Turning a tool shed into a shop

[Al 1]

PH, Very nice job. It's a home away from home. Enjoy. Al

 

[PHPaul]

A side effect (that I knew without doubt was coming...) of moving all my tools into the shop 75 yards from the house:

I knew I would quickly tire of walking down there every time I needed a screwdriver and planned ahead for that by buying a tool box full of tools off Craigslist with most of the common "household chore" needs. What I didn't think about ahead of time was how often I grab my Milwaukee cordless drill/driver and 1/4" impact.

It took about 3 days for that to get REAL old, so yesterday I went to Deep Homo and bought a pair of Ryobi tools to keep in the garage. Should be plenty good enough for said "household chores". With my military discount, not horribly expensive either.

 

[PHPaul]

This has been my "welding table" since I bought my first welder 30-ish years ago. About 18" square. It fit the available space and could be rolled into a corner when not needed. Top heavy, and had a nasty tendency to move when least expected, but better than nothing...usually...



Spotted this on Craigslist, 1/4 plate top, a tad over 40" square, reasonably flat, adjustable leveling feet, vise included. $100

When I was contemplating building my own for my new shop, a 4x4 piece of 1/4 hot-rolled plate priced out at $303.xx and probably close to double that by the time I added legs and bracing and such.

Even with driving halfway across the state to get it and dropping $70 on gas, it didn't take long to do THAT math!

 

[brino]

That sucker would be hard to move intentionally, let alone accidentally!

-brino

 

[PHPaul]

That sucker would be hard to move intentionally, let alone accidentally!

-brino

That's for sure! I got it into rough position with the forks on the Kubota. Moving it that last foot or so resulted in Ibuprofen for supper.