I have been dabbling with building benches out on hospital beds for a few years. My first attempt wasn't the greatest, But it did do the job and is still in use today. I acquired a couple of the foot pump up beds a while back and decided to build a welding bench as I just got a new mig welder. I have included some pics to show what I came up with. I shortened the bed top to the length of the base and centred it to the base. I raised the top 300mm (11.8)in to make it a good height for working. I completely redesigned the part that used to be the upper body raiser and turned it around to become an extra bench on the end, And with a pull of a leaver, I can lower it out of the way down the side. I also used the bedhead clips and made and extra addon bench on the other ended if needed. I mounted my mig welder underneath the top and made fittings to hold cables and welding helmet. I also added a 4 point power board to allow me to use grinders and other tools. Size of the bench on its own is 1260mm x 870mm, (49in x 33in) The extra add-on benches adds 500mm (19in) to each end of the bench. I kept the tilt action as I found its handy when welding angles. I can adjust the height from 650mm to 1000mm (25in to 39in) it has brakes to stop it from moving. Its very stable.
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