Went and built a workbench...

[red baron]

I finally broke down and built myself a bench, after a near fatal accident with a grinder.... well it wasnt near fatal, but it did involve me sitting there (yes, sitting on the garage floor), thinking to myself, this is dumb, I should not be doing this, I should have a bench with a vise to be cutting with this grinder. Oh well, here goes nothing..... AWWW *&#@!

nothing to bad, just a nice gouge in my leg, but now I have a bench and vise, lol!

pics in construction...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49411956@N08/4523940467/" title="Workbench by Mettelka21, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4523940467_839414ffdf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Workbench" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49411956@N08/4523938817/" title="Workbench by Mettelka21, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4523938817_6103a316a7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Workbench" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49411956@N08/4523938275/" title="Workbench by Mettelka21, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4523938275_5452eafff2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Workbench" /></a>

And completed just gotta put the hitch reciever in and we are ready to rock and roll!
Its about 29 inches deep, 42 inches high, and 6 feet wide...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49411956@N08/4524571326/" title="Workbench by Mettelka21, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4524571326_0c3f5f39df_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Workbench" /></a>

 

[ZRX61]

What was wrong with the paint on the HF English Wheel? I'm going to remove *some* of the paint on mine so I can weld it together...

 

[red baron]

I took it off, cause I am going to be welding on a new backbone to stiffen it up lol! Same thing with the bead roller. Plus I could not stand the neon banana yellow that it came in, it will end up being the same grey as the bench.

 

[Jack Olsen]

You had your own English Wheel, but no bench?

Is the square hole for a hitch receiver mount for the vise?

Nice work, btw.

 

[ironheadtom]

Yeah, bench is nice. What kind of work you doing with that wheel?

 

[red baron]

You had your own English Wheel, but no bench?

Is the square hole for a hitch receiver mount for the vise?

Nice work, btw.

Haha, yea, I just got the wheel, that same week though. Dont judge me! lol!

And yes, the hole is for the reciever, I just need to weld a couple tabs onto it so I can permanently attach it in there!

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[red baron]

Yeah, bench is nice. What kind of work you doing with that wheel?

Just starting learning basic metal shaping, and as I cant afford those expensive EWheels just yet, I figured this would be a good place to start learning.

 

[PassnThru]

Looks good - I like the radiator - nice touch. Is that for keeping the bench cool when you weld on it?

 

[nolatoolguy]

You had your own English Wheel, but no bench?

Is the square hole for a hitch receiver mount for the vise?

Nice work, btw.

I thought the same exact thing, although I could see myself doing the same thing.

 

[IH82BL8]

Very nice. I'm glad you went with heavy lumber. I have one made of 2x lumber that I've been beating on for 18 years. I have a grinder wheel mounted on one end and a vise on the other.

 

[Krokodil]

Very nice! I'm still between timber and steel for mine......

 

[Iron-Iceberg]

Good looking sturdy bench. Working on the floor stinks, you will be happy.

 

[red baron]

I have already completed a couple small projects, and it's soooo much nicer with the bench and everything! Now to buy more tools to clutter the top of it lol!