Double Bass First Workbench

[MacBass57]

You can buy a bench like that from Harbor Freight for about $159- Its a very decent bench and will work well for what you want to do. I have one as well as a bench I built. The one I built is much stronger but weighs a lot more also.

 

[JoeyNaeger]

I'm jealous of some of y'all's work spaces. Mine is pretty tiny for all the things I have crammed in here. Here is my bench I built a few months ago. At 8' long, it's a lot of bench.

 

[Matthew Tucker]

Joey its nice you can actually fit a chair under your workbench. That won't last; enjoy it while you can!

 

[Matthew Tucker]

My basement workshop - more like the dungeon

That's a nice drillpress. And what's that on the back wall? A rack of files and rasps?

Oh yeah?

George what's the Delta in the far corner? A thicknesser?

 

[George700DL]

Matthew - the Delta is an air filter. It's supposed to recycle all the air in a room 2x that size in about 15 minutes, but I have my doubts that it actually does anything.

Which could be a separate topic altogether - dealing with dust.

George

 

[powerbass]

That's a nice drillpress. And what's that on the back wall? A rack of files and rasps?



The drill press has a telescoping arm and the head rotates. The quality is poor - the quill has a lot of run out, so it is not very accurate. Ideally I want a bench top mini milling machine. Yes that is a file rack - that is half the amount of what I have. Years ago I bought brand new Nicholson files (every shape and size) for $1.00 ea at a flea market. Recently I inherited a machinists collection of very large mill/bastard files too.

 

[Matthew Tucker]

Matthew - the Delta is an air filter. It's supposed to recycle all the air in a room 2x that size in about 15 minutes, but I have my doubts that it actually does anything.

Which could be a separate topic altogether - dealing with dust.

George

yep let's start a thread. I'm starting to get jack of the dust and wearing respirators all the time and sneezing if i don't!