[NSRCA-discussion] Work table

[Adrien L Terrenoire]

John: 22 years ago I built my current benches. The legs are simply 1x2
lumber. The corners are doubled, at 90 degrees to each other. On a recent
bench I used 1x2 and attached it to 1x3 so that it looks the same from
both sides.
For the tops I started out with a hollow core door, 32 x what ever a door
height is. For many years I built with pins into Homosote that was glued
to the door. About 15 years ago I switched to building with magnets and
now have a steel plate over the Homosote o one of the benches. On the
other, I have an 16" x 70" piece of poured concrete.I picked this up,
with some help, from a local stone quarry shop. What I bought is
commercially used for stairs in public buildings, such as the court house
steps. It is about 3" thick. I think the price was about $60. It is great
for foam cutting and laminating. ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND STRAIGHT. I have
another piece that is 18" x 48", so you should be able to find about any
size you want. If you want pictures, drop me a note and I'll send out an
attachment.
I have built drawers into all of the benches too. Very easy and cheap to
do.

Terry T.

On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:19:31 -0500 "John Konneker" <jlkonn at hotmail.com>
writes:
> I'm eagerly awaiting delivery of a new plane to put together over the 
> 
> Winter.
> Big move up for me!
> Anyway, I would like to build a work table to assemble things on 
> rather than 
> the assortment of saw horses, hollow core doors, Sears Workmates, 
> pickup 
> tailgates...well you get the idea.
> I am thinking the top will be a 4 X 8 sheet of something.  And I 
> plan on 
> putting the legs on casters so that I can wheel it in and out of the 
> way, 
> out into bright light in the driveway, etc.
> Does anyone have any suggestions or pictures?
> I also think I would like it to be a little higher than a normal 
> workbench 
> but I'm not sure how tall.
> Thanks!
> John L. Konneker
> 
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