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My steel workbench build

Do you have a vise yet? I'm curious to see how that works out.

Are you sure you need the grinder bolted down? Mine has rubber feet on it, and I've never had a need to bolt it down. I do have a bench top drill press bolted down though. My garage is smaller than yours. I'm thinking to free up floor space a workbench attached to the wall that folds down when not in use would be good.

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"Caver 66" said:
Do you have a vise yet? I'm curious to see how that works out.
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Assume you are asking me. Yeah I have a smaller vintage Craftsman, 4" jaws I believe. Big enough for me as of right now. Weighs about 60lbs I believe.

"Caver 66" said:
Are you sure you need the grinder bolted down? Mine has rubber feet on it, and I've never had a need to bolt it down. I do have a bench top drill press bolted down though. My garage is smaller than yours. I'm thinking to free up floor space a workbench attached to the wall that folds down when not in use would be good.
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My grinder wheels may be a tad off balanced, because it tends to wanna walk from it vibrating and me pushing against it lightly. Its a cheap piece of crap bench grinder. Since I have a thing for old tools, I'm keeping my eye out for an 8" 1hp Craftsman block grinder (from 60's era). I've found many 6" ones, but the 8" ones are tough to find.

Regarding the fold up benches, do you mean like this:

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See here for more picks of Jack's garage http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/show ... hp?t=55006
 
I just wish I could score some deals on the Vidmar cabinets like he does! Everything around here auctions off at near new prices :rant
 
"buening" said:
Regarding the fold up benches, do you mean like this:

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Yeah, like that, but my garage doesn't look like that. It looks more like an over stuffed storage unit.
 
A few quick pics I snapped of the bench. It has a large upper cabinet sitting on top of the bench with plastic sheeting covering it all, so no real good overall pics of the bench. The hitch receivers are on each side of the center opening. I plan on making a smaller sheet metal brake that will have the two hitch tubes and slide into the bench. More to come this spring when I get out of hibernation and start working on the cabinets

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