Clever MFT-Style Workbench

[downtheroad]

Just saw this posted today on YouTube.
Tehdoor's Workbench

 

[sae]

Cool idea, the guy just spent too much time demonstrating the unimportant features (oh gee, look where I can put my toes!).

 

[dltflt]

Good design.

 

[jonathan-m]

I like it a lot actually.

 

[wow]

It's a transformer!

I'll bet that would be even MORE awesome if you made it out of 80/20. Think of the possibilities?!

 

[rljatl]

Looks like you could make something like that for a real MFT/3.  Take the legs off the MFT and mount it to the rest of that design and voila.

 

[Wooden Skye]

That is a great bench that doesn't take up a lot of room.

 

[Tinker]

Being designed for a job site bench (I suspect), that has to be one heavy monster to move from truck bed to indoor site and back.  I like Tim's design better for that purpose.
However, it looks like, with some slight modifications, it would work in a shop where it needs only to be moved around within the shop. 
I think I might be a simpler build than Tim's design.  Looking at the two designs, I think Tim's wood work the best for a shop as small as mine.
Tinker

 

[rmwarren]

It's a transformer!

I'll bet that would be even MORE awesome if you made it out of 80/20. Think of the possibilities?!

I has me thinking vis-a-vis my small shop project...

Mobile and/or wall-mounted versions?

RMW

 

[BillK400]

Video is gone...removed I guess. Would have been nice to see.

 

[downtheroad]

Fixed the link above. Also can search for tehdoor's channel on youtube and see his workbench for workshop videos. He has other interesting videos to check out, too.

 

[morts10n]

Was this a dance video or a woodworking video?  The way this dude was spinning this bench around in the corner, I thought it was his date!!!    BTW. I thought it would be great to have this monster bench on site.
Cheers!!

 

[sancho57]

Pretty nice bench. But to tell ya the truth, It isnt much different ten a MFT. But I bet its alot cheaper

 

[Jimmy FineCut]

Neat design but looks to heavy/bulky to come out of the shop.

Just fold up the legs and hang you mft on the wall!

 

[Kev]

Was this a dance video or a woodworking video?  The way this dude was spinning this bench around in the corner, I thought it was his date!!!    BTW. I thought it would be great to have this monster bench on site.
Cheers!!

Same went through my mind [big grin]

I'm not a fan of fold up benches ... it's personal, not being critical of the guy's work. A bench to me is a worktop with storage below.

Also, that bench doesn't look much of a site to site capable rig if you are in need of something mobile - think it'd come into it's own if you kept your workshop "in a cupboard" and deployed stuff to work.

 

[jonny round boy]

I don't know how I missed this post originally, but I've just watched the video. Really nice for workshop use, but as others have said it'd be far too tricky to get it in & out of a vehicle.

One thought I had was that for a workshop, you could modify this design so you could load an 8x4 sheet on vertically (or nearly vertically) & use the bench to drop it down to horizontal ready for cutting. I store my sheets in a vertical rack (stood on end) and getting them from this position to horizontal in my tiny shop is a nightmare!

 

[richy3333]

I was distracted by wondering what happened to the clamps.

But, if kraftwork ever made a video about an MFT it wouldbe hard to beat this one!

 

[mcooley]

Kraftwerk, Neu! and Can! 

I was distracted by wondering what happened to the clamps.

But, if kraftwork ever made a video about an MFT it wouldbe hard to beat this one!