daniel mason
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 02:57 PM |
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Need a workbench. Advice needed please
After my recent thread regarding a tool chest I have bought a cheap us pro tool. Trolley on castors. And as I couldn't afford a decent roll cab
I have purchased a relatively decent tool chest.but the chest is only 595mm high so dont want it on the floor.
I would like a workbench to sit the box on at around 900 mm high and 1500-1800 long. Anyone know where to purchase one of reasonable quality. Ideally
used and cheap
[Edited on 18/2/12 by daniel mason]
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designer
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 03:36 PM |
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Try to find a used tea trolley, then you can roll it about the shop.
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tegwin
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 03:51 PM |
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I built myself a roller cab out of timber...some nice chunky braked casters from axminster and some ball bearing drawer runners from screwfix...total
cost around £50.... proppper job
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nick205
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 03:53 PM |
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I've got a set of 4 heavy duty casters (2 braked) you can have for the postage cost.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 04:13 PM |
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Cheers mate, but I doubt I'd be able to make anything decent enough to warrant them.cheers again.
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nick205
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 05:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daniel mason
Cheers mate, but I doubt I'd be able to make anything decent enough to warrant them.cheers again.
Come now, you just built a rather fine looking car, a workbench should be a piece of cake!  
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 05:35 PM |
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I bought a red one from machine mart - not necessarily the cheapest, but it is rock-solid, and came with a drawer! I have climbed on it quite a few
times to do other stuff and no wobble.
It was part of their red coloured garage furniture range - I would avoid the blue - it's cheaper for a reason - much harder to nail together and
much thinner metal. I wouldn't buy the blue stuff again, but the red makes me happy.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 06:05 PM |
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I have built a few benches now and i think the standard of bench you can build yourself is far beyond what you can buy for remotely sensible money.
I have built a steel framed bench from a floor plate of a 60m oil storage tank, unlikely you will find many 2000mmx800mmx10mm steel offcuts laying
around though.
Probably the best one was the lathe bench I built from 1" ply and 4" square posts. I doubled up the top to make a 2".
I've used everything from old work tops and fence posts to doors and railway sleepers.
With hindsight it seems I've spent way more time building work benches than cars 
[Edited on 18/2/12 by liam.mccaffrey]
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 07:33 PM |
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Another vote for the 'Red' range. I recently acquired (after long mental anguish) an engine repair table.. a bit short for your needs
(just over 1.2m), but if you intend to dismantle engines, it's perhaps worth a thought. Roll cab on the shelf under?
The repair table's great. Plonked a GSXR750 lump on it (engine had blown a head core plug, pumping water straight into the camshaft halls) split
the cases, all the residual gunge, mayonaise and goop ran down drainage hole in the table top.. marvellous.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 07:46 PM |
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Tool chest I've got is 1040mm long but was going to put my evolution rage 3 saw on there as well , I suppose I v
Could use that on the floor though.
Are you selling it?
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skodaman
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 08:28 PM |
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My benches are made from old joists. Plenty stong enough but impossible to keep clean. Will cover with sheet steel when I get round to it.
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skodaman
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 08:28 PM |
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My benches are made from old joists. Plenty stong enough but impossible to keep clean. Will cover with sheet steel when I get round to it.
Skodaman
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 18/2/12 at 10:08 PM |
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I also have a slab of 10mm thick mild steel, sat on two pieces of 6x2 joist, laid down on the flat side.
It's great for welding on, and absorbs just enough heat from the piece to keep the blue lines nice and narrow. It's only 600mm by 450mm,
so I can move it around. I also welded a bit of pipe to it vertically at the back to put the welding clamp on, so the whole piece conducts.
I got the metal from my local steel fabricators as an off-cut for £15.
Also, right now, I have a bottle of Gold-Miner from the coop - envy me.
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