Attaching Workbench Top

[troublemaker427]

I have a 30"x8' workbench that I recently built from ideas I saw on here. I had a piece of 3/16" steel cut to put on top of the curent OSB top. What is the best way to attach the steel to the bench? I was going to bolt it down with some round headed bolts then thought about glueing it down. Would Liquid Nails do the job without using bolts?

Thanks

 

[ftp]

i used liquid nails to attach a piece of galvanized flashing to a section of my new workbench, and it has worked great.

I would suggest putting some heavy stuff on the top after you attach the metal so it sits flat on the workbench.

 

[sledzz]

thats thick enough steel to where you could drill 4-5 holes in the bench 2 on each side and one in the middle, then put the top on it and mark the holes from underneath. Then take it off and weld some 1/4 inch threaded rod to it and bolt it down. Just another idea!

 

[georgiadave]

Countersink some flathead machine screws?

 

[rgzsr66]

I did the same thing, built a 2x4 framed workbench and attached a 3/16" steel top to it. Mine is 10' long and I had the steel brake formed to put a lip in the back so things don't fall off and disappear and the front wrapped down to hide the 2x4. I glued it with liquid nail and clamped it down where possible and put heavy objects where I couldn't clamp. This was approximately 8 years ago and it hasn't budged yet. I was going to do the countersunk screws first but thought I could always do that later if the glue didn't hold. So far so good.

 

[69supercj]

I just built a new top for my 6 foot long roll around and I made it out of an old solid core door. I then had a local metal shop bend me some galvanized to cover it and I used liquid nails and clamped it really good. So far its worked great.

 

[troublemaker427]

Thanks guys!!

 

[Falcon67]

On my galvanized bench top, I used a little bit of RTV that was laying around. I didn't want it to stick forever since it may need replacing in the future. Just some short beads around the permeter.

For the 3/16" steel top, I like the 1/4-20 studs welded in - good idea. Although just about anything is probably fine. If I had a bench top like that, I'd bet it would easily outlive me.