Recent content by Knuckles

Also,I forgot the original intent of my rant; I wanted to thank you for initiating, and sticking with this fascinating thread. It has motivated and inspired me (and so, assuredly, others) to soldier on, in building our own visions of the perfect shop! Vic.

Bud, we gotta lot in common..... my pile is the same as yours, just looks different. I totally get your vision; Buy, sell, accumulate, improve, repeat as often as necessary. Someone earlier framed it perfectly..... make a decision, even the wrong one, and move forward. The same can be said for...

I bought a good running Towmotor (60's era forklift, 4000lb cap, only around 7' long) for $800, and drove 250 miles one way to get it, knowing I'd never find a better deal..... A month later, one came up on Kijiji, 10 miles away, for $650:wtf: Wait long enough, and search hard enough, and you'll...

Building a 40x50 clear span arch wall myself now...... Doesn't seem to be a ton of interest in these, even though they have been around a long time. So.... I won't beat a dead horse; these buildings have challenges, to be sure, but they have advantages also...... If anyone is interested in how I...

[/ATTACH] Coupla addendums here.... I am mostly into bikes, so here is a small sampling of what I own now; not one single pristine item in the lot, so we won't go there... Pic here of a 1980 Z-1R, 1982 GPZ1100, 1980 GS1000 Cooley Rep, 1984 KZ1100R, and a 1975 Z1 dragbike..... I have others...

1st pic is my 1946 9x54 SB C model lathe, great for most of my turning projects! Then, the Princess Auto blast cab, my 1983 Snap On cab combo I bought new, and my cheap roll cab combo. 3rd pic is my monster wood stove, twin skin, oil drip, and a secondary heat collector with fan. Weighs...

@Kevin54, you posted that there was an unwritten rule about showing the ENTIRE workspace, not just a specific topic.... I'm with you on this; the only reason my benches are this cluttered is because I try to keep "stuff" off of the lathes and mill, sandblast cab, etc..... so, here's more pics of...

Kevin54, you have a sharp eye; 64 Lincoln, but you couldn't have known that without a bit more detail. From that angle/perspective, the two cars are identical.... so, well done! Was a daily driver, slammed, no bags, flat black, light shave..... won't bother everyone here with pictures/more...

I'll try to clean off another bench, no promises.... the excavator arrives tomorrow to start prepping the site for a bigger shop. :willy_nil

I promised pictures of bench tops, as they happened; here's bench #2: I use it for "light" fab work.... The toggle clamps and small vice are extremely useful as third hands! 1/4" checker plate top gives small parts a fighting chance of NOT rolling onto the floor.... as are all my benches, this...

@ Mitchell: Thank you for your generous offer, but I'm going to suffer with all these welding clamps a l'il longer; I will of course let you know if I change my mind!:thumbup:

Yeah Buddy! I've been on an acquisition phase, past 8-9 years..... but life circumstances forced a move into a twenty by twenty four during this time, from a larger shop that I'd had for the 15 years previous; for now, I use my benches for storage, cleaning one or two off as I need them. Case in...

So... here's the rest of them....

Great site, great subject; you want benches, I got benches! These are all in their natural states, and I am using this opportunity to shame myself into cleaning up around here! I've more benches to put on here, and eventually I will post pics where you can actually see bench tops.....