New steel workbench plans

[SSLance]

So, I'm ready to build a steel workbench for my shop. I'll post my first rendering up and ask for opinions and suggestions on what to add, subtract or change. It needs to be portable yet sturdy as I'll be using it for metal fab, vice work, grinding work and just overall bench use.

Here is where I'm at so far. Nothing has been purchased yet except the casters and locks which will be here tomorrow. Hope to find the steel locally somewhere that will cut it all to length for me to save time.

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Top is 3/16" steel 30" x 60", base is all 2" x 2" square tube, and it'll have (2) fixed 4" casters, (2) swivel 4" casters with total locks and (4) 4" floor locks. (I haven't decided if i want the casters or the locks on the outboard corners so I didn't draw both in). I'll also have a shelf of some sort on the bottom braces (either expanded metal or more steel) to put the welder on, argon bottle, and other welding accessories.

The idea is to build mounts on 1.5" x 1.5" square tube that will slide into the open ends of the 2x2 tubes to hold a vice, a grinder, and whatever other tools I'll add in later.

Any thoughts or suggestions so far?

[gerno]

Looks pretty good and 3/16 is a pretty good thickness for the top. What are you planning to do on the bench? Is it for welding, finish work, beating things on? I made some benches for my shop and am happy with them for the most part.

Mine have casters and adjustable legs to lock it in and level them. I move them around quite often. One thing I didn't realize is how much the casters flex, I need to add an upper gusset. over time the pedestal adjusters start to drag. I also wish the lower cross bars were higher. I'd make them high enough you can get a TIG pedal and you foot under them easily. On mine I also have an upper bar added for clamps, I use it a lot and like it.

Ultimately I moved the bench I made into a bench for hammering on and bought a table from Weldtables. I'm pretty happy with the table overall for the $$. I think it was ~$300 It wasn't as flat as they advertised but was much much better than what I made and the holes make welding setup very nice. It's the 3/16 version and if i did it again I may consider the 1/2" version at least so its a little flatter. but again for the $$ I like it

[SSLance]

Thanks gerno... Your home made one is not that much different than what I have in mind.

Here are the casters and locks I have on the way.

https://casterconnection.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/4/-/4-82-929-c_2.jpg

https://casterconnection.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/4/-/4-81-929-c.jpg

https://casterconnection.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/5/3/53-004-7_a.jpg

I plan on it being my work bench for most everything I do, including welding, fabrication, assembly work, tinkering... It's on the small side is the reason for not putting the vice right on the top and making the other devices removable as well. You are happy with 3/16" top? It's about $50 more to upgrade to 1/4" and I'm considering that.

How do you like the expanded metal lower shelf? Would you do that again or put 3/16" sheet down there instead? Pros or cons?

I like the clamp bar, want to do something like that as well. I think I need to raise the top a bit to make a bit more room on shelf below for argon tank and welder side panel to lift. Maybe 2" up to 38" total height.

[will69camaro]

Just a quick look at it, i'd consider doing a cross brace to triangulate the "box" on the frame. Give it some rigidity that now that is lacking. Especially being 5ft in length.

William

[SSLance]

I've been looking at the Weldtables tops... If this was JUST a bench for welding I'd go that route for sure. The top isn't that much more than I'll pay for a shear cut top of the same material.

I can always pick a weldtable top up later and just clamp it down to this bench top when needed.

[Trick-Tools.com]

Hey, Just a thought for you. This isn't just a sales pitch, I truly love this table. The StrongHand RhinoCart is an awesome table that I think would fit inline with what you are looking to build. Ive been using one a lot this past year and it seriously is a great table, so good that I am buying one for my house. We even have a hitch style vise mount for this table! We (trick-Tools.com) have them on sale until Monday at 11.59pm for $2250. That includes a 60 piece basic fixturing kit to get you started. Here is a link and specs on the table.

https://www.trick-tools.com/StrongHand-Rhino-Cart-Mobile-Fixturing-Station-TDQ54830-K1-10380

The 48 x 30 inch Rhino Mobile Fixturing Station is unlike any welding cart on the market! This revolutionary design takes the popular BuildPro welding table top, with it's precision finish and unique modular fixturing design, and combines it with a handy mobile cart. The nitride treated steel top features a black oxide finish and is reversible if one side is damaged.
The package comes complete with a 66 piece fixturing kit and the cart features heavy duty casters as well as leveling feet for more permanent placement. The 36 inch tall cart features plenty of storage shelves to keep necessary fabrication tools readily at hand.

