Has anybody made similar from ally/steel?

[paulmitchell1984]

Hi guys, been looking round for a resonable work station thats portable and can cary tools equipment i need for a job.

Im going into belt fiting form printing machines so onsite work space is limited and not always where you need it so figured why not take my own?

iv found this and wondred if anybody has done similar?

http://www.benchworks.be/mftc.html

there is a video of it on the link in page too and it seems pretty straight forward, only issue would be acurately getting all the holes for clamps in right places, which granted i wont need for my new job BUT would probably come in handf for other tasks, id thought about a steel top so could be used as a portable welding bench (not too thick to save some weight, but strong enough to do small tasks (main bench at home is 8mm and never had any issues with that so far)

any thougts or other suggestions?

 

[rory1]

In response to the original question..... I should think that a 4or 5mm bench top would be more than adequate for a small mobile welding bench. I suppose everything you put on it would ge lifted by hand so it's not going to carry a huge weight?

 

[paulmitchell1984]

no dea what was said in other posts :S, i was thinking 5mm top shouldnt be too bad to lift into van. need to decide if its worth paying a fabriocation place to do the holes for me or if i need a new toy (mag drill)

wont carry a huge amount basic tools and then the belts and cutting tools but these culd be put in trays and lifted on/off manually.