Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
sick of working on the floor...who’s made their own?
Home made work bench
- Thread starter Northeastfarmer
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multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I made my own, surprised what it actually cost but suits my requirements
- Location
- northumberland
easy enough done with some scaffold boards or some box section and steel plate if you want a metal 1
- Location
- Durham, UK
Me, 3x3 inch angle iron legs and frame, thick steel plate on top, timber lower floor, sides and back made of 6mm plate and 6mm double doors on the front that I can lock for keeping the grinder and power tools in. Oh and a fortis vice at one end
However you make it, I suggest a top that resembles a swiss chalet roof, otherwise you always end up filling the flat surface with stuff, and then working on a tiny area around the vice, which will inevitably be loaded with metal fillings and discarded grease encrusted pto shaft UJ caps.
Deutzdx3
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TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
8x4
6mm top
I think the frame is all 50x50x3
6mm top
I think the frame is all 50x50x3
- Location
- Darlington
you've seen my bench then? Workshops abhor an empty flat surface
ollie989898
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I'd sooner have a wooden top with metal edges- I think wood is nicer to work on and won't ping or damage parts if you drop or tip them by mistake.
Not ideal for welding though obviously.
Not ideal for welding though obviously.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Looks good...I have plenty of 50 x 50 in stock I’ll have a go....what’s the height of yours off the floor? I’m 6’4 so might have to be higher
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
Made my bench from a forklift mast (just the main section, not the telescopic section)
Put legs on it, 4x2 box.
Bought 2 identical vices, mounted them on sliders that are a tight fit on the forklift mast,
So the vices can be positioned anywhere along one side of the bench.
Works a treat
Put legs on it, 4x2 box.
Bought 2 identical vices, mounted them on sliders that are a tight fit on the forklift mast,
So the vices can be positioned anywhere along one side of the bench.
Works a treat
- Location
- Near Colchester
My main bench is 3 feet square, half inch steel plate top on robust steel legs with a decent vice.
There is limited room for collecting stuff between jobs, it is big enough for most jobs and I have a 12 foot by 5 foot angle iron trailer top for making gates and things, easy to clamp stuff to and easy to push out of the workshop to turn stuff over with the forklift.
Works for me.
There is limited room for collecting stuff between jobs, it is big enough for most jobs and I have a 12 foot by 5 foot angle iron trailer top for making gates and things, easy to clamp stuff to and easy to push out of the workshop to turn stuff over with the forklift.
Works for me.