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    Mines just a basic all purpose work area. I've got an old mag in a vice and use that as a cleaning station. I need to do some upgrades/cleaning and put some peg board up on the wall.



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    Thumbs up

    Sweet little setup, bro.

    I'm beginning to see that I'm the only one, so far, with a seriously underlit workstation.

    ETA: David, where'd you get the clamps?
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    I like that setup as well. I don't see myself getting heavily into building/modifying rifles with the time constraints (family and work) that I have. I would like an area to call my own and that looks like a great basic setup. I had two spare rooms in the house, but the in-laws moved in a year ago and took over. I've been hiding my good tools in my room because my father-in-law has a tendency to take nice things and F#$ them up (another reason I don't want to set up in the garage). For example, he thought that he was a skilled knife sharpener and went to town (without asking) on my Henckel kitchen knives....the knives are notched now.

    Do you do any barrel torquing/FF rail installation with that setup? I see that your vise is sitting on a elevated shelf and I was wondering if that was stable enough for you to put pressure on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Navigating Collapse View Post
    Sweet little setup, bro.

    I'm beginning to see that I'm the only one, so far, with a seriously underlit workstation.

    ETA: David, where'd you get the clamps?
    NavCol, while not David, I think I've seen clamps like those sold at Home Depot and Lowes.

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    The clamps came from Lowes a few years back. They are tight as hell and a good third hand sometimes.

    As far as putting torque on the the vise: No. Not much anyway. I mainly use it to hold stuff when I work on it.

    I don't build** AR's like some folks on here so I just needed a basic area. If the wife hands me something and says "here it broke" I can go out and fix it. I can clean my guns when I get back from the range or do minor auto repairs from the same area.

    **I did take all the parts out of my Bushy lower and replace them with parts from DD on that bench...

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    Quote Originally Posted by uwe1 View Post
    NavCol, while not David, I think I've seen clamps like those sold at Home Depot and Lowes.
    Not locally for me. The only options they've got around here are black/neon-orange versions. And nothing that big.

    I'd eventually like to get going on some builds, but right now my setup is intended for light maintenance & cleaning. Hopefully I'll never have to figit with installing pistol grips on the floor ever again.

    As far as lighting, I'm looking at something like this:



    And this:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Navigating Collapse View Post
    I'd eventually like to get going on some builds, but right now my setup is intended for light maintenance & cleaning. Hopefully I'll never have to figit with installing pistol grips on the floor ever again.
    I currently do most of my gun maintenance on the floor while keeping the gun inside of a box to minimize splash and lost parts. I once lost the ball bearing that sits in the safety switch of my Mossy500 and spent the better part of an hour on my hands and knees with a magnet recovering it from the shag carpet.

    If I put anything resembling those lights in my house, my wife who watches too much HGTV would have a cow.

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    Bench padding

    I have a old kitchen countertop on my work bench. Springs and stuff love to fly everywhere.

    I found a roll of padding for use with a router. It is kind of a checkerboard type pattern, it is very grippy and can be put away to keep other crap off of it (metal shavings-rust-whatever).

    Now if I can only cure my horrible case of workbench clutter disease

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    I saw something almost exactly like this at Harbor Freight for about $130. How secure is it with the thin aluminum metal for the legs? It seems like an decent, inexpensive setup for a "hobby gunsmith" like myself.

    Quote Originally Posted by rob_s View Post
    I have something like this set up in my spare bedroom/office. I replaced the particle-board top and bottom with 3/4" plywood.

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    my bench worked great. Made by Gorilla. I can't really comment on other brands.

    As for lighting, my bench has a top shelf with a tube bulb under it, and I also used clamp-on desk lamps attached to the shelf because I could move them around and aim them where I wanted.

    Once upon a time I had a big boom-type desk lamp on there but it finally crapped out.

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