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties being distributed so as to comprise a plurality of pairs of support members, wherein a spacing between two adjacent support members of one of said plurality of pairs of support members is less than a second spacing between two adjacent pairs of support members, wherein each of said plurality of pairs of support members have said plurality of tool clearance holes extending therethrough;
• an array of intermittent fillets joining said plurality of beams to said plurality of cross-ties and joining said top plate to said upper edge;
• an internal lip substantially coplanar with said top plate, disposed around each of said plurality of access holes, and spaced apart from at least one of said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties;
• and
• a peripheral lip substantially coplanar with said top plate and cantilevered therefrom to extend outward beyond said plurality of beams and said plurality of cross-ties.