•Capacity: 1500 lbs
•Size: 48 x 30 inches
•Flatness: +/- .004 inches per foot
•Finish: Standard
•Hole diameter: .625 inch
•Hole spacing: 2.000 inches
•Plate thickness: .625 inch
•Weight (pounds): 470
•Dimensions (LxWxH): 48 x 30 x 36

https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictures/i-Ns5pKQp/0/8f48f1ed/X2/20180926_095142-X2.jpg (https://prddesign.smugmug.com/Pictures/i-Ns5pKQp/A)
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[SSLance]

That is pretty slick Brycen...thanks for sharing.

If I needed a welding table only I'd look that way for sure. I need a regular workbench as well and I don't think I'd like a bench full of holes for doing the rest of the stuff I do which will most likely be way more than actual weld fab jobs.

What I am thinking of though is rearranging how I set this table up keeping in mind that I may end up with a fab specific table down the road.

[DBasher]

x2 on the clamp bar, one on each of the short ends.
The other thing I like is a power strip, one cord running power to the table sure comes in handy.
Fun project :thumbsup:

[Trick-Tools.com]

That is pretty slick Brycen...thanks for sharing.

If I needed a welding table only I'd look that way for sure. I need a regular workbench as well and I don't think I'd like a bench full of holes for doing the rest of the stuff I do which will most likely be way more than actual weld fab jobs.

What I am thinking of though is rearranging how I set this table up keeping in mind that I may end up with a fab specific table down the road.


I understand. This is more that just a welding table but it know where your coming from. What I have done with this table for jobs with small hardware and such is to throw a piece of 16g sheetmetal on it. other than that I use it for all different fab work and it handles it well.

[DBasher]

Another thing that’s nice is a row of cubbies under the top for sliding your grinders, hammers and what nots into. It makes it real easy to keep the top clear and easily access the tools you’re using for the project.


Is it done yet?

[SSLance]

I believe this is called "project creep" :D

Friend just showed me his and now I'm rethinking several things with the design...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400967

[dontlifttoshift]

.....down the rabbit hole he goes.

Check out Dukers table, too......oh and Dr Clydes. I think there is a guy trying to amass all of the table threads into one thread.

In the end, simplest is best for me. I built two, 4x5 tables. They are identical, have 8 receivers, leveling feet, ground 1" tops with no holes, and no wheels. I have a pallet jack to move them around.

Put the welder on it's own cart. Dragging the whole table to tack something on the car is nuts. I don't like shelves underneath either but opinions vary on that.

I had a 3/16 table for a while and didn't much care for it. Steel tables turn up all the time on CL, it's worth looking.

[DBasher]

A buddies CL score. After cleaning the top with a wire wheel and flapper disc it’s ready to do work. It’s as heavy as it looks and doesn’t move.

[SSLance]

Put the welder on it's own cart. Dragging the whole table to tack something on the car is nuts. I don't like shelves underneath either but opinions vary on that.


It's on a cart now that is not very user friendly. Maybe that can be my first project on the new bench, build a new welder cart...

I'm bouncing between closing the table in completely or using expanded steel for lower shelf. Just remembering the grinding dust and slag mess on lower shelf of my last bench and trying to keep that from being an issue again.

[gerno]

I plan on it being my work bench for most everything I do, including welding, fabrication, assembly work, tinkering... It's on the small side is the reason for not putting the vice right on the top and making the other devices removable as well. You are happy with 3/16" top? It's about $50 more to upgrade to 1/4" and I'm considering that.

How do you like the expanded metal lower shelf? Would you do that again or put 3/16" sheet down there instead? Pros or cons?

I like the clamp bar, want to do something like that as well. I think I need to raise the top a bit to make a bit more room on shelf below for argon tank and welder side panel to lift. Maybe 2" up to 38" total height.

I would go at least 1/4" if not more. Crazy how quick metal warps when its heated/ hammered on.

Like other's have said I would use the receiver idea. Almost everything I have in the shop is on 2" tube so I can move to the 2.5" receivers i have everywhere.

I really like the expanded metal vs a solid plate for shelves. It keeps the dirt levels down. I have long shelves on the walls too with expanded metal. I use the shelf for random things but I would not use it for the welder as others also said. its a pain if you need to move it around all the time.

As far as height, I made mine so it was comfortable when sitting on a stool and welding. Newer weld table is a but taller and can no longer sit. thought that would be an issue but it really hasn't been as of yet. I also thought to use a wieldable top then add a cover out of steel or wood that has 5/8" bolts aligned to the holes in the weld table so you could remove the solid plate top if needed for fixturing.

That car from Trick tools is pretty bad ass too

[SSLance]

As with most plans...things change! :D

After looking at a bunch of "welding tables" on GarageJournal and YouTube...and lusting over them. I've decided that while I want a cool welding table, I really NEED a big strong heavy work BENCH.

