"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" on Fri, 4 Oct 2019
18:01:54 -0400
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

I looked at roll away bottom cabinets as an option under the
bench,
but they are either way to light duty, don't have drawer
configurations that I like, or way to expensive.

I built a rolling storage rack for heavy stuff using surplus
roller
slides for 19" relay racks, with angle iron uprights and shelves
cut
from exterior-wall steel stud remnants. The slides are for
electronic
equipment that could be quite heavy; my 1970's RF spectrum
analyzer
weighs 60 lbs.

The shelves can be moved by drilling new holes in the uprights. If
you
find surplus relay racks and cut them down you can use the
pre-drilled
mounting holes.

Hmmm, I have this collection of Hollywood bed frames. All that
angle iron, just setting there ...

--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels
alone."

Bed frames may be recycled railroad rails, with a higher carbon
content that makes them stronger but tricky to work with.

http://evolution.skf.com/us/the-art-...-train-tracks/


https://makeitfrommetal.com/what-gra...uses-and-tips/

Yesterday I read that Stephenson's original track gage was 4' 8", he
had to add 1/2" later to the tracks but not the wheels to make them
run more smoothly.


Another bit of useless RR trivia: the steam locomotive was an American
invention.
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/onli...mtown/shs2.htm

However, as with Fitch's pioneering steam rowboat, history instead
remembers the men who made crude earlier inventions practical,
Stephenson for the locomotive and Fulton for the steamboat.

It seems the Founding Fathers knew about submarines (Bushnell), steam
locos, high capacity assault rifles (Girandoni) and air mail.
Washington personally handed the first US airmail letter to the
balloon pilot.