Another Idea for those Wishing they had a Celette Bench Options

[cary]

Ran across this stuff looking for a used frame bench.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135953



Looks almost feasible.
Is the tube in tube close enough tolerance?

[MMW]

You will never get the accuracy of a Cellette bench without doing some sort of machining. But you can get awfully close with a fabricated structure as in the pic. If you used 3.5"od tube for the main supports & 4"od x 3/16" wall tube for the pcs. that slide it would work. You put a hole in the 4" tube & weld a nut on so you can thread a bolt in to lock it in position where needed.

It would suffice to hold the chassis in position for rust repair but you would need something more substantial if you needed to jack areas to straighten a bent chassis.

In looking at the pic again the main rails look larger than 3.5"od. To answer your question about tubes sliding into each other about the closet you will get is a 1/8" difference that will slide. If you tried to go size on size like 4"od x 1/4" wall (3.5"id) it doesn't slide over a 3.5"od tube due to seam on the inside. You could possibly get telescoping tubing but it is not available in as many sizes & is expensive.