So my plans have ventured back toward the work bench design. I've also decided to just modify the welding cart my Miller is on now to make it more user friendly and not try to incorporate it into my work bench.

So here's where I'm at now. The open design in the front will not only let me get under it on a stool and but not having a shelf under there to collect grinding dust and slag...along with anything else I can fit on it will also be a nice feature.

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I learned a bunch of other nice little tips and tricks from this video which I hope to add onto the bench as I get it up and working. The ends that slide out to expand the overall length of the bench really interest me.

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A friend also offered to loan a cut off saw which means I can buy long lengths of tube and cut it as I need it instead of trying to figure out all of the lengths ahead of time for the metal shop to cut. Hope to start buying steel soon...maybe by next weekend I'll be making sparks.

[dontlifttoshift]

That will be much better.

[SSLance]

I'm starting to get pretty good at this Sketchup stuff... :D

Here is where I'm at now. 1/4" steel bench top 30x48 with a 24" slide extension out each end and two bar mounts out the front for vices, grinders etc. The top is 33" high. The outer blocks on the bottom bar are 4" floor locks and the inner blocks are 4" locking casters (2 swivel, 2 rigid).

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-v8FBF2w/0/aae52669/O/RV%20Work%20Bench%20Final%201.png

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I'll add diagonal gussets in later where needed for strength.

Now, I just need to figure out what material to get...

A trip to IMS yesterday led me to two choices.

Smaller choice is 2 x 2 x 3/16" square tube for majority and 1.5 x 1.5 x 11 ga for the pieces that slide into them.

Larger choice is 2.5 x 2.5 x 1/4" square tube for the majority and 2 x 2 x 1/4" for the pieces that slide into them.

I want it to be heavy enough that it won't be moving around when cranking on something in the vice and was leaning toward the big stuff because of this...until I got the quote!! The bigger material bill is more than double the little bit smaller material.

So I'm leaning toward the 2 x 2 and 1.5 x 1.5 sq tube option. Any thoughts on this?

[dontlifttoshift]

You can never make it too heavy.

They make a special 2.5" tube that is already reamed to accept the 2" tube inside of it. Make sure you get that or it won't work.

[SSLance]

I have found a few wholesale type steel places that should have better pricing than IMS and have my list of materials ready to shop them in the morning.

Using the weight lists on the supply house websites puts the bench right at around 500# if I use the 2.5" sq tube. I'm leaning that direction and hoping I can find it a bit cheaper than IMS rates.

Added some color to my design...just because... :D

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-nSHdtn2/0/3a8190e6/O/RV%20Work%20Bench%20Final%201%20color.png

[SSLance]

Progress has been made on the workbench. IMS sent me a 15% coupon for my first order of steel so I put it to good use.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-F8CDHgJ/0/55645bf9/X4/20190110_112637-X4.jpg

I ended up with 2.5" 0.188 wall for the frame and 2" 0.120 wall for the slide ins. Hope to start sparking welds on Saturday.

[Goosesdad]

Stout!!

[79 Camaro]

Another thing to consider is on your top plate take it somewhere that has a sheet metal brake and have them bend a 1" 90 degree lip on all sides. It will make the top plate much stronger.

[SSLance]

I've seen and thought about welding a second layer of plate under the edge around the top to not only make it appear thicker but to add strength as well.

I figured you were going to say to bend the back edge up to make a backsplash edge and I've thought about that as well...to keep stuff from falling off the back of the top.

[79 Camaro]

On my welding/work table has a vertical piece full length back splash about 6" high that is square to the top plate so I can use it to clamp and weld 90 degree stuff.

[SSLance]

That is a great idea... Thanks...

[79 Camaro]

Not to rain on your project and already purchased top plate but did you consider stainless instead of hot rolled steel?

I used to work for a custom machine company and we used a ton of 11 gauge stainless for different applications. Some times 10 gauge.

It's not cheap but it never rusts. Very tough. Instead of welding it to your tube steel just drill and tap then flat head 10-24 bolts to hold it down.

It will look like new forever.

Man I like spending other peoples money

[SSLance]

I had to wait until I had a coupon to be able to afford the steel I did purchase!! :D

I've never had anything but wood benches so this is all new to me. I still haven't decided on what or how I'm going to do to finish this top but I know this...it won't catch on fire when I weld on it!!

