Surface plate support quick question

Nice job Paul!

Welds are better than any I can do!

How much would charge to make one for my rock?

Thanks. I uhhmm If you bring the stuff over we can just make it. But plan on two weeks of evenings. LOL!

Here are some pictures with it painted.


Paul
 
Hi Paul,
looking great man!
looks like you have a shop gnome too!

my shop gnome puts stuff away for me.
as cute and respectable as it is, the problem is that i'm the only one who know where stuff is supposed to go ! :grin big:

i look forward to seeing the plate!
 
Hi Paul,
looking great man!
looks like you have a shop gnome too!

my shop gnome puts stuff away for me.
as cute and respectable as it is, the problem is that i'm the only one who know where stuff is supposed to go ! :grin big:

i look forward to seeing the plate!

Thanks Mike! I was wondering what it was called. Seems my shop gnome likes to say "NO!" a lot. She's 4 and in the last month has gone to an enormous amount of 'why are you doing that?" Or "What are you doing?" questions which is good. She was on a milk crate a couple of days ago with her P.P.E. watching me drill holes on the drill press. Getting her to wear glasses is easier than getting her to wear shoes!

The plate might get put in it's resting place this week. I visited it in the shop today. It looks lonely.
 
she's cute as a button! the questions from her get tougher from here!

my son(6yo) loves to put on the PPE stuff- he says he's like Bob the Builder!

can't wait to see the plate!!!
 
OK so here's how it went down! My wife through a fit over me wanting to spend another 200$(or more as I wanted to buy a lifting table also) to unload my "secrete" surface plate I had some how acquired... So what I ended up doing was buying (8) 2x4's to build a ramp from the truck to the plate. I put the plate on an extra pallet I had at the warehouse and loaded it in the truck. This gave it enough height to be above the grade of the stand. I only used (4) of the 2x4s... some 3" and 2-1/2" screws...and some rope a bike hanger and a single pulley. (I want to warn you this particular pulley almost killed me in 2010 when I pulled a water heater down from a loft by myself...and it was full of rust...it weighed more than I did and I got to fly through the air like that story you've read on the internet about the bricks falling..the rope...yadada. Anyway, it's on it's stand and I've tried to describe what I did on each photo in the title. Here it is. 20 more photos for your viewing pleasure.

Paul
 
Yay, good job! I almost want to see that photo sequence set to music....
Seriously, glad you finally got it done. :encourage:

-frank
 
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