From: http://MobileRik.com - Living Off The Grid In A DIY Camper <br /><br />Would you find it handy to have a sturdy space-saving portable workbench you can easily stow away? <br /><br />You can bet I totally do! I was looking for an easy way to do my projects on the road, when I came across the Sta-bull Ta-bull project on 911Kisses.net. To say it was exactly what I was looking for is a bit of an understatement. As you'll see in the video, I rushed so quickly to get the parts I needed that I made a number of short cuts that proved, shall we say, "very educational." <br /><br />Essentially the Mobile Workbench is a portable "saw-horse and vise" style workbench (ideally a Black & Decker Workmate 125) with a removable work surface, fold-up peg board wall to keep your tools handy-but-out-of-the-way, and a drawer to store any tools that you wish to stay with the work bench. <br /><br />Feeling like I needed a usable workbench "like, yesterday", I was a bit dismayed to discover that the Workmate 125 isn't sold in stores, although it's easily available through Amazon or Ebay for $30 with free shipping. Not wanting to wait for it to arrive, I checked my local Harbor Freight and picked up a cheap imitation on sale for just $16.99. Upon assembling it, I quickly figured out a few reasons why I should just order the Black & Decker and return the cheap U.S. General to Harbor Freight. But since I had a zillion projects on my agenda, I decided to just, as they say, "make it work!" <br /><br />Knowing that I'd eventually swap it out for the Workmate, I wanted a way to make a less-than-permanent installation, leading to what's become an interesting variation in quite a few respects. Some of the changes I made as what I consider to be all-around small improvements. But the biggest change was the "flexible" way I attached the top to the bench, so that you could potentially use it with different sets of legs, if you wanted to upgrade later or just rotate between different workbenches. <br /><br />For the full tutorial go to http://mobilerik.com/1742/diy-portable-workbench-rv-tiny-house/
