Metal workbench

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Hi Bill we used to stick around the edge with double sided tape and drilled through for the vice holes to fasten on the hardboard top.

David

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Posted by David George 1 on 03/04/2023 17:12:04:

Hi Bill we used to stick around the edge with double sided tape

David

That sounds easy enough to remove when the top is worn out and needs replacing.

Sonic Escape, just in case you've misunderstood the term, oil tempered hardboard is a wood fibre board, not a metal.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Very nice, well done you

Don't forget you can support the table in the middle with a wooden post if you have a very heavy job on the go, like a pit prop, I use 2×4 and 4×4 wood

The top depends on the jobs you do, metal for fabrication work, wood for general work

Edited By Ady1 on 04/04/2023 10:03:29

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

I have a bench made with unequal angle Dexion with thick planks for a surface that supports a Fobco Star bench drill near one end and a Dore-Westbury mill on the other end. Seems OK. The Sharp mill and MLS-7 and Warco bandsaw all on their makers stands. Bench 2 is also Dexion unequal angle, but no great weight upon it, just a hand-working bench with a hefty swivelling vice and a hand powered shaper. Both benches rammed hard against the corners of the shed on 3 fixed legs and fourth one is adjustable for rigid setting down on slightly uneven concrete floor. Hopefully, above will give a few ideas.

John

[Sonic EscapeParticipant @sonicescape38234]

Aha, so hardboard is wood not metal! Now David's comment makes more sense
Here there are available some wood plates used for concrete pouring molds. They are very hard and relatively cheap. There are also oil resistant thick rubber sheets with textile inserts but they have a very strong smell. But they feel nice, especially if you work with heavy metal parts. Or this nice red vinyl sheet for workbenches.

Meanwhile the rust conversion treatment is already put to test. I let the metal plate outside and in the last two days here it snowed more than in the whole winter!

[Sonic EscapeParticipant @sonicescape38234]

The workbench is ready! I replaced the phosphoric acid rust converter with a polymeric type. This one creates a much better black coating for the top plate. Without any white dust. The workbench is very solid and heavy. It could easily hold any heavy object that two man could lift on it. Finally I have a place where to work without being worry about objects weight.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Sonic Escape, Looks good, but I would have rounded off those corners of your top plate by about a 6mm or so radius. They will hurt an awful amount if you happened to catch them, as well as tearing any clothing as they are.

Regards Nick.

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