JeepHammer
Moderator
Brian,
The triangulated brace you wrote about used to be standard on about all work benches in feed mills, repair shops, etc when actual hard wood was available. I've seen a crap ton of them in old buildings and they are still solid as a rock 100+ years later!
I went that way in my car garage, makes for much easier movement of heavy stuff, big jacks, engine stands, helps with close movement in close quarters.
It also keeps the knee knockers to a minimum so you can have a brace right under the machine and you can still use a chair where your legs are under the bench a little.
J.Morris,
You knocked it out of the park AGAIN!
That triangulated ladder under the bench top looks great!
I need something one man can move without help in tight quarters, rollers maybe?
I'm all for electrical outlets under the bench, and plenty of them!
I also use either an outlet strip or outlets with a common power switch.
My very first wiring mistake on a bench was facing the outlet up, and promptly drooled sealer in it.
Later (Same bench) I managed to shoot a spring out of a workpiece, and Mr. Murphy made sure it landed in the outlet... I learned SLOWLY, but I learned...
Dahermit,
That was my thought also.
To me, it's an idiotic idea NOT to modify your work station for specific tasks.
I'm not cooking, eating, sewing, doing surgery & mending harnesses on the one table I own, this isn't 1492...
It's 2018 and things are specialized. My wife has a sewing table, a craft table, a kitchen table, a laundry table, etc.
We even have a canning table set up for food processing equipment...
(It's canning season! My favorite time of the year is when the garden comes in!)
A dedicated bench/table saves time and prevents distractions, distractions being the biggie.
Thanks in general to all, I got some ideas!
The triangulated brace you wrote about used to be standard on about all work benches in feed mills, repair shops, etc when actual hard wood was available. I've seen a crap ton of them in old buildings and they are still solid as a rock 100+ years later!
I went that way in my car garage, makes for much easier movement of heavy stuff, big jacks, engine stands, helps with close movement in close quarters.
It also keeps the knee knockers to a minimum so you can have a brace right under the machine and you can still use a chair where your legs are under the bench a little.
J.Morris,
You knocked it out of the park AGAIN!
That triangulated ladder under the bench top looks great!
I need something one man can move without help in tight quarters, rollers maybe?
I'm all for electrical outlets under the bench, and plenty of them!
I also use either an outlet strip or outlets with a common power switch.
My very first wiring mistake on a bench was facing the outlet up, and promptly drooled sealer in it.
Later (Same bench) I managed to shoot a spring out of a workpiece, and Mr. Murphy made sure it landed in the outlet... I learned SLOWLY, but I learned...
Dahermit,
That was my thought also.
To me, it's an idiotic idea NOT to modify your work station for specific tasks.
I'm not cooking, eating, sewing, doing surgery & mending harnesses on the one table I own, this isn't 1492...
It's 2018 and things are specialized. My wife has a sewing table, a craft table, a kitchen table, a laundry table, etc.
We even have a canning table set up for food processing equipment...
(It's canning season! My favorite time of the year is when the garden comes in!)
A dedicated bench/table saves time and prevents distractions, distractions being the biggie.
Thanks in general to all, I got some ideas!
