• Garage Projects

    Upgrading the smaller work bench

    The smaller work bench (Click Me) as been serving me well, but it could use a bit of an improvement in a couple of areas. One thing it was lacking was a good bench vise. A Craigslist find later and I’m in business. The top of the bench was thick enough that I just drilled and tapped the mounting holes:

  • Garage Projects

    Small Rolling Tool Tray

    It seems that I often spend more time looking for tools that get spread out under the car than actually working on the problem at hand. It often looks like a small bomb went off in my tool pile when I really start to get into the swing of things. To put it mildly, this is annoying.

  • Garage Projects

    Welding Cart 2.0

    After using the heck out of my small welding cart/fab table  I finally moved up in the world. I sold my old faithful red box machine to a friend and upgraded to a 220v Twecco Fabricator 211i machine. When measured out, I thought I could still use the same cart I did for my smaller welder. It turned out not to be: It was time for a new cart. I knew I wanted something with drawers on it as I…