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Thank you! I don't think anything you said was too basic for those of us that know nothing about them. I have my father's now and have never used one. 👍
The video is good the only thing I notice is that you whip the gun back and forth quite a bit to get a good bead and the reason say that is cause I do the same thing when I'm mig welding but other than that the video was good
Awesome video! Very detailed with great views and production value.... I don't need this upgrade yet, but I will save this video for when I do! Thanks!!!
Lovely! Candle wax in the wooden hole the pipe pivots in, would make it silent and you could move the bench without noise complaints from the neighbours. 😜👍🏻
Bearings were good, and are still hanging in there. The one plastic gear on top is like a fuse. If something gets jammed that's the part that will give way, and it's easy to get at to replace. I appreciate the commentary! Thanks for watching!!
Always wondered if I can leave my compressor under pressure between uses. I prob use the compressor about once per month. Is it better to drain the pressure in between uses? It’s a small 5 gallon no oil pancake compressor.
NOTHING should have plastic gears. if a childs bicycle can not have plastic gears, why would *ANY tool? never buy stuff that is engineered- made to break.
Excellent video. I just an hour ago busted the plastic drive gear on top of the gearhead. I totally agree that this is a perfect place to have a failure point because it is dead easy to get at. I will probably end up replacing the internal plastic gears with metal, though, at some point, but I need to get the plastic drive gear now so I can finish my project. My machine is apparently a Sieg X2 or clone, the WEN 33013. Big Orange. My lathe is Big Blue, the Vevor 7 x 12 I think it is. I will probably upgrade its gears, too. Both machines have served me well for a couple of years now, just making parts and doodads for house and boat. Honestly, making a full set of gears should have been my first milling project. Now, I got too many other jobs waiting to do. Again, great vid, thumbs up, thanks for posting.
My only "problem" is the noisy squealing sound that makes EVERY TIME you move the handle!! PERSONALLY, before I put the pipe into the wood frame, I would have taken a small amount of Finishing Wax on my finger and rubbed just a small bit into each hole the main pipe ran through!! This would also give a little lubrication to it as well, you wouldn't have that annoying squeal, and made the action smoother as well!! Another thing I would have done slightly different is....I'd have added a small detente in the 2X4 that contacts the lift wheels (welded to the pipe) for a sort of "locking feature". So when it was in an "up position" it would be slightly "locked into" that position!! Overall though it is a great video and the logic behind it is very sound!! I really DO like the build as I have been looking for a way to make a mobile workbench myself, and this may solve a couple of problems I have had in the designs I am tinkering with!!
I have to add.....the problem with my designs are, 1) I don't own a garage or a shop with a concrete floor, SO I need to use casters that will work on grass. AND secondly my design has to be small enough to fit through a standard door opening (36 inches)!!
When the lift is in the up position, the straight casters that do the lifting go slightly over center so they hold the up position. Thanks for the detailed comment!
Very good video, I have a 21 gallon vertical Central Pneumatic Harbor Freight compressor that I bought about 12 years ago and did have to replace the leaking top end cylinder gaskets after 2 years but it wasn't very difficult or expensive to do. For the last 10 years it's been pretty trouble free draining the air tank out periodically spring through fall and just before winter and placing it out of service with the valve open for any further moisture drip not needing to use it again until spring, very seldom does any moisture come out of it anymore since I've done this on a regular basis, I change the oil and service the filters each spring, let it run with the valve open for 10 to 15 minutes, then pressurize the system, I also normally like to keep only 40-50 lbs pressure charged in the tank until demand calls for more instead of keeping a full tank of 110-120 psi for safety just to guard against against excessive tank failure damages in the garage in the event of an explosion.
Hi, your blue shop air compressor is almost identical to the one I use. It is suppose to be continuous duty, but discovered that the belt-enclosure, directs all of the air of the cooling air, under the compressor case, instead of over the cylinders, heads, and charge tube. I tossed the guard, air flow now cools target areas. I am certain this was a deliberate attempt by the manufacturer, to shorten its life duration. Especially, if it ever ran under continuous duty situations. As well, I installed a brass elbow, with 6" extension pipe and ball valve, to allow water to collect in brass pipe, away from metal tank. Tank corrosion, sets up a very dangerous situation, on the smaller compressors, for the ones using 30 year old craftsmen compressor's, set them outside away from your proximity, while under pressure, or buy a new one. Be safe.
It’s so funny to me how many people focus on a squeak. I figure if you can come up with this design you know how to fix it if you want too who cares I don’t. I like your design and how simple it is to build, and I am planning on coping it just with bigger casters do to my bench is heavier. It will be easier than using my floor jack and dollies. Keep the videos coming.
What is the name of the tool, used to tap those threads? I'm not talking about the tap itself, but the thing that allows you to use your mill or drill press for alignment.
That's a spring loaded tap guide. Very handy little device to hold the tap straight with the hole just drilled. Thanks for watching and leaving a question!
"WHAT!!?? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE SCREECHING!" ... Use paste wax, or a bearing on the next one. For the love of your ears, please. Honestly though, This is a great idea. Well done!
That screech of the pipe would drive me nuts every time I wanted to move the bench. I definitely would have waxed the ends before assembly, but now that it's already made, I would put some silicone spray into each hole that rubs. Interesting idea.
Well, that wasn't really the intent, but it has become clear over time that the squeaky was a bit overdone. Thanks for watching the video! Great Comment!!
OMG... Next time around, pause the recording for 10 seconds, and lubricate that squealing handle / joint! I had to quit in the middle of the video because my nerves just can't take it...
