"Surface Plate" Workbench

[Crusty]

I actually got to use it today for the first time and it makes my life better. I bought a cheapo HF machinist tool chest and it had separate locks (and keys) for the top and the front drawers cover and I modded it by making a couple of spring loaded pins that pin the front cover closed when the top is closed. Finding things (such as lock keys) becomes increasingly difficult these days and I've eliminated the need to find at least one key plus the new tool chest has already gone a long way towards centralizing and organizing a bunch of my small tools. It was a pleasure to do all that on a flat, solid work surface. That HF wooden tool chest is not bad (~$65) though when you get it you may have to glue or nail some things back together, but like I said it's not bad and the savings over a pro tool chest is huge. I've got a diamond saw blade on the way and when it gets here I'm going to try and clean up the broken edge on the work bench.