Finished building my work bench

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Finished building my work bench

Posted: 6/20/2011 2:53:34 PM EDT

Well I have been slaving away the last few days but I finally finished my new work bench. Its 68" deep x 24" deep with a 36" work height.
Its mounted on 2.5" casters and has a 7" woodworking vice. All said and done I think I have about $120 into it and its built like a rock.
I mortised the rails into the legs as well as lag bolted them. Now I have a good place to work on my rifles rather than using my table saw.
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Posted: 6/20/2011 2:55:30 PM EDT

[#1]

Is it supposed to be bowed?

Posted: 6/20/2011 2:56:08 PM EDT

[#2]

Looks good.

Do the wheels lock?

Posted: 6/20/2011 2:56:31 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

Is it supposed to be bowed?

It conforms to the curvature of the earth.

Posted: 6/20/2011 2:56:57 PM EDT

[#4]

Posted: 6/20/2011 2:59:18 PM EDT

[#5]

Its not bowed its because of the angle the pic was taken at.

It does have lokcing swivel casters on one end then non swivel on the other end

Posted: 6/20/2011 4:48:19 PM EDT

[#6]

tactically curved

Posted: 6/20/2011 4:48:41 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Is it supposed to be bowed?

It conforms to the curvature of the earth.

Posted: 6/20/2011 5:37:19 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Is it supposed to be bowed?

It conforms to the curvature of the earth.

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Posted: 6/20/2011 5:53:26 PM EDT

[#9]

Very nice!!! If I had a place to put one, I'd like to build a nice work bench.

Posted: 6/20/2011 5:56:40 PM EDT

[#10]

Sweet!

there was a huge workbench thread here a few months ago. Maybe someone can search it for you so you can add yours into it.

Looks pretty damn good.

Posted: 6/20/2011 5:56:52 PM EDT

[#11]

Very nice.

My only suggestion is to move the locking casters to the front. You won't be able to easily reach the one on the back if it's up against a wall.

I have both locking casters on the front of mine and it works very well.

Posted: 6/20/2011 5:57:03 PM EDT

[#12]

Good Job

Posted: 6/20/2011 5:58:56 PM EDT

[#13]

Nice wood working. Needs heavier duty casters IMHO.

Posted: 6/20/2011 6:01:21 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Nice wood working. Needs heavier duty casters IMHO.

Actually, those casters are more than enough. If I remember right, my 3" casters are rated for 300 lbs each.

Posted: 6/20/2011 6:01:33 PM EDT

[#15]

Looks good

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