Workbench for the Metal Cut Off Saw
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
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I feel like you're the last man standing in UA-cam who keeps making things.
Nice work Neil! If I were you I would get rid of the cut off saw for a cold saw, best thing I have done in my shop. they cut straighter with a nicer finish and the part doesn't get hot.
Cold saw changed my life cutting steel. The time saved paid for itself in two days.
I was thinking the same thing. The abrasive saws aren't saws at all, they wear and melt their way through the metal. The only downsides to cold saws are the needle-sharp bits they make, but those are preferable to fine dust settling everywhere.
@@Bob_Adkins I'll take the sworf over flying sparks any day 🤣
But you can make nice Damascus with all the swarf
Thanks John! You’re probably right and I’ve thought about it but when the saw i have works well enough it’s difficult to justify it. I would like one though so you never know. :)
Word of wisdom to anybody building something similar - make the dropped center section deeper than your current saw and shim the saw up to flush. There are few things more irritating than buying a new upgraded saw only to realize it has a thicker base and now you need to modify your bench.
Good idea, thanks for sharing it.
That’s a great idea Bradley - if I do ever change the saw and the base is higher I’ll just have to wrestle the tops off and fix them back down with shims. :)
I was thinking along similar lines, like bolting in the center section do make later modification easier.
I was thinking exactly this when he was putting the saw in... Bad case I guess you could build a recessed tray to make the middle section sit a bit deeper (bonus dust collector!), though that would require redoing those support welds he said he added in the plans.
And worst case, trim the saw's base down.
@@nordishkiel5985 Bolting the center section and whenever you need a new drastically different height just drill some new holes! Ezpz
I've been wondering how to build a workbench that would survive a nearby asteroid impact. Now I know. Plenty of workspace, indestructible, airtight (nearly so) for dust proofing and nice looking. Amazing design, videography and craftsmanship, as always! Thanks for the lesson.
Thanks Joe - glad you enjoyed it! :)
The plywood jig is genius, like most of your fine work, sir.
Dear Neil, I always have a chuckle when you off-handedly brush past a couple of works of absolute genius as if you think that we mortals are in the same league of creative ability that you have. Your workbench for metal fabrication is simple brilliance and your jig for welding a piece of metal precisely in the Z-axis just shows your talent. To take the cake for ideas however you can’t go past the idea of a single bolt to allow rotation of the cutoff saw. Anyone who has struggled to cut their steel @ 45˚ would appreciate the sheer simple elegance of your idea Neil. I’ve not seen neither elsewhere that you show in your incantation. Well done. Merry Christmas.
The cabinet looks excellent Neil and the finish as always looks great. Brilliant work. You and family Have a safe and wonderful Christmas mate and a prosperous new year 👍🏻👍🏻
Merry Christmas to you too Ian - glad you enjoyed the video. :)😊
Awesome build. I've been building all of my shop furnishings out of galvanized fence posts and Steeltek fittings. No welding required, and if I ever move, all I gotta do is unscrew the fittings and the whole thing comes apart. I've built my work bench framing out of it, and topped it with a solid core external door for the worktop. I built my shelves and other odds and ends out of it as well. Steeltek makes for an incredible metal frame system. But yours is so much better in nearly every possible way. What a beauty of a build.
Wow, I could see this even used as an industrial looking kitchen station.
Hey, Merry Christmas. Lord bless you.
I'm the proud owner of an Evolution S355 CPS hacksaw because the S355 MCS was too expensive for my hobby shop... and ever since I bought it I've been thinking about how to get it to turn...
Your idea, although very simple, seems to me to be an excellent solution.
Thumbs up
... and putting it conveniently by the window... a touch of genius...
Neil, Merry Christmas! Thanks for the virtual companionship in 2021, and for your steady encouragement.
That table leg welding jig was pure genius. Will have to remember that. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Wow. That turned out great. Looks so good with the blue and charcoal colors, too. I’m inspired to elevate my shop furniture game. 👊
Thanks Scott- glad you’re inspired! :)
Future archaeologists will marvel at this bench. Fantastic, sir. Fantastic.
