Attaching a work board to a work bench

[davegerard]

My new workbench that I am assembling is bascially 2 cabinets that push together and create a work surface. I don't really like that set up, so I am going to separate the cabinets and lay this thick desk board that I have across the top, at least as a temporary board in case I decide to go bigger later. My question is, considering that this may only be temporary, should I bolt the board into the cabinets, or just leave it laying across? I plan to attach a vise to it and maybe a mini-mill or a drill press, so I figure I will have to lay it so there is a little lip, at least in the front and on one end. The kind of use it's going to see is drilling, some power sawing, and some minor welding (I have a piece of junk metal that I can throw on top for welding). My bike is pretty much back together, so the heaviest thing that it will hold, at the moment, will be some exhaust pipes or maybe some homeowners projects like cabinets.
Thanks.

 

[1320stang]

I would take 2 2x4s and arrange them in a "L" shape along their length. So when you look at the ends, it looks like and "L". Make a pair of these and screw them to the inside faces of cabinets where the "L" us upsidedown. Then screw the top to the "L" by going thru the leg of the "L" into the bottom of the top.

Is that clear as mud?

 

[davegerard]

Everything but what you mean by the inside face of the cabinet. I should have also mentioned that the cabinets have drawers so I can't interfere with those.

 

[1320stang]

Well, the two cabinets are set apart, so I was talking about those faces that see each other, but on the outside of the cabinet. If you are not wanting to mess up the cabinets, you could get a piece of angle iron and screw it to the top of the inside of the side wall of the cabinet to where it sticks out over the outside, then screw the top from below.

 

[davegerard]

Gotcha completely now. That is a good idea. Of course it turns out that the cabinets are meant to go side by side with the pegboard hutch getting cam bolted on top, but if I separate them, I am definitely using your idea. Thanks