Thread: Not quite level

Sorry if i rambled on a bit guys

Originally Posted by Gags_17

but little did i realise there was the scrap bit leftover from one of the welding electrodes under one of the legs so now that leg sits about 4-5 mills

Yeah, just stick an electrode under it and it will be fine.

Al

cut the other three legs down

Tools

Tools is the man, Cut the other three down..

grind off the electrode?

Ok looks like grind down the other legs is the go,Would adding on a bit be anygood? Nd the electrode isnt stuck it was just under the leg when i wlded it all together.
thanks guys

Just biuld up the short leg with weld metal

Weld a 10 or 12 mm nut into the angle at the bottom of the short leg then screw the bolt into it. Then you can use it as a levelling bolt if the floor where you decide to put it is ever a little bit out, nothing worse than a bench that has to be shimmed for a slightly uneven floor.

Set it up level with the short leg off the ground. Get another piece of angle that the leg is made of, put it into the leg (overlapped) and getting the end of it sitting on the ground tack it and after getting it right weld the extension to the leg.

Ive built numerous workbenches for myself friends and work. I always when I jig and weld use a tape measure for squareness. I also at the end of the legs weld 3/4 nuts into the tubes and then screw bolts into the nuts for levelling.No matter how square you make a bench I can guarantee you the floor wont be perfectly flat. This simple method accomodates for those factors. I also like to weld wheels onto cross braces so that way if you need to move the benches you simply wind the bolts in until the wheels take the load and then simply push the becnch across the floor to wheerver you need it and then wind the bolts out again
Give it a go, I guarantee you will not regeret doing it
Steve

Great post Simso.
Very good ideas that I will use next time I make up anything similar.

Thanks.

Because my shed floor is so uneven I use bolts for feet on all my new benches. On my WW bench I drilled 28mm holes into the ends of the legs and jammed 3/4" nuts into the holes and screw 50 mm long bolts into the nuts. Having a level bench provides a very good reference point from which to work. I've done the same on my pedestal DP. I keep a small spirit level handy to the DP and use it to check if my work pieces are level, if yes then I know they're relatively square to the bit.

Cheers

Thanks for all the replys guys simso super idea im definetly going to get onto that. cheers this forums is supe