^ Nah, that's still refined, Dm. A true hack would've duck-taped the fork onto the side of a plastic chair...

Arrrgh, more room I say... we need more room!!

Top marks on the varnished finish on your bench and hang board, chel :thumb: YOu really need to stop blaming the kids when you play with your crayons.

First rickety workbench I made was bare wood cuz I couldn't be bothered and I was skimping. When I spilt engine oil on it and it was just horrible. It soaked into this nasty patch that got bigger the more I tried to wipe if off and it stayed there like a dust magnet. I hated looking at it every time I worked on the bench.

When I finally built the one I now have, I allowed for a can of polyurethane in my list of materials. Oil just wipes off now, I know, I know... I'm finicky like that :)

How do you do the rear?

You mount it on the outside of the fork.

That's one reason why about 2/3 of this bench is wrapped in galvanized sheet. You can't hardly see under the junk right now but it's coved up the back and wraped over the front. Can tear apart a whole air-cooled VW engine on it, split the cases and spill oil everywhere and it'll just wipe up :).

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One of the smaller bits... I think this was a 2.5 or 2.75.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...opdrillbit.jpg

Me... and one hell of a power tool.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/shopdrillme.jpg

I wish I had a picture of the 6000 pound roll of steel on the lathe...that was impressive.

Setting up a new CNC mill with a 20,000 pound capacity... this replaced an old milling machine that was twice it's size and hit the floor at well over 40,000 pounds.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/shopmill1.jpg

I don't do this kind of work anymore but there are days when I really miss the hum of the machine shop.

Truth X much.

The U. I went to was an ag. school and its metals lab was most interesting - - verrrrry old-skool with a pair of constantly-turning shafts that ran the length of the building on pillow block bearings and darned near every piece of rotating equipment driven by leather belts off the shafts. Place always had a pleasant din to it.

You ever see those shows like trading spaces? Their workbench is a big box on wagon tires. So you pick up all the tools put them inside the workbench and wheel it to the next place. That would work for moving.

Flame and spark resistant too for welding jobs clamped to the vise! :thumb:

Since its pouring rain today I did some cleanup of the work space.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...d/DSC00922.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...d/DSC00923.jpg

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Tire supply (I like to try many different treads)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...d/DSC00925.jpg

Bench surfaces were made from left over pine flooring from when we built the house. I have a larger shop available to me on the farm if I need to do something really messy.

Nice job cleaning up. Great workspace.

I'd like to see the before pics. ;)

^see post 18 in this thread

Thanks. So here........

C Law's before:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...d/DSC00859.jpg

C Law's after:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...d/DSC00922.jpg