Hi to all,
With the lathe project on hold for the moment I started on another overdue project, a new workbench. I had the frame made by a local welding shop as welding is one of the things I just cannot do properly any more.
First made some shelves from brown stuff and gave them a decent cote of paint for protection.
I collected and made some bits.
Then welded it all together. Made a bit of a mess and had to do some heavy grinding.
The top is a piece of 4mm sheet steel I bought through a friend at an industrial radiator works. This was space welded to the frame on the inside. Then marked and drilled some holes to mount a vice, had to do some improvising to drill the holes.
The complete bench was then given a nice cote of paint.
And at the moment I am waiting for the paint to dry so it can be assembled.
Abraham