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FARM SHOW Shop Tips for the Jobsite & Shop

Shop-tested ideas from FARM SHOW readers that make sense for builders and contractors: storage, welding, workbench and jobsite tricks. Each tip links to the full FARM SHOW story.

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🔧 FARM SHOW Shop TipPhoto: FARM SHOWRolling tool cabinet built on an old scaffolding frame, with shelves of bins and tools (FARM SHOW photo)
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FARM SHOW Vol. 50, Issue 2 (2026)

Scaffolding Makes Nifty Tool Cabinet

A Michigan reader framed a rolling 7-ft. tool cabinet on an old set of Baker scaffolding, using 2x4s, plywood and roll-out shelves. The back side has a bench and a bar for hanging cords.

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🔧 FARM SHOW Shop TipPhoto: FARM SHOWClamp-on holder made from a locking C-clamp and scrap angle iron holding a MIG gun at a welding table (FARM SHOW photo)
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FARM SHOW Vol. 49, Issue 1 (2025)

Handy Holder For MIG Gun

An old locking C-clamp and a few scrap pieces of angle iron and tubing became a clamp-on holder that keeps a MIG gun and welding pliers handy at the table. It took minutes and cost nothing.

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