Comments on: Finds: Steck’s Portable Paint Bench http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/23/finds-stecks-portable-paint-bench/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/23/finds-stecks-portable-paint-bench/#comment-25836 Paul Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:20:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/23/finds-stecks-portable-paint-bench/#comment-25836 Some things have to cost you money, but painting racks isn't one of them. I have made these butler's trays in a matter of moments out of some scrap 5/4s, and a handful of screws. Now my painting table of choice is a reinforced metal panel (the side of a PDP 11/34) over two horses. Or, one of my rolling carts. I guess if I absolutely had to have this item in tubing 3/4 EMT isn't all that expensive. I've gone through the trouble of making a masking station out of pipe. Paint jobs are judged on final results, not by the appearance of all the intermediate setups. Some things have to cost you money, but painting racks isn’t one of them. I have made these butler’s trays in a matter of moments out of some scrap 5/4s, and a handful of screws. Now my painting table of choice is a reinforced metal panel (the side of a PDP 11/34) over two horses. Or, one of my rolling carts.

I guess if I absolutely had to have this item in tubing 3/4 EMT isn’t all that expensive. I’ve gone through the trouble of making a masking station out of pipe.

Paint jobs are judged on final results, not by the appearance of all the intermediate setups.

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/23/finds-stecks-portable-paint-bench/#comment-25615 nrChris Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:54:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/23/finds-stecks-portable-paint-bench/#comment-25615 I have re-assessed my original position on this one--at $50 it would be nice to have a dedicated painting bench. You can also use it as a platform for all sorts of fabricated jigs and one-off items for gripping and hanging your painted items. I have been using coat hangars and find that by hanging from my ceiling joists, that I am probably attracting too much dust as the items dry. I have re-assessed my original position on this one–at $50 it would be nice to have a dedicated painting bench. You can also use it as a platform for all sorts of fabricated jigs and one-off items for gripping and hanging your painted items.

I have been using coat hangars and find that by hanging from my ceiling joists, that I am probably attracting too much dust as the items dry.

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