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My bench will be 61" wide, 31" deep and I think I chose something like 42" tall. I had limited space to work with for where the bench will be going, and if I recall, the height would allow me to sit on a stool or stand and reload or work on guns. Although now that I write that down, 42" seems a little low... Guess its time to measure again.
My bench is 4x4 for legs, then a 2x4 brace all around the base of the legs, at 8" off the ground. Putting a layer of plywood on top of that to use as a shelf, and I might but a cross brace (at the middle point of the table) for support.
Top edge braces will be 2x4s, topped with either plywood or a blank slab door (1.5" thick for excellent stability). Still haven't decided if I will put my press on a strongmount of sorts to raise it higher and that could allow me to have the entire press/mount system bolt on/off the table for when I need a huge workbench.
This ho is disappearing into the forest for the next 4 days.
All of a sudden I have a nagging cough that won't let me sleep...
I was thinking about just using 2x4s for legs with a bottom shelf of 3/4" plywood, and a top surface of 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood glued and screwed for awesome sturdiness. I helped my dad build a bench like that when I was a kid and he mounted several tools to it including a riveting press, grinders, a drill press, and several bench vices. Everything was rock solid and the surface was perfectly smooth and level.
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Sucks about the cough, you should threaten to kick MrsBadger out to the guest bedroom unless she stops coughing.
I keed, I keed.
Sounds like a good bench, two layers of 3/4" plywood sounds just as sturdy as a slab door, probably cheaper too if you can get both out of one sheet of plywood. I don't know much about woodworking, in all honesty, I'll be surprised if whatever bench I ends up sitting level.
Yeah, I ended up moving to the guest room. This bed is more comfortable anyway.
I really need a circular saw...
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Oh YOUU had the cough, nevermind, my bad.
I have a circular saw, but what I really want now is a miter saw as I seem to have some difficulty getting square cuts on the ends of 2x4s. My Fiancee wants me to put up crown molding eventually, so I figure I'll be able to get the miter saw for that. Yes, I know there are special crown molding jigs. Which I plan to get AFTER I get the miter saw, use it, and say its not the right tool for the job.
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"An individual is only entiteld to one's rights as long as one respects the rights of others."...R.F.
I would think 2 pices of plywood sandwiched between two doors would be best!
Last edited by waxthis; 06-04-2013 at 04:57.
"An individual is only entiteld to one's rights as long as one respects the rights of others."...R.F.
This morning is not going as planned.
"An individual is only entiteld to one's rights as long as one respects the rights of others."...R.F.
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