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I came across an interesting to me vise that is for sale today. It is $75 for a Will Burt Versa Vise. I have not seen on before and was curious if this is a good buy. Also if i buy a tool i use it so is it a handy vise to have as well? Here is a photo of it as well. Thanks in advance.

***Update*** I did end up buying the workbench. It was all in good shape and paid $200. I am happy with it for sure. Thanks for the replies. A guy has a Lista 8’ long industrial work bench w/ butcher block top & locking chemical cabinet upper. See picture. I can't find anything similar on...

I picked up a vise up this weekend at a garage sale. It cleaned up really nice. I have not been able to find much out on it. I assume it is not vintage but not sure on its age or original price. Any help would be appreciated. Below is the info and numbers I found on it. Desmond Stephan MFG CO...

I picked up a vise up this weekend at a garage sale. It cleaned up really nice. I have not been able to find much out on it. I assume it is not vintage but not sure on its age or original price. Any help would be appreciated. Below is the info and numbers I found on it. Desmond Stephan MFG...

So I have an idea for building something like a pattern maker's vise. I really like the idea of the emmert pattern makers vise. However, I cant afford to drop $350 + on a knockoff one. I have been snooping around and I'm considering making one. However it will only pivot 90 degrees to the...

I have been researching ideas for building a foot operated leg vise. I like the idea of a jawhorse but don't like it not having any substantial weight with it to keep it stable. I also like how versatile the pattern maker's vises are that attach to a workbench but those are $$$$. I figure a...

Looking for opinions on which of the two items to get for my garage this winter. I do more general projects of all kinds, light mechanical work, wood projects, and handyman type work too. So I am looking at the harbor freight 1000 pound cap lift cart or the jawhorse. Which do you think would...

I ran across this yesterday looking for a diy plywood cutting table. I thought it was a neat idea and was from the 1980's Mother Earth magazine. I thought others here might have a similar interest or might be able to use it in their shop. I think you could even use it as a dual purpose...

Been a while since I have posted. I am looking for ideas for using a scissor lift table to build a Workbench. I can't seem to find much on this. Vi have seen the scissor-lift workbench that was an article in a wood working magazine a long while back. Just wondering if anyone here has built...

All, Hey there. It's been a while since I have posted but I have some time and wanted to share one of my recent in-progress projects. I have a smaller two car garage now and have already built a heavy duty folding work bench. In the hopes of saving space I have modified an stand up rolling...

All, I finally found some time yesterday and started building my miter saw stand. I went the cheaper route rather than take hours and hours designing and building a detailed folding setup. So far I have $20 in it. I used an eight foot long 2x10 as the main structure of the stand and an eight...

All, Looking for !ore miter sawbstand ideas like the ones I have attached. I am looking to build my own but it has to fold up or collapse to something smaller. I want to jeep it simple. Does anyone have similar ideas to what I have attached. I don't have the luxury of room so it has to be...

All, Good evening. I wanted to share with you another project that i recently finished for my downsized garage. Below are links to my folding workbench and power tool tower. The drill press was too heavy to store in my power tool tower so i drew up and built a drill press stand with a...

All, Finished the power tool tower today. I also made collapsible stands for the band saw, table saw and miter saw. Those are in the other pics. The stands are made out of 2-bys that i ripped down to a 1.5"x1.5" stick and the tops are 3/4" plywood that were cut to 24"x24". I am really happy...

All, As i shared in a previous post i have moved into a new home and unfortunately the garage is much smaller that the one i had before. So i have had to make things compact and utilize my storage space much better. I have links to my power tool tower and my drill press stand below if you...

Wanting opinions on my next project. It is a power tool storage tower on locking casters. I have a small delta band saw, miter saw, table saw, and bench top belt/ disk sander. Possibly another shelf for my circular saw, sawz all, and jig saw or just hang these tools from the peg board/ hooks...

***Update: Wee post #19 below for what I ended up building. Also since the updated photos were taken I have made a triangulated center removable center bracing for the legs/ workbench. It is extremely stable and sturdy now!*** Hey all. It has been a long while since I have posted on Garage...

Hey guys, I am looking for ideas here. I am wanting to improve my workbench functionality but not redo the whole thing. All-in-all I am very pleased with my current workbench setup and features. However I am itching to do something else to it to make it more useful, versitle, handy etc. I...

Picked up a used hospital tray on wheels today for less than $30. There is a local used office surplus resale store. I plan to make some modifications to make it a mechanic's underhood tray. I am open to your ideas on how I can modify it. EDIT: I took some of the suggestions and the last...

Well this weekend was our annual town clean up. My wife and I took a number of items yesterday. I scanned the large dumpster and and found nothing. Every year there is also a dump truck for scrap metal parked next to the dumpster. Yesterday there was nothing in the truck. Today I had a few...