audiozaz
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Hi there,
While browsing through the furniture section of the local thrift, I came upon a small ~14" x ~25", one foot high metal rack-base on casters. I immediately got the idea to build a rack to go on top of it on which to put all my measuring and testing equipment so it wouldn't be on my worktable and be movable.
So I went and bought 40' of 1"x1"x0.125" angle iron for about 30$ and as a sunday afternoon project with the help of a friend, measured, cut and MIG welded a nice little 4-tier rack. I painted it with Rustcoat black paint for a durable finish and cut some wood to size as tight-fitting drop-in shelves.
Overall, it's a very sturdy unit and I'm very glad how it turned out. I don't do metalwork very often and it came out good, meaning that squares check out nicely.
az
While browsing through the furniture section of the local thrift, I came upon a small ~14" x ~25", one foot high metal rack-base on casters. I immediately got the idea to build a rack to go on top of it on which to put all my measuring and testing equipment so it wouldn't be on my worktable and be movable.
So I went and bought 40' of 1"x1"x0.125" angle iron for about 30$ and as a sunday afternoon project with the help of a friend, measured, cut and MIG welded a nice little 4-tier rack. I painted it with Rustcoat black paint for a durable finish and cut some wood to size as tight-fitting drop-in shelves.
Overall, it's a very sturdy unit and I'm very glad how it turned out. I don't do metalwork very often and it came out good, meaning that squares check out nicely.
az
