Anyone done this?

[Rickenbackerman]

So as to avoid drilling any more holes in my 3x3 1/2" plate welding cabinet top, I opted for a second HF 7-drawer side cab to mount my drill press and grinder on. A set of used $10 casters, two hunks of 2x4, and two hunks of 3/4" ply I had laying around...

I find myself upgrading things all the time. I've got a bunch of holes in my bench around my Wilton 500 from previous vise upgrades. I didn't want to do that to my awesome new tabletop:

Just throwing it out there... It's not terribly stable, but I've only got about 50# of extra wrenches and junk sockets in the bottom drawer. It should get better with more weight.

 

[bad_idea]

i'm digging the drill press stand. maybe fill the bottom drawer with scrap steel to weigh it down. the welding table looks good, but you must have a big garage. that vise sticking out there like that would turn painful in my cramped garage.

 

[jeffk14]

I'm likin' it!

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

Cool idea, using tow hitch for vise holder.

 

[CHRIS LUCKYMAN]

Looks like it wants to tip over. Also, during heavy grinding, will the whole thing move? Next purchase, buy steel toes.

 

[Rickenbackerman]

bad idea - the vise is removable - see the hitch pin?

Chris, it's actually pretty stable. It will want to move backward with heavy grinding I suspect, but I can just back it up to my workbench.

 

[jtbinvalrico]

Nicely done.....one space in the shop covers two functions. Tell ya what....that bottom drawer looks like it'll hold 100 lbs of ready-mix concrete....I'm just sayin'

 

[kissmeimgerman]

damnit, I need to go buy that 7-drawer cabinet now!

 

[bad_idea]

bad idea - the vise is removable - see the hitch pin?

of course i see the hitch pin! i just know i would leave the vise hanging most of the time because i am way too lazy to yank it out and stow it after each use. if you're that organized, good on ya! that receiver would be good to mount a bench grinder in, a buffer, and various other bench mounted power tools that are seldom used. then mount a series of receivers to the wall to hang the unused tools on. i have been kicking that idea around for a long time. again, i wasn't saying the vise was permanently mounted, just that i use one too frequently to be mounting and unmounting it all the time. my vise is also a 6" wilton machinist vise that weighs in at 149 lbs, but that's a different story all together. anywho, nice install.

 

[Outlawmws]

On the DP stand, I've done similar. I have a 50's Craftsman band-saw sitting atop a Craftsman 4 drawer roller that used to be a dedicated nuts and bolts bin for a gate or fence contractor; Only it got loose in the truck and fell over. Messed ups the drawers and some slides. This was a new enough one that it has the slide rails on the box and you can reconfigure the drawers. They bought new and gave this thing to me.

I removed all the drawers, did some straightening, did inventory on the slides, and managed to repair a couple that were not too badly mangled. I did check at Sears and a single new slide, (one side) was about $70...

So I removed the deep drawer, moved the rest down low, and mounted a plywood deck above the top drawer. I mounted the band-saw motor on a hinge to one wall and topped it with more plywood. Then I cut a slot for the Band-saw belt and hooked it up. I added a switch in a handy spot, and voila! a band saw tool stand with storage on wheels! With the drawers full of heavy stuff, it is very stable.

A couple of years ago, I took two other Power craft 3 drawer rollers and bolted them back to back. One was a curb side PU, the other was my old welding bench setup, I swapped that one for an older Craftsman 3 drawer roller (Another cur side PU) so I had two matching PK rollers for this compiled roller stand.

I topped it with 3/4" ply, grooved for the back rim of the two boxes, and painted the whole thing Hammer tone gray and the drawer fronts black. My 12" AMF radial arm saw now lives on top, and the drawers are filled with mostly wood working tools. The storage compartments below got both backs opened up to each other, so the longer plastic cases of tools would fit and that is full of cased, mostly woodworking power hand tools.

I'm watching for one more curb side or ultra cheap roller to make a new parts cleaner, using Simple Green instead of solvent.

 

[2oolhound]

Most of my equipment is on wheels too and if it hasn't got screw down feet I use big wood wedges to fix it against a wall or just up in the air till I need to move it which isn't too often for most things.
I've seen Jack Olson's and a few others using the hitch mounts as well and think it's a great idea too. Is there any movement at all on the vise in that mount?

 

[Twiggss]

digging the welding table.

 

[itsvegas]

um...might have to do this when i get some cash, itd free up some bench space too.

 

[route246]

Receiver hitch idea is brilliant in its simplicity.

 

[bluebolt]

On the DP stand, I've done similar. I have a 50's Craftsman band-saw sitting atop a Craftsman 4 drawer roller that used to be a dedicated nuts and bolts bin for a gate or fence contractor; Only it got loose in the truck and fell over. Messed ups the drawers and some slides. This was a new enough one that it has the slide rails on the box and you can reconfigure the drawers. They bought new and gave this thing to me.

I removed all the drawers, did some straightening, did inventory on the slides, and managed to repair a couple that were not too badly mangled. I did check at Sears and a single new slide, (one side) was about $70...

So I removed the deep drawer, moved the rest down low, and mounted a plywood deck above the top drawer. I mounted the band-saw motor on a hinge to one wall and topped it with more plywood. Then I cut a slot for the Band-saw belt and hooked it up. I added a switch in a handy spot, and voila! a band saw tool stand with storage on wheels! With the drawers full of heavy stuff, it is very stable.

A couple of years ago, I took two other Power craft 3 drawer rollers and bolted them back to back. One was a curb side PU, the other was my old welding bench setup, I swapped that one for an older Craftsman 3 drawer roller (Another cur side PU) so I had two matching PK rollers for this compiled roller stand.

I topped it with 3/4" ply, grooved for the back rim of the two boxes, and painted the whole thing Hammer tone gray and the drawer fronts black. My 12" AMF radial arm saw now lives on top, and the drawers are filled with mostly wood working tools. The storage compartments below got both backs opened up to each other, so the longer plastic cases of tools would fit and that is full of cased, mostly woodworking power hand tools.

I'm watching for one more curb side or ultra cheap roller to make a new parts cleaner, using Simple Green instead of solvent.

I've been thinking of the exact same thing for my 50's Craftsman band saw, how about pics?

 

[thesilverone]

very creative sir

 

[Rickenbackerman]

i just know i would leave the vise hanging most of the time because i am way too lazy to yank it out and stow it after each use.

My main vise is a Wilton 500 permanently mounted on my main bench - the one pictured above is only for welding and will spend 99.8% of the time stowed inside the cabinet.

 

[Rickenbackerman]

Is there any movement at all on the vise in that mount?

Yeah, it has a good amount of slop in it... but it's only for welding so I'm not too worried about it.