My molding bench

[mite5255]

My bench was copied from Harry's, mines a concrete wash tub, Harrys looks like its a gal wash tub

[Harry]

Thats a fine looking tub Mike, I cast some slats to go across mine, will have to post some pictures of them as they worked out pretty good. One thing I found is the less bounce you can make in the slats the better. I had originally used 3/8" x 1 1/2" concrete form stakes with two 1/2" square tubes welded on the back side for a support web. They were pretty stiff until some of the tack weld broke free then they had a lot of bounce in them that could show up in the mold if the pattern shifted while bouncing.

A good molding bench sure makes life much better though being able to stand straight while molding rather than kneeling on the ground. What do you figure that holds, 500 lbs?

[mite5255]

Thanks Harry, I use two 3x1 1/2 timbers for support. I only use the bench for my smaller flasks, my largest flasks is 11 x 19 inch and its just way to heavy for me to lift and turn