You really have evolved that shop into something special. You should be proud of yourself.
Another masterpiece, Neil, I've suppressed the jealousy just enough to marvel at this iconic piece of grinding-room furniture. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too, Neil, enjoy some time off, you've earned it.
Ha! The green eyed monster afflicts me as well. I guess we’ll just have to settle for vicarious living for now.😂
Thanks very much Keith and merry Christmas to you too! :)
Excellent work shop furniture. Your great grand children will appreciate that you made it for them.
Interesting technique to keep the steel off the bench as you put it into position while glued. I like it.
Beautifully detailed and solid construction. Thank you for the inspiration. 🙏🏼
Nice work bench Niel... I love watching your channel. I don't build anything or even have any tools but there's something about watching smart people put things together that intrigues me. You're brilliant.
Have a very Merry Christmas.
Same here, Nena! I've gone down so many rabbit-holes on you-tube watching creative folks do amazing things! 🎄 Merry Christmas to you and yours!
@@juadonna thank you.
Well done on the bench and the jig to weld the legs was spot on.
@neil pls do a video on all the seafty equipments you use while woodworking or metal working specifically while grinding or sanding
Brilliant! Truly a terrific addition your shop, in line with the other professional looking (and functioning!) pieces you have created. I always enjoy your projects, but more and more I anticipate the "little touches" and amazing jigs and methods you devise and use. Believe it or not, I have found ways to use some of them in other types of projects and applications - for which I am grateful! Wishing you and your family the best of the coming season, GRC
Thanks very much George - glad the videos are helpful! :)
I like seeing the pattern from your gate on the welding table.
Thanks for the free/discounted plans lately. Looking forward to getting through some of them and picking up some more.
No worries Matthew - glad they’re helpful to you. :)
Loved the craftsmanship you put into the table and the expertise you put into the video. Your videos are just so enjoyable to watch and showcase not only your creativity but also the joy you get from working and completing a project. And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well.
Glad you enjoyed it John! :)
Tons of little details that made this a perfect table. Quality work!!!!
A pleasure to watch. Such meticulous work - obviously the product of good planning, a well equipped workshop and a lot of skill and experience. Wish I could do difficult position MIG welds like him. A joy to see a first class tradesman at work. (And the video shooting and editing are equally as professional.)
Your shop is really coming together. That blue looks great.
Beautiful work as always. Other commenters are saying to get a cold saw too. I highly recommend the Makita LC1230 because they’re cheap and they cut quietly and fast. I put one to work making a flat-strap on end finishing table for our shop requiring over 400 precision cuts. After that project I made another roll around drying rack requiring another ~100 cuts. The blade is still just as sharp as the day we bought it. I don’t fully understand how they work, but I’m perfectly happy believing that it’s magic ✨💫
Very nice work. Consider a cold saw. A lot less dust and easy miter capability. Love your entire work shop. Great use of space
I would love a video tutorial on welding. I know there's plenty out there, but would love your take on tips and tricks on getting those great welds and finish! As a complete novice, I find controlling the bead is way harder than everyone makes it out to be.
Great work as always.
If I may make a suggestion for your 'plans', and anyone else that might use this idea, is to add and inch or so to the size of the steel bench top peices, and then bend down over all the edges, and weld the corners. As you have exposed screws on the side anyway from the steel flat bar, and then siliconed the top edge, my suggestion would I believe make it look a little bit better, and perhaps save some time. It might also prevent the need to glue the sheet down, just in case they require replacement.
Just an immediate thought as I was watching your vid. Keep up inspiring us all.
That is a massive quality of life improvement. Going to make so many projects and just general shop work SOOO much easier.
All that extra storage underneath as well! Very nice.
I haven’t seen many good metal working bench builds so thank you
I don’t think I’ll ever need one of these. But I love watching you work anyway. Watching your thought process as you put things together is a learning experience unto itself. I could possibly see adapting this to a wooden miter station and using lumber instead of welding, since that’s a skill set and equipment I don’t possess.
