Recent content by mtbguy

Sure, was just hoping for some examples Plywood supported by horizontal 2x4's? Or particle board? Supporting 2x4's attached to the legs with bolts? Brackets? Notches? Sure houses are made of wood, but I wouldn't just bolt a shelf onto a wall and put a 500 pound tool chest on it. Was just...

Tempting, I've done a fair bit of brazing with an oxy-acetalyne torch, but not with my own equipment. Managed design on paper, and turn a pile of uncut/unbent steel tubes into a pretty nice mountain bike. What exactly would you recommend for welding tubes like Steevo used?

Well my main concern was supporting a 250 pound toolbox with a fair bit of tools in it for the life time of the bench. I'll have to look into a nice way to mount the cross braces to vertical 4x4's as legs. Was hoping for some ideas from similar projects. These feet mentioned here...

Ah, I'll check it out. I found this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006XD1ZKM/?tag=atomicindus08-20 But it looks just a bit too short, a 40" tall version would likely work.

I saw Steevo's awesome build using 4 harbor freight 44" tool cabinets: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126086 I was hoping for something a bit less ambitious. Based on a single cabinet and not requiring any custom welding. Steevo mentioned: I have for the HF 44"...

Wow, reading 22 pages took me awhile. I joined just to say thanks for this thread. Saw one brief mention of Kirkland Signature™ 42" 16 Drawer Tool Chest. I saw it at costco tonight. I was reasonably impressed, nice finish, drawers worked well, even some of the smaller drawers has two sets of...