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I am making a welding bench, what height should I make it so that it is comfortable to work at. I'm 6" 1' and would suffer from a sore back.
Or old pulley driven saw bench height, even has a T slot[emoji4]Oil drum height.
I use an hydraulic (foot pumped) stacker truck to weld on, I can T.I.G. weld sitting down and position the height to suit what I'm welding. Can't hammer on it much though. Must be some inventive genius on here who can design a height adjustable welding bench.
I was going to say mak it adjustable in height
I would say it depends what you're welding. Anything big like a gate wants to be low ish, so you can bend over and reach the middle. If it's smaller and delicate you want it higher so you're not bending. If it's a lot of repetitive stuff I'd have it so I could sit at it.
If I could I'd build one with a scissor lift and a hand pump so it can be any height.
How much weight you thinking of putting on it. one thing could be a motorcycle liftIdeally it would probably be best to make it height adjustable, I thought about making the legs from 2 lengths of heavy angle iron and drill holes in it and bolt the two pieces together and move it up and down as required. I am using a 10ft by 5 ft by 15mm sheet of steel for the top and it weight about 530kg and when I make the frame up to put under it, it will weigh around 700kg so it won't be easy to adjust the height.
An old scrapped scissor lift would probably be ideal but would probably be hard to come by for sensible money.
Has anyone any other ideas how you could make an adjustable height bench
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How much weight you thinking of putting on it. one thing could be a motorcycle lift
Or welded to a pump truck lots of inspiration on the net