Screwdriver
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So I recently acquired a very sturdy four drawer cabinet. Not the typical flimsy tinfoil version but an old school solid one which, I honestly believe is so heavy duty, I could probably stand in one of the drawers.
It "has" to go here:
After much cursing and piling up of boxes, I manage to manoeuvre this cumbersome object into a space virtually the same size as it is.
Tada!
Hang on though, why is one drawer sprung open. My OCD will have a fit, I'd be standing there all day pushing it shut only for it to pop open. So I pull all the drawers out only to discover one of them is jammed shut and will not open. I have to jam myself into the gap, crawl into the 600mm deep cupboard and release an errant locking mechanism (also jammed). Turns out the lock mechanism has been butchered!
Main spar is bent and will not push flat, one bracket is missing and the latch has been ripped out. Easy enough fix but not with is jammed into a corner, plus I have made an untidy workshop WORSE by piling stuff up out of the way. I can't even get to the tool section from here.
It was at or around this time I inadvisedly expressed my concerns to the chap I got this from. Never a good idea to have a dialogue when you are experiencing sense of humour failure. Anyhow, I needed to get it off my chest when a two minute job turns into a hours of nightmarish hell. Cut off a solid steel bar inside an echo chamber with a Dremel with no elbow room and see what I mean.
Tada!
Next I need to "organise" my scrap bin which is currently modelled on the bedroom floordrobe system. Everything just gets shoved under the flypress. So I made this with some little castors I had lying around:
Should be strong enough to take whatever weight goes in there but crucially, I will be able to see what material I have on hand without having to rummage deep into a bucket.
I actually works a lot better than I could have hoped. Almost one finger pull and the sides guide themselves into place. Those are solid bars of 3" diameter mystery metal at one end.
Happy with this temporary setup which no doubt will change as I replace the current welding table and somehow fit a Bridgeport in there too!
It "has" to go here:
After much cursing and piling up of boxes, I manage to manoeuvre this cumbersome object into a space virtually the same size as it is.
Tada!
Hang on though, why is one drawer sprung open. My OCD will have a fit, I'd be standing there all day pushing it shut only for it to pop open. So I pull all the drawers out only to discover one of them is jammed shut and will not open. I have to jam myself into the gap, crawl into the 600mm deep cupboard and release an errant locking mechanism (also jammed). Turns out the lock mechanism has been butchered!
Main spar is bent and will not push flat, one bracket is missing and the latch has been ripped out. Easy enough fix but not with is jammed into a corner, plus I have made an untidy workshop WORSE by piling stuff up out of the way. I can't even get to the tool section from here.
It was at or around this time I inadvisedly expressed my concerns to the chap I got this from. Never a good idea to have a dialogue when you are experiencing sense of humour failure. Anyhow, I needed to get it off my chest when a two minute job turns into a hours of nightmarish hell. Cut off a solid steel bar inside an echo chamber with a Dremel with no elbow room and see what I mean.
Tada!
Next I need to "organise" my scrap bin which is currently modelled on the bedroom floordrobe system. Everything just gets shoved under the flypress. So I made this with some little castors I had lying around:
Should be strong enough to take whatever weight goes in there but crucially, I will be able to see what material I have on hand without having to rummage deep into a bucket.
I actually works a lot better than I could have hoped. Almost one finger pull and the sides guide themselves into place. Those are solid bars of 3" diameter mystery metal at one end.
Happy with this temporary setup which no doubt will change as I replace the current welding table and somehow fit a Bridgeport in there too!
Like the rest of the Collective, I'll be keeping an eye out in the 'For Sale' section...