Very well done. Always absolute quality in workmanship and video editing.
I also appreciate that you left the numbers showing ;) Nice to know where things came from when they're re-used and have a good story.
It should have been a great joy creating this factory level high quality workbench, customized for needs, with such a well established workshop. Admire!
Excellent project Neil. I admire your range of skills and techniques and think you are a masterful educator.
Ingenious !! Love your metal table with the removable slats. The plywood jig for the legs should be patented !!
Great work as always. I also use the angle-iron method to find my saw's proper cutting distance. The only difference is that I just flip (carefully) the angle-iron, clamp it, and use it as the guide for the saw. It saves me a bit of time, & once you get used to it, it gets much faster/easier to use. When I get a place with a garage, I'm going to totally order some of your easier plans.
Thanks very much Bobby! :)
Good looking bench that anybody would be proud to have. Wishing your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Don from the Texas Panhandle on old Route 66.
Awesome workbench, Neil!
16:37 As Drew from Fisher's Shop would say: "Let me play you the song of my people!"
Very nice bench, we’ll made. So handy to have the table for support.
Traum Werkbank aus Holz und Stahl, für jeder Bastler ein muss! Sehr schön geworden. Bin Moslem aber wünsche euch Merry Christmas. Alles Gute 👍❤️
I have to say you have wonderful ability of going way over the top in everything you do haha. Keep it up mate
I am planning to make this from your plans. One change will be a shorter table, don't cap the ends, and pick up some smaller square that can "telescope" into the ends for extensions when needed.
Planning is the key word - will see in a few years how far I get. :D
Not a bad idea - the best thing about building your own is that you can configure it to your own needs. I would add some height adjustment at the end of those sliding supports, beacuse they will sag a bit.
Good idea!! Could probably do the same thing for a smaller welding table.
Very cool to see how you glued the metal to the plywood top.
The little one inch metal pieces to cover the wood. So cute 😂 and the counter sunk holes makes it look so smooooooth.
Thank you for another delightful practical project that's a joy to watch with your skills. Having built many factory-setting workbenches, I have a preference for a 50mm round corner on the outside of steel tops at hip height. Just too many bumping injuries moving heavy items. I look at those very sharp outside points and think about some idiot-proofing. This is similar to the trip hazard comment I made moving the bolt down ties under the bench on your anvil when you built that. I'm so delighted you share with us. :)
Mate, I could watch you AAALLLLLLLLL day!! I love it, everything you do/make is primo!
Love the color scheme, makes everything look neat and tidy
Awesome video this week. Love this design and project. It turned out very well. Hopefully you get great use out of it my friend for may more years to come . Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep designing. Weld on. Fab on. Keep making. God bless.
Great job Neil. Now to figure out what to put on those shelves ... I'm thinking grinding disks, grinders, sanding/cutting disks, and a whole bunch of dirty dusty grimy stuff ... good hidey holes.. Yay ... now as for the budget ..Whew!
Great work but I hope to see another (ply)woodworking film from you soon. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too.
Ace ! Dead sure one of them tool sponsors will be sending you a Cold Cut Off Saw in the post to replace your abrasive Cut Off and then you'll be winning at the races with eliminating extra dust in your work shop operating. Fantastic to see so many makers moving to Filter Style PPE looks like they becoming the standard. Major upgrade for PPE Standards. Good on ya as always Mate!
Great bench Neil, now it's time to take a break and watch the cricket and have a great chrissie. Cheers
Looks good and is a smart design. Good timing too.. a saw bench is going to be my next build for my shop.
Merry Christmas Neil. Thanks for all the entertainment and education throughout the year. Hope you and the fam have a great break.
Definetly like the mix of woodwork with steel. Always learning. Thank you Sir.
Looks great! You're projects are always so thorough, covering ever possible detail. Merry Christmas!!
Very clean and practical build...wish I had room for one coz I'd build one for sure.
Always love your work and commentary...Cheers mate
Greg
Thank you for your ideas during this year 2021, they were excellent !!! To you and your family a merry Christmas and a better year 2022, Mr. Neil. Juan Luis from Venezuela, best regards.
