Handy bench

fergal.b

Taken from "Wood Magazine" september issue.

jack of all

Interesting idea, but it would never work for me- I'd have to spend 15 mins clearing off the tins of paint, broken hardware, wood shavings, random screws and nails to be sorted etc etc before I could flip it over!

knickerbocker

jack of all wrote: »

Interesting idea, but it would never work for me- I'd have to spend 15 mins clearing off the tins of paint, broken hardware, wood shavings, random screws and nails to be sorted etc etc before I could flip it over!

Might just be what you need, flip and sweep, 10 min saved. :pac:

jack of all

knickerbocker wrote: »

Might just be what you need, flip and sweep, 10 min saved. :pac:

I might put up a pic tomorrow of the current state of my workbench! I have a few little space saving ideas of my own which I might share also.....:D

Hootanany

Mines worse.

jonon9

Gotta say that's a niffy idea but it must be a pig to swing with that weight on it. Might make something similar over the Christmas month keep me busy in the evenings

fergal.b

jonon9 wrote: »

Gotta say that's a niffy idea but it must be a pig to swing with that weight on it. Might make something similar over the Christmas month keep me busy in the evenings

I think he has it balanced out with tools on the other side so it should turn easy enough.



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deandean

Very good idea. And it's on castors too. So you can wheel it into the sittingroom, watch Breaking Bad while making ribs. Cool...

jack of all

As promised, picture of my workbench in its usual state of harmony! Given that I use this bench for everything from woodwork to sharpening, metalwork and everything in-between there's no way a flip-over bench arrangement could work for me. I do have my bench grinder, mechanics vise and some other bits and pieces mounted on ply sub-bases so they can be clamped to the bench when required and stored away from the bench when I need the space. Works for me, although I'd love to have the space for a dedicated metalwork bench and sharpening station.

jonon9

That's a mighty clean bench you got there. Iv completely no Room on mine must do some cleaning

kilk

fergal.b wrote: »

Taken from "Wood Magazine" september issue.

I'm just thinking of all the interesting adjustments I could make to myself if I had one or more of these machines running and happened to trip or slip on something when approaching the table!! :eek: