Casket Stand Turned Into Nifty Shop Work Bench
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John Gipson, Gilmer, Texas: "I turned an old 5-ft. long casket stand, which I got free from a local funeral home, into a nifty shop work bench. The funeral home had used the casket stand for chapel funerals. The stand was about 40 to 45 years old and was coming apart. I took it to my shop and repaired it. I wrapped 1-in. angle iron around the sides and welded a piece of 3/16-in. thick sheet metal to the angle iron in order to reinforce the top of the stand. I also painted the stand red.
"The stand mounts on wheels so it can be easily rolled around and is just the right height for working on repair projects. It also comes in handy when I have to unload something heavy out of my pickup. I just roll the stand up to the back of the pickup and let the tail-gate down, then slide the object out onto the stand and roll it into my shop."
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Casket Stand Turned Into Nifty Shop Work Bench FARM SHOP Tools 22-6-38 John Gipson, Gilmer, Texas: "I turned an old 5-ft. long casket stand, which I got free from a local funeral home, into a nifty shop work bench. The funeral home had used the casket stand for chapel funerals. The stand was about 40 to 45 years old and was coming apart. I took it to my shop and repaired it. I wrapped 1-in. angle iron around the sides and welded a piece of 3/16-in. thick sheet metal to the angle iron in order to reinforce the top of the stand. I also painted the stand red.
"The stand mounts on wheels so it can be easily rolled around and is just the right height for working on repair projects. It also comes in handy when I have to unload something heavy out of my pickup. I just roll the stand up to the back of the pickup and let the tail-gate down, then slide the object out onto the stand and roll it into my shop."
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