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I have a 40' x 80' shop floor that I poured over 20 years ago with fiber only. No cracks at all and I've had excavators and cats and lots of loaded semi's on it. It's 7 inches deep in the middle and slopes up to 4" about 2 feet from the wall. At he time, the cost was about the same as rebar, but...

I use tapered reamers all the time on truck frames to enlarge holes from 1/2 to 5/8. I don't know why you couldn't use one to go 3/4". I like my old slow electric drill with a handle for this - but you have to hang on for sure.

Thanks all for the kind words. I've been away and just now logged on. The wooden block height is 24". That plus the anvil height puts it at my knuckles. I used select fir 2x10 and that's how it came out. Another 1-2" in height would have been a little better, but this won't be used all day long...

This is an anvil stand I made for my son's birthday for his Peter Wright anvil. Nothing fancy, but I like the medieval look.

Nice job! That will last forever. I am always torn between wheels and wanting something immovable to bolt my vise to.

I probably weld better than I wrap!

Thanks for the nice comments. I think he'll really be surprised. Yeah, how to put it under the tree is a problem. Actually how to get it in his shop with out him knowing is a problem. We have fresh snow so the tracks will make it even harder.

Thanks. I thought about the receiver tube vise, but in the end I use the vise as often as anything else so I left it on there.

Sorry about that - still trying to figure out the pic thing.

My son built me a welding table in High School shop class. After 15 years he has a shop so I built him one. Nothing fancy, but his design has worked well for me.