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Thanks guys, I think a combo of the welding cart/mobile base is what this will become. I could add a flip up portion to the sides or back to add workspace too. MrQuinn, I share the same affliction. i had the whole shop planned at one point, and while it's worked out mostly like I'd thought, you...

So, this morning as I was pulling into work, I spotted this forlorn GRAY rolling cabinet sitting next to the dumpster of a neighbouring unit. It must have just been put out because the scrap gulls usually swoop in and carry this stuff off. I gave it a look over and found that, although missing...

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the read. Welcome to GJ!

I named mine "WorkShop 88" back around the time I started my thread. The 88 denotes the year I was born, and 'workshop' just sounded better to me then garage, shop, workspace, etc. At 12'x22', it's hardly the size of what I would typically consider a workshop should be, but I've tried to smartly...

Small Update, I managed to get a bit of time to move my shop press, Willys bed, and a big pile of boxes I never moved a few years ago, all from my parents' house. I shoehorned the press into it's home beside the welding table, and gutted the rafters so the steel could go up there. Also moved my...

That's interesting... though I'd probably need the pedals, clutch, and bell-housing to go with (everything to swap). I wonder if the 360 with auto would allow a bolt up of a stick shift from a 360-stick... I seem to recall they were just a little bit different. Man would stick be fun on that...

So, the truck sat all winter and I didn't touch it, that seems to happen when it sits outside in Canada. Couple that with a new baby and I haven't had much time on the rig. I did get a chance yesterday however to steal a few minutes, slot a battery in, and tune the carb a little. She fired right...

Thanks again guys, I'm really loving being a dad! Yes, I've been peed on, pooped on, and puked on, but I get all the snuggles I want, so it's a fair trade ;). To my shame, I have yet to have her out in the garage, but the place is currently an absolute, complete write off. I basically shoved all...

bead roller, press brake, and a bandsaw setup?? If you didn't have me interested before, you certainly do now! Actually, I'm curious to see how you like both the BR and the press. I've been compiling the free steel parts to make a brake for my 30-ton press, as in my opinion it ups your at home...

That Bel-Air is a nice rig, always liked that body style and it's a 2-door to boot. That's cool as well that it's been in the family so long, I'm sure a lot of us guys would love to have the cars our dad's and grand-dad's drove.

Thanks for all the best-wishes guys. I know a baby means less time in the shop but honestly, it's worth it. Also, someday when guys come around, I can make sure to introduce them to my axe collection ;). I wish I could say shes been out for a ride in the truck, but that truck is grounded with no...

If it seems I've been away a little while on here, that's probably because I have been. My wife and I got a surprise a little earlier than we had expected. I was just finishing the bathroom renovation, literally clamping the waste pipe on the new vanity, when it was time to go to the...

I like that idea, seems beefy and would look right. i can also just have the front leg a 1/4" longer to account for the uneven floor... House project is coming on well, I took a couple days off last week to really get into it. It's a bathroom deal, tub, vanity, and adding beadboard. The old...

Good questions, I've sorta been kicking around the idea lately of trimming off 3/4" or so from the bottom and adding feet, though I'd need to make them beefy to support the metal lathe and vise work. Like OJ says, nothing feels right so far. I'm kinda banking on it suddenly coming together as...

Thanks, I was a little concerned at first actually about the damage to the leg (as well as the rest of the bench plus the wainscoting) if my shop was to flood again. I think I've gotten on top of it with the trenching and the eavestroughs etc, but you never know. I haven't noticed any concrete...

A definite YOU **** on those for 100 each. All you have to do is clean the rust off the Cman and you could sell it for what you paid for both or more. Owning a metal lathe is one of those things, you don't often use it (or, I don't use mine all the time), but when you need to, nothing else could...

This is a great thread, lots of info here on these rather obscure (this side of the pond anyways) vises. I have an old York 60 that I found on the dirt floor in part of a barn on my families farm when I was a kid. It would have been sitting there for I dont know how long from the previous owner...

Yep, that's me. The woodstove keeps it at a desert-like 90 degrees in the winter. Just caught up on this thread. That trailer is just the business! can't wait to see what it becomes, I know I could think of a few things to do with it. Glad to hear you're keeping busy, and that's a real plus...

You know... I don't have any cool vintage lights in fact. Not for a bench anyways. I do have 5 50's-60's style tube light units that I need to pillage from my parents garage. I found these in the garbage at some old warehouse place in Toronto. These will replace my current tube lights, I'll run...

Built in the end leg last night. I had tossed around the idea of using a 4x4 leg like the others but this seemed more solid and I think will complete the look a little better. It also sits directly below the little York 60 that will become my 'machinists' vise. Not to repeat myself, but the back...