I bought my first Workmate as a Christmas gift for my dad when I was a young kid. I remember carrying it onto the bus and hauling it home from the bus stop in deep snow. He loved it and had it for many years.
I got my own a few years ago when we were clearing out my wife's grandmother's house...
Took an old computer power supply and used the 12V wires to hook up to a new Sony CD/MP3 & AM/FM radio with 2 6x9 Alpine speakers mounted in the rafters. Power supply is behind my garage white board.
Sony deck powered by a converted computer power supply tucked up behind the whiteboard. The sound is piped thru some really old Alpine 6x9 speakers mounted to the roof trusses. Plug in my iPhone to listen to my own tunes if I don't want to listen to the radio.
Cool. Would be really cool in areas where space is at a premium or where visibility when exiting onto street is an issue.
Could park your car/buike on it, get a beer and lawnchair and watch the car/bike turn around and around. Would definitely have to paint the Batman logo on it though!
Here are a few links I had bookmarked for ideas for the wifes jp!
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/fabrication/528654-homemade-car-ramps.html
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/916938/ramp-plans-pdf-246k?dn=y
This one is kind of funky......
http://www.classic1800.com/ramp-pit-plans/...
Well I wanted to get rid of the 25 year old book box off my work bench and also wanted somethig I could plug an iPod into. Besides, I needed a new project to obsess over.
So here's my solution. I just got this finished up tonight. I used a power supply form an old computer and re-wired it to...
ProCycle XLT. Works great and with the added side panels makes for a decent general work surface.
It doesn't have the siveling wheels, but they can be easily added!
NIcely done! If you can find an old locking hub you could make that sucker rotate and then just turn it to wind the hose up or pull it off. When you're done.....lock the hub and you're done.
Years ago when I had my first car ( 73 Mustang coupe ) and was living at home I came home in a hurry to get something out of the garage and leave again. I pull up to within 5 or 6 feet of he grage and jump out to open the garage door ( no we didn't have an automatic door, or I wasn't priveledged...