Mobile work bench build

[Mr Stubs]

Welp, I was asking for input earlier....


Now it build time.

Local steel yard had a rem piece of 3x6x3/8 that I picked up for $150. Sounds like it normally would have ran me $300 for the same chunk. It has some goofy plasma cuts in it but I’ll deal with them for $150 off.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Started out by building a sub frame for the sheet. I went with 1.5x1.5x.120 angle iron. The old timer at the fab shop suggested this. He said that if I rotate it then it becomes a I beam and is much stronger.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Definitely a lot more work to do it this way. I was just going to use 2x2x.120 box.

More work, less money.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Got myself some nice locking castors. Find a local place , better selection than the box stores.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Finished out the day cutting my legs and building the mounting plates for the castors.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Built my leveling legs out of 1” all thread. Used a coupler nut to hold the rod and welded a nut on top.

I figure I’ll get them on the legs once the table is flipped over, that way I can make sure the rod pushes even to the ground.

 

[Mr Stubs]

I decided to go with two shelf trays, one high, one low. I figure the high one will be used for angle grinders and stuff. The lower will be for taller and heavier things.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Table is tacked together and close to being finished now. Plan is to start burning it in now. I’m going to cut the tack welds off the table top and flip the frame over by hand. Then I figure I’ll use my cherry picker to lift the top and set it back down on the frame. I would just flip it over but I’m afraid of bending the legs

 

[Mr Stubs]

Ended up just burning the table in and flipping it with my cherry picker.

 

[Mr Stubs]

Added in a few pins to hold grinding wheels and to be used as grounding lugs. Also mounted the leg adjusters

 

[Mr Stubs]

Dug out my old and broken vise. I’ll be purchasing a replacement piece for it and mounting it to the table

 

[IUsedtoBendCars]

Nice looking table. I like the leveling screws/ park brake for getting after it feature.
What part is broken on the vise? I have the same one but missing the base. Where are you getting parts?

 

[Mr Stubs]

Nice looking table. I like the leveling screws/ park brake for getting after it feature.
What part is broken on the vise? I have the same one but missing the base. Where are you getting parts?

I need a main vise nut.

 

[Firstram]

Looks great!

 

[arse_sidewards]

I need a main vise nut.

I'd weld a nut to a scrap of flat stock and use the grinder to make it fit.

 

[Mr Stubs]

I'd weld a nut to a scrap of flat stock and use the grinder to make it fit.

I looked into that but the thread of the screw handle is a heavy course pitch, nothing like that I have seen at the local stores.

 

[Mr Stubs]

I'd weld a nut to a scrap of flat stock and use the grinder to make it fit.

Here is a pic of the screw handle and the vice nut threads. As you can see, I stripped out the threads from over torquing and a shitty cast nut.

 

[arse_sidewards]

I looked into that but the thread of the screw handle is a heavy course pitch, nothing like that I have seen at the local stores.

Probably ACME thread. It's the standard for stuff that has to take a lot of abuse and not wear out.

If it's not a standard ACME thread then I'd just upgrade to 1" grade-8 threaded rod. It's not exactly a complex mechanism and stepping up a few sizes will more than make up for what you lose in strength.