My Harbor Freight welding table is built much better compared to this thing. The sheet metal is much thinner and the sheet metal cross pieces are much more flimsy than the square tube cross members on my HF table. The table easily racks and you can't really lock the table into position. Not worth the money.
I've ordered a few of these tables and unfortunately one was missing a part, but I contacted customer service and they shipped it right to me. Great product and amazing service.
Buy the dang table. I tried looking into building my own as well...... but if you are reading this you are probably a beginner and still learning... this table is solid, easy to assemble, and just what you need to start welding on. Love it.
Assembly was pretty straight forward. I added extra washers on both sides of the fasteners. It folds up relatively flat. One thing I found odd was the large diameter spacers between the flat top and the frame. Other than that, it seems to be a nice product.