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Thanks Bruce,
Your solution was an excellent upgrade to what I was doing before. The wood worktable top was a game changer. It was also benefit to my back since the worktable was as at a workable height.
I did this lid, and I just have to touch it up the edges with some #0000 steel wool and my task will be complete. Thanks again.

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Bruce said:
Yep, all my lid work is done on those work tables. Just the way you are doing it.
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Yes, I know I got a little excited, but it is nice find a solution that works and relieves my back pain. I do not have the greatest of backs.

Thanks everyone for their thoughts and opinions, they were appreciated.
 
Now that I have found some of the quick change arbored wire wheels, I am thinking about trying one of these for easier access to corners and tight spots... leather gloves will be necessary!

 
Samuel said:
Yes, I know I got a little excited, but it is nice find a solution that works and relieves my back pain. I do not have the greatest of backs.

Thanks everyone for their thoughts and opinions, they were appreciated.
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I have a bad back too. and that is why I have that stainless steel table as high as I do. I don't have to bend over at all when working on grill parts. I should add a few inches to the work benches as well.
 
I've had a Black & Decker worktable like this for years and just have it folded up sitting in the corner.
I've been scraping lids on the ground on my knees for a year....

It's threads like these that change the game lol
Thanks for bringing up this topic because now I'll finally get some use out of mine and save my back. I can even use my rubber tip clamps to hold the lid in place on the table for maximum scraping pressure!

I know some people will read this and be like "Wow...what an idiot to not think to do this" lol but some of our brains just aren't wired a certain way. You don't know what you don't know!

And thanks for the pro tip to use a towel/blanket for a cover too.
 
@John-NY,
I know exactly how you feel.
I think sometimes by posting it may be something of an obvious solution to most. My thought is, it might be entertaining at minimum to follow along and if I help someone in same situation along the way all the better.
 
There's no "one right way" to do any of this stuff so posting different ways of working is a good way to share information with others. That's why I don't just post the "after" pictures and say look what I did.
 
My table at home has been a giant brute trash can. lol. I don’t have easy access to a hose at home so I spray lids with easy off, let them soak and scrape it down into trash. I do my initial scrape with lid caps on. Then set it in my lap once caps are off.
 
@Cody Bratton,
I used to do mine in a similar manner on a deck box with the endcaps on, but I found when I did it that way, I would damage the paint on the endcaps.
But as Steve says, "there is no one right way to do it", I am only stating what would happen to me.
 
Samuel said:
@Cody Bratton,
I used to do mine in a similar manner on a deck box with the endcaps on, but I found when I did it that way, I would damage the paint on the endcaps.
But as Steve says, "there is no one right way to do it", I am only stating what would happen to me.
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I have a blasting cabinet at my disposal, so to me scuffing up the end caps isnt the end of the world. But agree 100% that what works well for one, my not be the same for others.
 
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