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Workbench Videos, Part 2: Charlie Kocourek's Height-Adjustable Jack Bench

By Rain Noe - January 3, 2012

in Object Culture

Minnesota-based craftsman Charlie Kocourek wanted an adjustable-height workbench, but found exising versions to be poorly designed—requiring great physical strength to lift or lower—or just too expensive, in the case of motorized ones.

Kocourek then invented his own, the Jack Bench, which ingeniously uses scissor jacks culled from junkyard cars. To operate them, he needed something that would provide rotational force, and turned to something every builder has handy: a power drill.

Check it out:

Workbench Videos:
» Part 1: Allan Little's Push-Through Drawers
» Part 2: Charlie Kocourek's Height-Adjustable Jack Bench
» Part 3: Ron Paulk's Ultimate, Transportable Workbench

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That is one hell of a bench... I keep saying I'm going to build a better workbench, but somehow, years later, I'm still working on my formica/2x4 monstrosity built entirely out of dumpster scraps.

The jack application is great - for another inspiring project, check out the CandyFab, which is a sweet project (haha) in its own right, but my favorite part is the modification of an automotive jack and a servo motor to form a 1-ton linear servo for accurate computer control (on the cheap).

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab
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