Good job Neil, thoroughly enjoyed this build. 1 million subs on the horizon 👌good luck, you deserve it🙏
Thanks very much! :)
great cabinet, and I like the rotation idea for the saw.
Of course, it helps to have all the material… but this really serves as a video to get ideas from. Your knowledge & skills are invaluable.
Thank you, for sharing!
👨🏭 Fantastic! Spot on! Well done! Fabricator, maker,industrial designer, whatever title you choose, you've well earned and deserve! Merry Christmas and a blessed new year to you and your family my friend!
Thank you Sir!!! Not overly complicated, looks amazing and perfect for its purpose!
I love your shop infrastructure builds. Your tables & cabinets are always so robust. Have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Cheers, Mate.
That amount of metal might worth as much as my house...
Great plan and awesome execution Neil!
Simply beautiful sir and well thought out. Hurry up and hit that 1 million sub. Make On Brother
Another awesome build! If you want to build it for a cold cutting saw, you can also make do without all the steel paneling, but it looks absolutely beautiful like this!
Wow, that's a great bench! The handle on the nut was genius!🤗
Great design, great finish, and I like that you took the time to give all of your benches have a similar look and feel. Happy holidays
Thanks very much Craig! I don’t think I planned the finish of the workbenches, they just happened to go that way, but I’m pretty happy with them. :)
What a brilliant thorough design as always. If I could make a suggestion it would be to add some material between the bottom rail and the floor. That will stop anything dropped on the floor from rolling under the bench. I guess it would need to be easily removable so you can still move the bench when required.
Really nice work, love the extras you add just makes it top quality. 👍
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too, look forward to seeing your work again in the new year.🎅🏻
Once again Amazing, and thankfully, "long" video, loved it!! I like how you build to your need and in the progress of your ever increasing skill-set... Cheers to you Neil! Merry Christmas and a Happy/ prosperous New Year...
Thanks very much - i thought I’d maybe made the video too long, glad you enjoyed it! :)
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well!
Great idea on the grind room. I wish I had your space.
Great looking/useful bench!! Yeah, that window sure is in the right place!! Great planning!!
Awesome bench and amazing video!
Have you tried the cold metal cutting drop saws? I just got the makita LC 1230 cold drop saw with a 12 inch blade, a lot less mess and much neater cuts with less burring.
Have been watching for a while now. Totally brilliant presentation style.
Probably won't ever build this bench but, so many tips, hints and thought processes, for me to use on my projects.
Thanks for this years stuff. Very Merry Christmas to you.
Cheers Chris (England)
Have a very merry and safe Christmas
It’s really a sturdy, attractive, functional build!
It's a real great pleasure to see you at work, with wood or steel, it's just fantastic! Thank you!
It looks so clean after sanding down the weld lines. Amazing. 🤩
Merry Christmas to you and yours Neil, looking forward to any new projects.
Great project! As you mounted the saw, towards the end, I said he doesn’t need that chain anymore and sure enough you had taken it off lol.
What a great job mate. Its refreshing to see so.eone with skills perform the tasks. Well done and I look forward to seeing the next project.
Have a great Christmas.
It's inspiring to see your shop growing and growing from where it was at the very beginning.
Quite nice piece of furniture. I do enjoy watching these videos.
You make it all look so easy.. brilliant work as usual Neil
Beautiful build as always.
Watching this video has me seriously considering taking welding classes next year.
Great craftsmanship, I enjoyed your videos.
Merry Christmas!
Great video, Neil. Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too.
All you CAST master and sir on a beautifully crafted desk!!!
Excellent project as usual Neil, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year to you and your Family
Merry Christmas back at you. Enjoyed the video as always.
Merry Christmas Neil, another excellent project to round out the year. Some of the small details on this workbench are just excellent, the likes of the catches not being magnetic to avoid filings being attracted just shows how you're always thinking ahead, a real pro.
Great project Neil. Your workshops becomes more beautiful and effective with each project. Happy holidays and a happy new year to you too.