Unfortunately, at 7'x2', there was no way to get the bench downstairs into the shop when I moved into the new place, so I had to add a disassembly "feature."

This involved cutting the bench into two pieces that could be reassembled securely.

This bandsaw is normally on a pivoting stand, but it conveniently comes off for portable use. I had to cut through the outer angle iron belonging to the bench frame without cutting the new inner angle iron serving as the brackets.

Here are the joints.

And it finally made it downstairs.

This bench is great because the surface is sacrificial. I have no hesitation about drilling holes through it or getting it all messed up. Periodically I repaint it with a thick coat of cheap primer.

Next up was adding a 2'x2'x5/8" welding plate, which also serves as a really solid work surface. Larger would have been even better, but at 120 pounds, this was the limit of what I could reasonably carry downstairs.

The first task was to modify the ground terminal for the welding plate. This approach of using a bolt in a tapped hole was hardly the best electrical connection.

A 3/8"x16 threaded rod and a 1" copper-rod end make a promising substitute.

First up is getting the raw copper slug into a reasonable form to machine further.

Drilling a pilot hole for the actual drilling.