[TheJDMan]

Lance,
Here's another source of metal for you. I buy a lot of metal from these guys in small lots from their Richmond location. They have a store in Phoenix if I remember right. As for the surface, my table is bare steel since it would be pointless to try and paint it. If it gets a little rusty I just run a sanding disk over it and that takes care of the rust. In Phoenix I can't imagine you will have much of a rust problem due to humidity.


https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/

[SSLance]

Thanks Steve... I had a quote from them as well that was within dollars of the other retail metal places around only it was a bit more convienant for me to get too. The coupon made it worth the trip to get to IMS though.

I'm considering putting g a clear coat on the top but like you, I'll probably just leave it raw.

[SSLance]

Made some progress on the bench Sunday.

Started out by clamping the 4 pieces that make up one side leg together and down to the top sitting on a couple other pieces of tube.

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Then took it all apart so I could drill a couple holes in the top piece with the drill press to put bolts in to hold vice mounts in place once finished...then clamped it back down again.

Started running beads and tweaking the welder settings but I couldn't get it to make enough heat just plugged into the 120v outlet near the hoist.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-TLL8kHB/0/190ca186/X2/20190113_114314-X2.jpg

So I moved everything to the back of the shop where my 240v plug is and started over tweaking the settings.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-jrVZfgJ/0/acbbbb76/XL/20190113_120931-XL.jpg

It went MUCH easier with the 240v feeding the Miller.

Got one side done and ground down the crappy welds before calling it a day.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-BtHxLWh/0/a6f1c309/X2/20190113_124216-X2.jpg

Here's what the floor locks and casters will look like once attached to the legs...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-QCgXrfq/0/29aed02c/X2/20190113_093547-X2.jpg

Things should go much faster the next time I get the welder out, hopefully later this week.

[SSLance]

Put a bit more time in on the welder this morning. I ran out of 0.24 wire so I put my roll of 0.30 wire in and put the Miller 211 on "autoset" just to see how it would be different.

This was the first weld on autoset...

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After a few welds I liked the higher heat but it was feeding wire too fast for me so I slowed the wire speed down...then started practicing with different positions.

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Overall I'm pretty pleased with how my welding is progressing. I'm still having to grind quite a bit but I'm able to leave some un-ground without being too embarrassed to have them show...

Got both side legs ready, next I'll be working on the cross pieces putting them all together as one.

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[SSLance]

If I could ever get more than an hour or two at a time to work on this, I'd be making much more progress on it. That said...it became much more "bench looking" today.

Got the 3 cross pieces welded in today, everything is square, true, and solid as a rock. I don't think there is any need for any diagonal braces on this...plenty stout as is.

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The top isn't attached yet, just sitting there for now.

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I'm weighing options now about how to attach the top, whether a front to back cross brace is needed to secure center of top, whether to strip the scale off the top side or leave it...etc etc.

Next time in the shop I'll drill the holes in the bottom of the pieces that will go left to right that the side extensions will slide into then get them welded in. I'll weld nuts over the holes that will let me run a bolt in to clamp the extensions in place. Easier to drill them on drill press before attaching the tubes to the frame.

[79 Camaro]

I would add a center cross brace.

It's kind of a pain but I would grind the scale off the top piece. It will look a lot better.

[raustinss]

Let the scale come off own it's own thru use and such , it will help with keeping rust off, also what I have done before is to pour some oil on the surface ,spread it around ,just a light kinda layer every where , let it soak in overnight , next morning use some paper towels or clean rags and wipe off the excess. I've done this with one at work and ten yrs later I still have literally zero to no rust on it .

[SSLance]

So I'm back working on the bench once again. I struggled with what to do with the top of the bench long enough...it's time to decide whether to remove the mill scale or not.

I decided that I'd prefer a raw steel top...so the mill scale had to go. For those not familiar with the process...it does NOT come off easily. So I broke out the big guns...a half gallon of muratic acid. :D You can see the marks in this first picture where I unsuccessfully tried to remove it with a brand new flap disc.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-q4FJ96x/0/4368ad94/X2/20190216_094748-X2.jpg

This was after the first round of acid was neutralized...

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Decided I needed to get it out of the sun and leave the acid on longer. Getting there...

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4th times a charm... Cleaned up pretty good with a flap disc...now ready to weld to the base.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-s4tJmjR/0/75b914f1/X2/20190216_114259-X2.jpg

[SSLance]

More and more of the little pieces of steel are joining the one big piece of steel...

Today I drilled the holes and welded the nuts on for the bolts to hold the slide outs in place...

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Then it was time to weld the top on.

With a creative use of alignment shims and clamps, I was able to tweak the top to dern near completely flat across the whole thing. There are a couple small less than 1/16" dips in a couple spots but other than that is is flat and secure.

