CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure

[Skip J.]

mpphoto said:

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.....darn you CedarSlayer! Now I have a lathe....... Michael

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Hey Michael;

Bob -CedarSlayer - influences me strongly too - but no lathe yet...

Between him and Josh - all the swap clubs' turnings should be covered...

Hey CT;

Excellent Bench(work)!!!

Enjoy the lathe...

[CedarSlayer]

mpphoto said:

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.....darn you CedarSlayer! Now I have a lathe....... Michael

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Skip J. said:

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.... no lathe yet...

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Mwwwa Haaaa Haaa Haaa!
------ As CedarSlayer strokes his large, evil looking, long haired, cat.


Bob

[mpphoto]

Skip J. said:

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Bob -CedarSlayer - influences me strongly too - but no lathe yet...

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Uh huh....
give it time Skip, give it time

Michael

[Crooked Tail]

I just got a chance to weigh my bench top. It comes in at exactly 105 lbs. I expected it would be more.

The vises will add 35-40# probably, and the base will probably only add another 40. So that would bring it up to maybe 180. Cabinets would probably be, I don't know... another 30?

It might just barely top 200. I was hoping it would be heavier. Or do you suppose 200 is good enough?

[Cian]

Crooked Tail said:

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Here is the top all glued up. From the front side:

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I like how you capped/finished off the end of the doghole row which will be presented to the tail vise face. Very nice.

[mpphoto]

Crooked Tail said:

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Cabinets would probably be, I don't know... another 30?

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30 pounds seems light for cabinets with stuff in them.
Lookin real good!

Michael

[mstens]

30lbs would be light for my cabinets alone (each )

[Skip J.]

Crooked Tail said:

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I just got a chance to weigh my bench top. It comes in at exactly 105 lbs. I expected it would be more.

The vises will add 35-40# probably, and the base will probably only add another 40. So that would bring it up to maybe 180. Cabinets would probably be, I don't know... another 30?

It might just barely top 200. I was hoping it would be heavier. Or do you suppose 200 is good enough?

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Hey Ct;

Interesting math... you're top is not representative of weight because the wide boards are not 3" or 4" thick laminated. So for it's appearence - it's lighter weight. For ease of assembly - that's a good thing.

I think by the time you get done with the base and the rest you'll be more like 300 lbs than 200 - and then with loaded cabs you're looking at 400 plus. I'd say keep on truckin', you're doin' fine... (that's a high compliment by the way)....

[mpphoto]

Skip J. said:

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I'd say keep on truckin', you're doin' fine... (that's a high compliment by the way)....

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... and the proper response would be,
"that's a 10-4 good buddy"



Michael

[msweig]

IIRC, my bench weighs in at a bit under 200 pounds. Never had any problems with it moving. Of course, it is currently on carpet, so we are not exactly talking about a low friction surface. I also have a ouple of tool boxes underneath.

I've seen a post where someone put some black rubberish stuff on the bottom of their legs to help create friction. Worse case scenario you could do that.

mark