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$20 Craigslist score - it's one of those portable skate wheel package movers like delivery companies use to load trucks.
I pulled a section out of it - collapsed it's 2' deep, but can open up to 4' long if fully extended. (18" wide) In that extended state, it'll support 150lbs spread out along the length - very stiff and stable.
It rolls very easily and the height is adjustable - so I'm thinking some sort of spare work bench - a place to keep lesser used tools like the portaband chop saw, extra space for laying out hand tools (to keep my primary worktable less cluttered).Current work table is steel topped old kitchen cabinets with a 4" vise at one corner (3' x 6' overall) which works plenty good for me.
I can pull all the skate wheels and leave the cross shafts (tedious but doable) so it's more flat and not have to deal with the wheels. But...It would be really tailored for my needs if I had flat steel on the top - so maybe 2 or 3 pieces of flat steel that would only be secured at one end, and able to slide under/over the others when the thing is collapsed.
Or maybe I'm overlooking other options that you may suggest?Yeswelder MIG-205DS(3) Angle Grinders at the ReadyJust a hobbyist trying to improve
Reply:20 bux is a heck of a deal... just try to buy one of them when you need it and you'll pay a *lot* more!!!Personally I'd leave it's main structure intact and just slap a flat surface on it with some sort of temp poles to keep it from moving if you need more bench real estate.
Reply:Saw a neat trick in a different thread, might be just what you want. A couple lengths of angle, toes up, laid between rows would hold plate nice and stable. Probably rise and fall as the base expanded or contracted. Wouldn't have to weld or make permanent alterations, just store the plate and angles close by, use as needed.Miller Multimatic 220ACMiller Thunderbolt 225Victor OA
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Originally Posted by ronsii
20 bux is a heck of a deal... just try to buy one of them when you need it and you'll pay a *lot* more!!!Personally I'd leave it's main structure intact and just slap a flat surface on it with some sort of temp poles to keep it from moving if you need more bench real estate.
Reply:They make a perfect truck unloader too (scrap run for some project materials):
Yeswelder MIG-205DS(3) Angle Grinders at the ReadyJust a hobbyist trying to improve
Reply:Wonderful score! I would have loved to find one of them for pennies like that.I'd leave it as-is, personally. No matter how you weld it, it'll never be a nice stiff bench. If you put a heavy top on it, you'll lose the convenience of it folding up and adjusting in height easily. And you'll still have the problem of it being flimsy. Having a convenient off-loader for your truck is very handy, and that it folds away when you don't need it only makes things better.As said above, if you really need a bench to weld on.... just throw some angle iron in between the rollers. With four or five pieces of angle dropped in, they naturally settle so they're even, and you can pop them out and store them on a shelf whenever you're done. With all the spaces between the rollers and angle, it makes for a dandy cutting/grinding table because everything drops to the ground.Last edited by VaughnT; 07-25-2020 at 04:08 PM.
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Originally Posted by VaughnT
Wonderful score! I would have loved to find one of them for pennies like that.I'd leave it as-is, personally. No matter how you weld it, it'll never be a nice stiff bench. If you put a heavy top on it, you'll lose the convenience of it folding up and adjusting in height easily. And you'll still have the problem of it being flimsy. Having a convenient off-loader for your truck is very handy, and that it folds away when you don't need it only makes things better.As said above, if you really need a bench to weld on.... just throw some angle iron in between the rollers. With four or five pieces of angle dropped in, they naturally settle so they're even, and you can pop them out and store them on a shelf whenever you're done. With all the spaces between the rollers and angle, it makes for a dandy cutting/grinding table because everything drops to the ground.
Reply:that skate wheel thingamabob would make a great horizontal bandsaw material table. heavy H beams or stacks of angle iron would almost feed themselves into the saw.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla |
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