Strap sez: "Good idea, Tawm. Get some good commercial carpeting. It's like I/O
but tougher and less cheaply made. Banks, etc. use it."

Many years ago I got some heavy-duty carpet left over from the lobby of a bank. Took my hot-melt
glue gun and some shears and fashioned it into a protective covering for my Jensen "Engineers" tool
case. Turned rough-side out, the airlines were never able to gouge the simulated leather of the
tool case.

Bob Swinney

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42:19 -0400, the infamous "Buerste"
scrawled the following:


"Cydrome Leader" wrote in message
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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. They
get
raised 12" and I made a top from 2 x 4s glued-up face to face. I had to
make the top in 2 pieces so they would fit through the 20" planer at work
then glued the two together. I filled any imperfections with wood putty.
I
don't care what it looks like, I just want a good, solid surface. The
bench
is lagged to the wall. I also bored two lines of 3/4" holes front to
back,
two feet apart. The bench should be very functional for a lot of things
but
mostly it'll be my reloading station. And, I mounted a bunch of the old
kitchen cabinets above it on the wall. I have five 8', 2-tube fixtures
to
go up on the ceiling and walls.

That's when I had a GREAT idea! I routed a half-round groove 3/4" wide x
3/8" deep, all the way around the top, 3/4" in from the edge. Then I
polyurethaned the **** out of the whole top. I'll bet that saves me from
some of the trying to find parts that would otherwise roll off. Is this
an
original idea?

No. See "carving platter" for earlier patents.


Also I'll put some indoor/outdoor carpet on 1/3 of the
bench.



I've seen a "homemade" shop bench for electronics repair that had an edge
designed to catch screws or lay screwdrivers. Those are usually carpet
coverer, so parts can't really roll away.

jumping away c-clips is another story.

I always call them "Jesus Clips". "JESUS---where did THAT go?"

I have a Jesus Clip Holder. It's a spring-loaded roach clip of sorts.
(reference from another life) the little carburetor linkage clips
were the worst sort for flying off into nowhere.

--
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything
evil, and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
-- Johann K. Lavater