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Offline Justin.schmidt23

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Work bench
« on: August 25, 2016, 02:52:15 am »
So when I moved into my new house (first time in my life having a garage) I went out and bought a HD already put together work bench. It's decent. But man does it love to wobble. Makes using a rasp or draw knife a complete pain. So I bout some anchor bolts and bolted it to the brick wall. Well within a week or so of everyday use it yanked all 3 bolts out. Put 80lbs worth of weights on the shelf, still slides across the floor. So what do you gents use to keep your bench from sliding all over?
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2016, 07:24:29 am »
My experience has been that building your own bench or getting one that someone else has built is the way to go. Retail models don't have the mass necessary for our hobby.
This is mine . . . . . go here.http://woodgears.ca/workbench/plans.html
Good luck!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2016, 07:33:50 am »
I made mine 4 x 8. The top is 3/4" MDF and the legs are 4 x4's. It doesn't move much at all, no anchors, just heavy. Plus, the bottom is a full 4 x 8 shelf full of sh**. That helps weigh it down.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2016, 08:01:48 am »
I'm not as tall/young (or good lookin') as Pearl, so mine is just 28" deep. But, otherwise, his sounds like mine ..... including the sh**.
Also, made mine 38" tall and my back is happy that I did.
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Offline Chippintuff

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2016, 08:09:53 am »
You might try cutting triangles of plywood and use screws+glue to fasten them onto the corners. Other than that, you could get some angle iron brackets and fasten the legs to the floor.

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2016, 08:10:36 am »
Good call, Mike. Mine is tall as well. I don't hunch over at all, not even a little. It makes for a comfy work session. I also have a rubber mat under my feet.
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 08:37:08 am »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on August 25, 2016, 07:33:50 am
I made mine 4 x 8. The top is 3/4" MDF and the legs are 4 x4's. It doesn't move much at all, no anchors, just heavy. Plus, the bottom is a full 4 x 8 shelf full of sh**. That helps weigh it down.


It was moving when i was yanking on it
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 08:50:53 am »
I said it didn't move MUCH AT ALL. Get back to work knocker. Your crew needs your guidance :)
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2016, 08:52:12 am »
I have posted this before; To have a non moving workbench you have to build one like a tank. Mine has 2X12 boards for the top, 4X4 side and middle posts, prefab drawer units from Lowe's and is built 42" tall so I don't have to bend over to work on bows. I probably have 200 lbs of "stuff" on the shelves and in the drawers to weigh it down as well.

I can still shake stuff off the wall from vibrations when I get serious about draw knifing but the bench doesn't move.

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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2016, 09:12:11 am »
I have always been a big fan of a jointers bench. They weigh a tremendous amount. I'm in the process of building one that uses 2x6's stacked on end and laminated together, giving you a 5" thick(once plained) bench top. It's cheap to build and very sturdy. This allows me to have the bench in the middle of my shop and not against a wall. Do a search for 2x6 woodworking bench and there are all sort of how too's.

Just a suggestion.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2016, 10:31:30 am »
Paw-Paw's Bowshop . . . . . perfect!
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Re: Work bench
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2016, 12:08:01 pm »
I was like everybody else so I built one so heavy I can't move it and it's free standing.




It's 4x7 and 32" at the table top with 4x3 redwood legs popular 2x4 frame with advantech 3/4" top with laminate flooring on top of that for a good surface then a peg board with frame built on back side for my tiller board  which is removable so I can use the complete table if needed.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2016, 12:19:03 pm »
I do all my bow work on a 2'x3' work bench on 4 swivel casters. I move it around my garage and work shop depending on what I'm working on and the temperature outside.  I've gotten used to holding it in place when I'm ripping sapwood off of a stave. 
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Offline Justin.schmidt23

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2016, 01:33:10 pm »
Wow great responses guys. When I got this workbench I was just doing knife making so it worked for that. But I gotta build a tank for bow making. And get something bigger than my 3in vice
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Offline mullet

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Re: Work bench
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2016, 03:04:16 pm »
I bought the heavy bamboo table that Harbor Freight sales. It doesn't move. I also have a large vice mounted to a post in the ground under my lemon tree.
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