After that it was time to hang the tubes that will hold the side extension slide outs. Only set myself on fire a handful of times but I will say I am getting better at welding on the bottom of things...which is a nice side effect of doing a project like this.

Quick coat of Eastwood Rust Encapsulator and it's ready for me to start building the extensions and device holders.

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I have to say it rolls around pretty good on the casters and is pretty steady on the floor locks as well. Can't wait to start doing work on the bench instead of working ON the bench itself...

[craig510]

Nice welding project. It is always fun making stuff and seeing your progress as you develop new skills.

[rustomatic]

Very cool project--that table should be sturdy as hell! It's really cool when you start figuring out the effects of good voltage, torch positioning, and max heat settings with the welder. It makes you want to find other things to weld together . . . :thumbsup:

[SSLance]

Thanks guys...its been fun with it finally coming together.

Sprayed the bottom half today and put feet and casters back on for last time. I'll paint the rest of it once it stops raining and I can roll it back outside again.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-Dm37tSr/0/179fe853/X4/20190222_161558-X4.jpg

[SSLance]

I have to say it was pretty nice working today on the table building the extensions. I think I'm going to like this once complete.

Ran out of gas while welding up the second extension otherwise it would be pretty close to finished.

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Now I just need to find a vice or two, some grinders and who knows what else so I can build extensions to mount them on.

[SSLance]

After a year and a half without a working vise to use...I now have one again.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-XxjF2SM/0/8e9e1915/X2/20190306_110528-X2.jpg

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This will get me by for now until I stumble across a deal on a higher quality vise. I'm just happy to have an extra set of hands to help hold things in the shop once again.

[79 Camaro]

Looks good.

You may already have it but if you don't I would weld a nut to outside vise tube so you can lock the tube in position if needed. A bolt or hand knob would work.

[SSLance]

Looks good.

You may already have it but if you don't I would weld a nut to outside vise tube so you can lock the tube in position if needed. A bolt or hand knob would work.

Thanks... And yep, already in place.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-nJfS2rb/0/e5cf95b8/X2/20190307_085001-X2.jpg

Did this the same way I did the lock bolts on the extension slides. Thinking about either welding a pin onto the bolt head to make it easier to tighten by hand or getting knobs to thread into place where the bolts are now.

[Vegas69]

It looks like a hell of a nice setup.

[Goosesdad]

Awesome.

[CJD Automotive]

Lance, you actually inspired me to get off my ass and build a new welding table. I've been meaning to, got a ton of scrap just begging to made into something, so spend the last few nights building this. Didn't need anything fancy, and the only thing I bought was the 3/8" top. Made some adjustable feet (this won't get moved!),ground clamp bolt, and rounded corners on the top.

https://oi1060.photobucket.com/albums/t445/340cuda/57677130978__05E819FC-BD6F-4D0F-B8B2-4318D39F8499_zpsup7elosd.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/57677130978__05E819FC-BD6F-4D0F-B8B2-4318D39F8499_zpsup7elosd.jpg.html)
https://oi1060.photobucket.com/albums/t445/340cuda/igAnFJNzT8Cyo1QPTnhng_zpscc4eqajl.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/igAnFJNzT8Cyo1QPTnhng_zpscc4eqajl.jpg.html)
https://oi1060.photobucket.com/albums/t445/340cuda/YwveUL5BTnitlaO35wegJQ_zpsrsdumkpj.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/YwveUL5BTnitlaO35wegJQ_zpsrsdumkpj.jpg.html)
https://oi1060.photobucket.com/albums/t445/340cuda/CwN3QDwQRmCtjWEf7twwg_zpswzzmefrb.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/CwN3QDwQRmCtjWEf7twwg_zpswzzmefrb.jpg.html)
https://oi1060.photobucket.com/albums/t445/340cuda/1tFG5PqR0WEw0fShoBqvQ_zpsaypj3rso.jpg (http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/340cuda/media/1tFG5PqR0WEw0fShoBqvQ_zpsaypj3rso.jpg.html)

[SSLance]

Nice!! That looks pretty stout... And nice welds...

[1HTBRRD]

Thanks for posting this. Some great ideas floating around that I will definitely use when building my table :lateral:

[SSLance]

Started a new project today that required cutting up some 2" square tube. Perfect chance to see if I could get a chop saw to sit flush with table top. It did...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/i-FsMWQxK/0/55d445b6/X2/20210101_122505-X2.jpg

Bench worked like a champ. Now if I just wouldn't have run out of gas, I might have finished the project the same day I started it.

Happy New Year everyone!!

[minendrews68]

As weird as it may sound to some, I like the look of the black and red on the lower part as it is...