Mobile Workbenches Make Work Easier

Mobile Workbenches Make Work Easier FARM SHOP Maintenance Don Campbell maximizes every square inch of his relatively small shop by putting his 3 amazing workbenches on wheels so he can move them around the shop into his adjoining garage or to an outside pad to work on equipment “I installed pairs of 4 by 12-in wheels on each corner ” says Campbell “The ones on front are mounted to a trailer-type pivot with a T-handle for steering I can hitch it to a garden tractor and pull it around the lawn ” His first welding workbench started out as a simple steel table purchased at Home Depot Initially he set his stick welder on a shelf that he added Soon other items were incorporated like a multi-drawer toolbox and 1-ft extensions to either end to provide room for a plasma cutter to the left and a wire welder to the right He mounted a vise and a drill press an air hose reel and reels for electric cords and a light A charging station was added for batteries and outlets for plugging in tools “I added chrome wheels and chrome strips on the tool cabinet drawers just to dress it up ” says Campbell “It also has 12 electric outlets ” The table is about 40 in high which is Campbell’s preferred working height Total length runs 7 ft with a depth front to back of 26 in “I probably spent about $1 000 on it ” says Campbell “A friend of mine bought a toolbox on wheels and spent $20 000 ” Campbell is a builder extraordinaire who has been featured in FARM SHOW 10 times over the past 20 years starting with a project in Vol 25 No 1 His work includes 1/4-size working tractors and implements bulldozers front-end loaders and more He has documented his projects with 240 videos on YouTube com When he needed a second welding workbench he found a steel table on Amazon com and added similar extensions and dual wheel sets Toolboxes for nuts bolts and other supplies were added as well as a vise and racks for hand tools The extensions serve mainly as scrap metal holders “Workbench number 2 was for small welding projects on the tabletop ” says Campbell “I added a 22-in -tall splatter shield on the sides and to the rear of the table ” Workbench number 3 started with a similar steel table This time Campbell went with 4 by 10-in duals He also loaded it down with 2 toolboxes under the worktable and several on top It is used for miscellaneous small projects Steel tables have proven to be useful for creating workspaces He has several to which he attached kitchen countertops In one case he attached 2 by 4’s for a frame to hold 2 tables together and mounted a 10-ft long countertop to it “On December 27th I hit a million views on my YouTube channel after just 5 months of putting up videos ” he says “I like to share tips on things I’ve built I ask nothing more than viewers leave with a smile If FARM SHOW readers have questions about the videos I will be glad to answer them on my blog ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Campbell don@doncampbellmaker com; www doncampbellmaker com; https://www facebook com/doncampbellmaker

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