I have a free standing bench that I can walk all the way around and a few wall mounted benches. Being able to access your work from any side is great. If you build one make sure you have a couple inches of overhang minimum so you can clamp stuff down to the bench.
That's nothing, I built a pole barn without a manlift so you can imagine all of the acrobatics with a nail gun climbing girts. My favorite was shortening the tops of the 24' 6x6 poles from atop two 5' sections of scaffolding, with an stepladder, me standing on the tippy top, with a sawzall over my head hoping the cutoff wouldn't fall on me. A stepladder on that stout bench is relatively safe.
Yeah, putting up trusses......in sand (before the slab got poured), on 8' stepladders wasn't fun either. Fell off twice and got wound up in a truss like a pretzel once. Not my proudest moments. It's fairly painless until the end of the fall. Usually.
Ughh, that brings back bad memories! When I was 18ish my neighbor built a pole barn and paid for my help. Since I was the youngest I was elected to have the cordless nailgun so I could climb to all the high spots where air hoses might not reach as easily. I'll do heights, but I'm not a fan of them so being 30' up wasn't fun for me. On top of that, everyone else was drinking beer and cat walking along 2x6's like nothing, while I was stone cold sober and wouldn't move unless I had 3 points of contact! Since then I've fallen 15' out of a tree and spent 6 months recovering from a rebuilt ankle, so I'm even more cautious of heights now!
the best one of mine I can remember was a 40ft ladder on top of saw horses with a plank between them on top of a goose neck trailer to reach the top of a chimney. I am surprised Darwin did not win that one.
I'm really getting into the mobile bench idea. I am considering making it with my welding plate bolted on a hinge to swing up when I need it and drop down when not in use. Hmmm....
"It's fairly painless until the end of the fall. Usually." ... actually, quite enjoyable on the ride down... til the stop...
Reminds me of my 4' cinder block ladder with a 25' extension to get on my roof.... It didn't end well. I got stranded on the roof when the ladder fell....
Built this from 3 x 12 (top) & 3 x 6 (legs) old growth doug fir in Jan 1987.Left vise has extra large Cherry jaw milled from chunk of dead tree off parent's property.Right vise (hardware is salvaged 1oo+yr old iron screw,collar from old tapered leg vise) found at an estate sale in mid 80's.New Cherry jaw,Hard Maple back anchored to bench leg. Was fun boring a 1.125" hole 9" deep for that vise screw,tapered at far end,getting everything lined up & chiseling out a small notch so the iron locking collar wouldn't twist in the mounting hole.... Small drawer on left made from Cherry scraps/salvaged old Oak drawer pull added later,same with the large one made from stained Red Oak plywood from a downtown hospital remodel.Not real fancy but bench is mega stout (300 lbs empty),very stable & top is smooth/ flat. Bolted to 80+ yr old concrete floor with 1/2" wedge anchors using 1/4" x 2 x 2 structural angle as the floor to bench mounting clips. Works for me.Someday I'll have a another large bench,such as the Sjobergs Elite w/cabinet or a similar European bench.One style of Ulmia bench I really liked but its not made anymore unfortunately.The Elite is a close substitute.
I got the boxes all out and organised and I still have more tools... I have tool hoarding addiction! Its all in an effort to get the bench out and apart.... Ugh!
O and DexterDay your right bro the saws fit in the bottom and top lol. I just wish I could actually do that....
