Sometimes you can find old steel desks at used office furniture dealers.
You can get one that is pretty ugly and somewhat beat up for almost
nothing, but they are very sturdy with lots of room for tools, fixtures,
etc. As far as a coolant recovery tray, you can probably look around for
some kind of plastic tray that would do the job - think industrial foot
wash, agricultural, or food industry, etc. You could either sit down at
the machine to work or make some simple legs out of scrap square steel
tubing to raise the whole thing up to whatever height you like.
Mike
Rex Burkheimer - WM wrote:
>
> Drew
> By real screamer, I assume you mean that in a Good Way? I think this
> machine will do everything I need, which I expect to be
> - accurate holes and slots in steel up to 3/8", aluminum up to 1"
> - lightening and beveling of aluminum brackets
> - fabrication of alum brackets.
> - general racecar fabricated bits.
>
> I don't see a lot of steel work, and hardly ever over 1/4" plate.
>
> And yes, I figured I could build a better table than those advertised, for
> much less that $140. I do not have a suitable bench for it now. I figured
> coolant is going to be desirable, so I intend to incorporate a coolant pan.
> Is there any way to find out the bolt-pattern of the base ahead of time?
> The downloadable docs were essentially a parts list and exploded diagram.
> It certainly was no users manual.
> I figured on building the table while I await shipment.
>
> Rex Burkheimer
> Parts Plus Marketing Director WM Automotive Whse., Fort Worth TX
> "Never attribute to evil that which can be explained by stupidity" -George
> Pyle
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew Rogge" <drew@pixar.com>
> To: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex@txol.net>
> Cc: "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: update - cheap mill-drill
>
> > Just a couple of coments Rex. The gearhead machines are real screamers
> > when you get them wound up. And don't bother with the stand they sell.
> > It's a piece of junk and the machine will wobble all over the place.
> > Build a nice sturdy one out of steel tubing at a height that works well
> > for you.
> >
> > Drew
> >
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