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Winston Winston is offline
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Default New idea for work bench?

Buerste wrote:
I took two old vanities that I replaced in the bathrooms and screwed them
together end to end to make the carcass of a new garage workbench.


Can't remember where I saw it (TMBR?) but I've used
this jeweler's idea to great effect.

To Wit:
Regular shop apron with the entire bottom hem clamped
to the top of the leading edge of your workbench.
Wear the top of the apron like normal. You now
have a large 'catchment' for small parts that would
normally zing off to an undisclosed location on the
floor. This saved my bacon on a couple of occasions.

It's nifty to pick up the part from your 'bib' rather
than go crawling on the floor for 10 minutes looking
for the elusive spring or whatchamacallit.

--Winston