Portable Tuning Set-up Show and Tell

[cantunamunch]

Don't remember. ...
It's been about a year since we got rid of some stuff and moved the bench back about a foot. I still haven't relocated the hanging power cord....

"The Cinch"? https://www.slidewright.com/the-cinch-ski-snowboard-vise/

Ski Tuning Upgrade - Going High Tech - The Backcountry Ski Touring Blog

Homemade shop bench for ski tuning, ski tuning for backcountry skiing with cinch vise.

www.wildsnow.com

 

[mdf]

"The Cinch"? https://www.slidewright.com/the-cinch-ski-snowboard-vise/

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Ski Tuning Upgrade - Going High Tech - The Backcountry Ski Touring Blog

Homemade shop bench for ski tuning, ski tuning for backcountry skiing with cinch vise.

www.wildsnow.com

Yeah, that seems to be it. Unfortunately not for sale and not in the listings. That seems to be an orphan page. How the heck did you find that?

The current "Tools4Boards Cinch" doesn't look as nice -- the top surface doesn't swivel out of the way.

 

[JCF]

Put this together - actually the base and “posts” were already together as it was a cut deck stringer I found at the dump.
I just adapted it and glued some old MC inner tube on it and added an old wood vice.
At the limits of “portable” but does have handles.

 

[jmills115]

While it is technically portable...I was looking for more stability when mounting and waxing. The extending arms really keep the tips and tails stable when buffing.

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I plan on changing the table top to a different material.

I have the same “portable” stand (miter saw attached) and just built a wall mounted bench that I’m waiting on the top to mount to it.
The plan was to put the portable stand where the orange box is with the orange taking the spot of the blue box.
I was going to use the portable for edges and the wall mount for waxing-scraping.
I’m now thinking my plan sucked.
At the house we moved from I had the orange box under the bench and had to remove the 5” castors for it to fit. I didn’t like not being able to move the box and built this wall mount where it wouldn’t be an option to have the orange under it.
The portable for edges isn’t needed and the space saved having the orange under the wall mount seems like a better idea than it being mobile.
I will have to move the furthest support bracket 6” to make room for the width of the box.
The top for the wall mount will be from our existing solid surface kitchen countertop that we are having replaced in a few weeks.
When we moved in to this house Mrsjmills offered me an extra bedroom in the basement (for tuning only) that I passed on.
Maybe the basement is the better option…..

 

[Uncle-A]

I have the same “portable” stand (miter saw attached) and just built a wall mounted bench that I’m waiting on the top to mount to it.
The plan was to put the portable stand where the orange box is with the orange taking the spot of the blue box.
I was going to use the portable for edges and the wall mount for waxing-scraping.
I’m now thinking my plan sucked.
At the house we moved from I had the orange box under the bench and had to remove the 5” castors for it to fit. I didn’t like not being able to move the box and built this wall mount where it wouldn’t be an option to have the orange under it.
The portable for edges isn’t needed and the space saved having the orange under the wall mount seems like a better idea than it being mobile.
I will have to move the furthest support bracket 6” to make room for the width of the box.
The top for the wall mount will be from our existing solid surface kitchen countertop that we are having replaced in a few weeks.
When we moved in to this house Mrsjmills offered me an extra bedroom in the basement (for tuning only) that I passed on.
Maybe the basement is the better option…..

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I was just wondering why you put caulking on the support structure of your bench?

 

[Dave Marshak]

Maybe the basement is the better option…..

The basement is never the better option. A garage with the door open or outdoors on a permanent bench is best. You gotta work in a pleasant space and eliminate all the wasted motion like climbing stairs or setting up folding benches or plugging in power tools.
dm

 

[Sibhusky]

The basement is never the better option. A garage with the door open or outdoors on a permanent bench is best. You gotta work in a pleasant space and eliminate all the wasted motion like climbing stairs or setting up folding benches or plugging in power tools.
dm

I have a walkout basement. Tuning area has pegboard and a place to hang my portable speakers. Not every basement is a dark hole.

 

[jmills115]

I have the same “portable” stand (miter saw attached) and just built a wall mounted bench that I’m waiting on the top to mount to it.
The plan was to put the portable stand where the orange box is with the orange taking the spot of the blue box.
I was going to use the portable for edges and the wall mount for waxing-scraping.
I’m now thinking my plan sucked.
At the house we moved from I had the orange box under the bench and had to remove the 5” castors for it to fit. I didn’t like not being able to move the box and built this wall mount where it wouldn’t be an option to have the orange under it.
The portable for edges isn’t needed and the space saved having the orange under the wall mount seems like a better idea than it being mobile.
I will have to move the furthest support bracket 6” to make room for the width of the box.
The top for the wall mount will be from our existing solid surface kitchen countertop that we are having replaced in a few weeks.
When we moved in to this house Mrsjmills offered me an extra bedroom in the basement (for tuning only) that I passed on.
Maybe the basement is the better option…..

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I decided that the orange box would be better under the bench. I had to move the furthest support out to get the room for the box under it. I measured twice and decided 5” out from where it was would give me room for the box
Having to remove the bottom ledger that I had used plenty of lag bolts on, I was surprised I had it down and back together as quick as I did while moving the support 5” out. Having to remount the horizontal 2x6s for the top to sit on I realized that measuring twice didn’t matter since I didn’t account for the 1.5” overhang from each of the 2x6s.
I had planned on keeping the castors on but my mistake meant I now didn’t have the height. Had I measured correctly and used the castors, the bench top would have been at 42”, without them it’s at 37”. I’m ok with this mistake.

A good 3/8” on either side once I leveled the front of the box