Spent a few hours this afternoon working on getting the workbench finished in the garage. The basic frame is now properly bolted together, and the rest of the timber cut to finish it off. The bench is about four and a half metres long, and will have a single shelf underneath, this will give me somewhere to store my power tools.
All that's left to do is to fit the remaining timber spans to the bottom, level the legs and then fit the work surface. I plan on adding a stainless section to the worktop so that I can use it as a clean area for engine assembly. I also want to fit both a wood and metal vise as well.
After the bench is finished, the next project is to make up a base for the 3-in-1 machine and also a welding table. The welding table is basically a table made from a piece of boiler plate. The table will also serve as a handy base to use with my shot bags and anvil for metal shaping. The wooden bench is not as good for this kind of work as it absorbs too much of the energy from the hammer blows, plus eventually the bench will likely suffer.
I still need to source a piece of boiler plate, i was hoping a bit would magically materialise, but so far no luck.
More next week...