From: http://MobileRik.com - Living Off The Grid In A DIY Camper Would you find it handy to have a sturdy space-saving portable workbench yo...
From: http://MobileRik.com - Living Off The Grid In A DIY Camper Would you find it handy to have a sturdy space-saving portable workbench you can easily stow away? You can bet I totally do! I was looking for an easy way to do my projects on the road, when I came across the Sta-bull Ta-bull project on 911Kisses.net. To say it was exactly what I was looking for is a bit of an understatement. As you'll see in the video, I rushed so quickly to get the parts I needed that I made a number of short cuts that proved, shall we say, "very educational." Essentially the Mobile Workbench is a portable "saw-horse and vise" style workbench (ideally a Black & Decker Workmate 125) with a removable work surface, fold-up peg board wall to keep your tools handy-but-out-of-the-way, and a drawer to store any tools that you wish to stay with the work bench. Feeling like I needed a usable workbench "like, yesterday", I was a bit dismayed to discover that the Workmate 125 isn't sold in stores, although it's easily available through Amazon or Ebay for $30 with free shipping. Not wanting to wait for it to arrive, I checked my local Harbor Freight and picked up a cheap imitation on sale for just $16.99. Upon assembling it, I quickly figured out a few reasons why I should just order the Black & Decker and return the cheap U.S. General to Harbor Freight. But since I had a zillion projects on my agenda, I decided to just, as they say, "make it work!" Knowing that I'd eventually swap it out for the Workmate, I wanted a way to make a less-than-permanent installation, leading to what's become an interesting variation in quite a few respects. Some of the changes I made as what I consider to be all-around small improvements. But the biggest change was the "flexible" way I attached the top to the bench, so that you could potentially use it with different sets of legs, if you wanted to upgrade later or just rotate between different workbenches. For the full tutorial go to http://mobilerik... Less
