Bench top teardown tray?

[Sumboodie]

Anything exist?

I had to pull a valve body apart and man it made a mess on the bench.

I know full on tear down benches exist, but how about maybe a 2-3ft wide "tray" that could simply set on an existing bench?

Just needs a slight pitch and a drain catch.

Yes I know I could make something, but rather not spend days of my time if there's something available... and Velvor copied for $19.99

 

[Gutman]

I use a pan I got from a local auto parts store years ago. It's like a baking pan in construction, but at least 2' x 3'. I think it was marketed as a drip tray/pan.

 

[Stuart in MN]

A commercial baking pan (larger and sturdier than a home use pan) would work too If there's a restaurant supply house in your area that would be one place to buy them, or they may show up used on Marketplace or Craigslist.

 

[rust in the eye]

^^ A full sheet pan is 18 x 26 and around an inch deep. Enough for a valve body, I'd think.
Coincidentally a fellow has been offering exactly what you are after: https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tls/d/oak-lawn-stainless-steel-transmission/7826153256.html

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

I was thinking if you were looking for something for under the bench (say you grabbed an smaller, stainless steel restaurant table, you put two legs just a bit higher for angle and a piece of guttering under the table with the hole to drain into.

 

[driftpin]

I use a pan I got from a local auto parts store years ago. It's like a baking pan in construction, but at least 2' x 3'. I think it was marketed as a drip tray/pan.

One I use.

I also have a fiberglass tray about 20" X 32" X 3" H. I use that for tearing-down banks of multiple carburetors.

 

[Sumboodie]

^^ A full sheet pan is 18 x 26 and around an inch deep. Enough for a valve body, I'd think.
Coincidentally a fellow has been offering exactly what you are after: https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tls/d/oak-lawn-stainless-steel-transmission/7826153256.html

Sort of. It's missing a drain and the sides need to be maybe 1/2" tall and maybe 2x3ft.

Like a large drop tray that has a pitch and a drain.
Just like a teardown table, but temporary/portable.

Valvebody probably had a quart of hydraulic oil in it that mostly drains only after pulling apart. Same with pumps, motors, transmissions, cylinders, etc.

End up using a ton of absorbs, working in an oil pan, etc.

 

[niget2002]

Large baking sheet with pig mat in it.

 

[dscheidt]

Sort of. It's missing a drain and the sides need to be maybe 1/2" tall and maybe 2x3ft.

Like a large drop tray that has a pitch and a drain.
Just like a teardown table, but temporary/portable.

Valvebody probably had a quart of hydraulic oil in it that mostly drains only after pulling apart. Same with pumps, motors, transmissions, cylinders, etc.

End up using a ton of absorbs, working in an oil pan, etc.

I've always used a baking sheet, with the back slightly elevated. fluid runs to the front, where you can either wipe it up or **** it up. a full size sheet pan holds two gallons, so it's more than enough for what I've done.

I see the attraction of what you're after, but it would be hard to store, and if you used it enough, I'd think you'd use a permenant set up.

 

[Sumboodie]

I've always used a baking sheet, with the back slightly elevated. fluid runs to the front, where you can either wipe it up or **** it up. a full size sheet pan holds two gallons, so it's more than enough for what I've done.

I see the attraction of what you're after, but it would be hard to store, and if you used it enough, I'd think you'd use a permenant set up.

No harder to store than the pan you're talking about.

 

[APEowner]

I tear down valve bodies and other fluid filed things on an Absorbent Mat. For engines I use a couple.

 

[humber2]

From an old stove I scrapped I saved the vitreous enamelled sides and the turn up is about 1/2”.

So easy to drain and wipe clean.

YMMV

 

[gamescastspencer]

I rebuilt the 904 for my Dart on a steel drip tray on the bench. No drain, but not a big deal to wipe up to clean as needed or clear off and drain. For the occasional job like this, hard to beat I think.

Picture from when I tore the valve body down.

 

[merkyworks]

Aluminum full size cooking sheet $23 (18" x 26").

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[Sumboodie]

I tear down valve bodies and other fluid filed things on an Absorbent Mat. For engines I use a couple.

So did I but it still makes a big mess.

Plug they're supposed to be disposed as oily waste, not in regular trash.

 

[Sumboodie]

I rebuilt the 904 for my Dart on a steel drip tray on the bench. No drain, but not a big deal to wipe up to clean as needed or clear off and drain. For the occasional job like this, hard to beat I think.

Picture from when I tore the valve body down.

I was talking about hydraulic valve body.. aka valve bank.
One I was working on had 5 sections, maybe 30lbs.

 

[PCustoms]

Anything exist?

I had to pull a valve body apart and man it made a mess on the bench.

I know full on tear down benches exist, but how about maybe a 2-3ft wide "tray" that could simply set on an existing bench?

Just needs a slight pitch and a drain catch.

Yes I know I could make something, but rather not spend days of my time if there's something available... and Velvor copied for $19.99

What's a velvor?

 

[ChevyEFI]

A bench not including a slight grade and rear slot drain-to-pipe is not a well -thought-out bench.

 

[APEowner]

I think the real GJ answer is to buy a box and pan brake, a TIG welder, maybe a bead roller and some stainless steel sheet and make your own.

 

[Sumboodie]

I think the real GJ answer is to buy a box and pan brake, a TIG welder, maybe a bead roller and some stainless steel sheet and make your own.

I've been home like 3 weeks total since May... yeahhhh

 

[whateg01]

It isn't hard to add a drain to a commercial baking sheet. Put a block of wood under the back and it'll drain. Isn't going to take a week to do that.

 

[crewchief888]

at my previous job i rebuilt a LOT of components.
all types of valves from basic spool valves to orbitals and trans control valves.
i used aluminum baking sheets and old commercial type coffee pot baskets for washing parts