ebinmaine   67,492 #1 Posted March 5, 2022 Trina's been workin' on disassembly and cleaning up the 417A for @JCM Jim.  A Couple times during and before this she's mentioned that it would be nice if she had a "her height" table to grind/work on. I said use the blue one. She reminded me that the engine for Colossus is on it. Not my problem... 😂  Well she decided to go ahead and build her own work space.   You folks may remember we have a serious tendency to use old recycled scraps whenever possible. You may also remember that over the last few months we've been helping out a local widow with some yard maintenance and also bought some tools and supplies from her.  ALL of this wood and the little drawer set came from that source.   She started by hunting down the top. Found a piece of 3/4" ply that was about the right size.  The rest of the cuts were made based on the size of that piece. Then just rifled through the pile of stick lumber to make the base.  A few screws and voila!!    4 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM   9,165 #2 Posted March 5, 2022 Busier than a beaver   1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut   55,228 #3 Posted March 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: The rest of the cuts were made based on the size of that piece. Then just rifled through the pile of stick lumber to make the base. With lumber prices being so high that is the way to go!         4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill   8,319 #4 Posted March 5, 2022 Good use of recycled materials. Just an observation - looks like you have a free-standing table with an edge overhang on 3 sides and the legs are inset inside the perimeter frame - the table may not be stable if a heavy load is placed on the overhang - perhaps add some weight below the bin above the floor to help stabilize it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM Â Â 7,874 #5 Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) what's nice about wood is you can easily screw / attach other pieces to support odd shaped part etc. I have something similar using a cheap Harbo Fright dolly. Nice to push it out of the way when I get bored or want the space to work on something else. Edited March 5, 2022 by JoeM 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH   25,557 #6 Posted March 5, 2022 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: She reminded me that the engine for Colossus is on it. Not my problem... Smart girl… 7-8 years before that bench is available…  Nice bench work BBT…!!!  now get back to doing @ebinmaine’s work on the colossus build…   He needs more things that you are doing to take pictures of… 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine   67,492 #7 Posted March 5, 2022 6 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Smart girl… 7-8 years before that bench is available…  Nice bench work BBT…!!!  now get back to doing @ebinmaine’s work on the colossus build…   He needs more things that you are doing to take pictures of…  She got quite a good quality laugh out of that... 😀   7 hours ago, ri702bill said: - looks like you have a free-standing table with an edge overhang on 3 sides and the legs are inset inside the perimeter frame -  Excellent catch. You're absolutely correct.   That was done very much on purpose by the local Table Construction Department so she'd have a nice large lip to clamp things onto while wire brushing or grinding.   She actually added a second shelf to the lower part today. Rigidity and balance are both improved.   2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX??   48,815 #8 Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) On 3/5/2022 at 5:58 AM, JCM said: Busier than a beaver   Well he looks like one!   Make a frame for the bottom and put casters on it EB for when it's always in the way. Looks real similar to my moveable transmission work bench. I hole sawed places for the axle & input shaft to stick down through. Cover the top with carboard when it  gets greasy in the stove it goes. Edited March 8, 2022 by WHX?? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine   67,492 #9 Posted March 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Well he looks like one!   Make a frame for the bottom and put casters on it EB for when it's always in the way. Looks real similar to my moveable transmission work bench. I hole sawed places for the axle & input shaft to stick down through. Cover the top with carboard when it  gets greasy in the stove it goes.   I have a transmission set up on my short height workbench right in front of the toolbox area.  We have casters on the bigger table but I don't know if she'll put them on this little one because it's so light.   1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX??   48,815 #10 Posted March 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: if she'll put them on this little one because it's so light. It wont be when its covered in parts & tools & crap like mine always is....  5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: have a transmission set up Ahhh might have guessed you had that covered. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine   67,492 #11 Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, WHX?? said: It wont be when its covered in parts & tools & crap like mine always is....   Hahahaha.  Your logic is correct if it were going to be used by somebody like me.  This is however a BBT table. Built by BBT. Used by BBT.  Hi, me, this guy, myself, I have a serious tendency to leave crap laying around such as tools parts supplies and every other thing you can imagine.  Trina. Nearly never. If she makes a mess she cleans it up. If she takes out tools she puts them back. Drive you Right sideways insane, she does.. I already know she isn't mentally stable -- and she'll admit it freely -- because she lives with me... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
