[Shop-talk] Grinder pedestal

[Brad Kahler]

Doug, interesting idea.  I've got one of the Black & Decker Workmate
benches and some plywood laying around.  I might give it a try before
spending money on wheels and pipes.

Thanks!

Brad


On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:

> I have one of those Craftsman folding workbenches with the two-piece
> clamping top surface.
> It is pretty stable.  I also have several benchtop tools, like a small
> router table, a small band saw, and a buffer.
> I mounted each of these tools on a a 14" x 24" piece of plywood with an
> additional 2" wide strip running across
> the underside.  To use a tool, I put it on top of the workbench with the
> 2" strip between the two pieces of
> workbench table, so it can be clamped in place.  The tools that are not
> being used live on some shelving brackets
> on my garage wall.
>
> This system has worked well for me.
>
> Doug