Fold up workbench

[sweensdv]

This is one heavy duty stand. I have one and highly recommend it. The price is excellent also. I paid much more when I bought mine.

[Pappy]

My thinking was for a quick outfeed table,but it's not quite tall enough.[V] Still would be good for a small work table.

Don, aka Pappy, aka SicPup
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[gmack5]

Pappy,
If you make a 4-sided box the size of the table top and about 6" high, you could clamp it to the exsisting table top and it would be plenty high enough to serve as an out-feed table.
Just a thought .........

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[Pappy]

I have 2 of the Craftsman tables that are high enough. Posted this for others when I saw it. Still, a good idea on raising the table height.

Don, aka Pappy, aka SicPup
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!

[AndyF]

Fold up workbench

If anybody wants a foldup workbench, I wanted to share what I did.

I've found it very useful since it only sticks out from the wall about 12in or so when it's folded up. But the nice thing is that I can walk around it.


Andy














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[tbarn]

That is a great idea if space is limited.
I don't need mine to fold up, besides where would all the dust settle then.
How sturdy is it?

Thanks for sharing

[dlminehart]

Andy, this is really timely. I'm puzzling through how to handle my half of the 2-car garage, and was wondering about a fold-up bench. I have this fear, though, that I'd seldom get it cleaned off enough to fold up! I think, though, that I might combine this with a small horizontal surface for setting down the odds and ends short of a real project.

[AndyF]

tbarn-
I'm very happy with how sturdy it is. Granted, it's not as sturdy as a regular workbench, but at the outermost edge it doesn't deflect much if you push it.

When I'm using a bench plane, I set up the workpiece so I'm pushing into the wall.

It works well as an assembly table and there's plenty of room along the sides for clamping pieces to the bench.

David-
My 2-car garage is 20'x20' and my wife wants both trucks in the garage. That made it a challenge for me too.

Andy

[lrogers]

That is a very good idea.

[monte]

Great idea!

[LinuxRandal]

I've been considering this for my garage (12 x 18 built for a model A in 35), have you thought of a way to make a removable vise?

My semi accessible shop is the basement, reason for the bt over a griz.

[AndyF]

I've thought about adding a vise to the bench.

There should be enough space underneath to mount a small 7" vise on the end I think. The additional weight shouldn't be much problem if it's left on the workbench.

Something like these maybe:
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx...&FamilyID=4939
http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPR...ARTNUM=801-801

To make a removeable vise, you could mount the vise to a shelf that rides in a set of guides under the bench. Once the vise has been slid in, you could bolt it to the worksurface.

Here's a crude idea:



Someday I'll actually get a vise. I'm making do with bar clamps at the moment.

Andy

[r.palmer]

I like the way the supports fold down, the back ones holding it up until you set the front legs in place. Some shelves for tools, and a couple more of those, it would be the
Instant shop for a lot of work. Nice bench concept.

[messmaker]

I like the bench but I love the power-strip. Wow it must have 15 plugs

[mater]

Good job on the workbench. Great idea.