For quite sometime I have wanted to add a heavy duty sturdy large workbench to my shop. I have looked casually for quite some time and nothing out there for sale is nice and good quality and the heavy duty welding benches are 30k baht and more and I really didn't want a welding specific work bench. I had drafted up a few designs and was just about to go pick up some metal to begin to make a round tube stand to mount a top too when the one below came along. Funny as it was, the old neighbor lady asked my wife If I would be so kind to take it in my truck to the local scrap metal place, she didn't use it anymore. I looked it over and said I will give you 500bht (which is way more then the scrap place would have). She was really happy. What I liked is its an older heavy duty round steel framed bench with a nice 3/4inch plate underneath a SST top. The steel I was going to buy was easily double that and it saves me time cutting and welding.
Not bad for 500 bht.
I sanded it up a bit then power washed yesterday and this morning picked up 3 cans of paint at the local Mom and Pop shop and started at painting it
All painted up and drying
Now for the top, I found a factory in BKK that sells 2cm thick hard wood tops. My wife took over the negotiations and she ordered me up a 240cm Long by 100cm wide table top. They only sell them that size so I will have to cut the length down myself as I only have space for 200cm long. 1350bht +250bht shipping Its on its way.
I am thinking I will weld on some heavy duty casters to the legs so I can move it around easily.
I look forward to having the larger bench space in the shop and the fun project while I watch NFL pre season and have a few beers. Will update once the top arrives.