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Thread: Turn your Ladder into a Bench
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4th April 2008, 11:52 AM #1
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Turn your Ladder into a Bench
A lot of you may have a folding ladder that can be configured into a variety of shapes by locking the hinges in place.
Cut a piece of 16mm melamine faced particle board to fit on top of the rungs and tightly fit between the side frames.
Now you have a platform that can be used as a workbench for odd jobs or in my case I intend to fit a router upside down. I have purchase a Gifkins Jig and plan to set two routers in place to take the router cutters necessary to make boxes with the least amount of setup time. Other platforms can be made individually to fix in place
- A drop saw, a small bandsaw, a small drill press, a scrollsaw, a belt sander. etc.
These platforms can have these machines bolted in place on the board and then dropped in place on the ladder to suit the job at hand. Probably could fit a small pen lathe as well.
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4th April 2008, 12:35 PM #2
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Also good for a SCMS. (You added those pics after I posted this.
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I have one of those bendy ladders & 2 plaster's stools ($59 at Bunnies) & 4 of the cheap folding workmates ($18 at Bunnies)
My Grinder is bolted to a bit of MDF with a 90 x 35 glued & screwed to the back of it that is gripped in the workmate vice & I have another bit of 12mm ply about 1200 x 600 with 2 more bits of the 90 x 35 on the back of it about 800 apart that goes in between 2 of the workmates to make another portable tool bench.Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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4th April 2008, 10:31 PM #3
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good ideas fellas
and so bleedin obvious I didn't think of them
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6th April 2008, 03:02 PM #4
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Those $18 worksmates are a good machine stands at less cost than made in any wood you care to mention. My thicknesser is attached to one and the bench grinder to another. I may get another couple soon for other tools.
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6th April 2008, 10:32 PM #5
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My thicknesser it attached to a pair of 'skies' that sit across between a pair of the workmates.
It makes it more stable.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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7th April 2008, 12:32 PM #6
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Good one! I have one of those ladders just taking up space, now I have a use for it
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