Ign
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Well kinda. I'd been wanting something around 72-78" to replace an old wooden table I use a lot that was 98" but too long. I had been eyeing an International unit at $1400 but when the deal came along on the Milwaukee 60" units for $350 (long gone now) it was too good to pass up.
I knew I could easily extend the Milwaukee a bit so I did.
I just used the Husky "butcher block" top for their 26" cabinets. At $20 the price was right. I anchored it with trailer decking screws LOL. The "pattern" on the Husky runs 90 degrees to the supplied Milwaukee top. This would make some here collapse into convulsions but it doesn't bother me, it's a workbench and will usually be covered with work and boxes.
Most of my frame is 1" sq tube with 1"x.25" angle for the gussets; I was just kinda using whatever was laying around.
I spray bombed it Rustoleum Safety Red (not an exact match but I don't care). The primary anchoring is the nut-serts for the handle, then I used some stitch screws down the sides, too. These are tapered self-drilling sheetmetal screws for thin sheetmetal as they essentially wedge themselves in place kinda sorta like NPT. Fastenal #32104.
I'm probably around 175# when working in the shop (insulated pants, steel toes etc) and it supported my weight on the very end with zero problems (edit: not worried about the frame, just the strength of attachment to the box).
I knew I could easily extend the Milwaukee a bit so I did.
I just used the Husky "butcher block" top for their 26" cabinets. At $20 the price was right. I anchored it with trailer decking screws LOL. The "pattern" on the Husky runs 90 degrees to the supplied Milwaukee top. This would make some here collapse into convulsions but it doesn't bother me, it's a workbench and will usually be covered with work and boxes.
Most of my frame is 1" sq tube with 1"x.25" angle for the gussets; I was just kinda using whatever was laying around.
I spray bombed it Rustoleum Safety Red (not an exact match but I don't care). The primary anchoring is the nut-serts for the handle, then I used some stitch screws down the sides, too. These are tapered self-drilling sheetmetal screws for thin sheetmetal as they essentially wedge themselves in place kinda sorta like NPT. Fastenal #32104.
I'm probably around 175# when working in the shop (insulated pants, steel toes etc) and it supported my weight on the very end with zero problems (edit: not worried about the frame, just the strength of attachment to the box).
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