Steevo
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You may recall that back in early September, I picked up four of the HF 13-drawer boxes, to use in building a workbench for my shop.
In the last two weeks, I have begun to work on the benches for them.
This is an “artists rendering” of what the front of the benches will look like when finished:
Here is a top-view of the benches without the surface, showing the frame and tool boxes:
And finally, here is some progress on real stuff:
I bought some surplus commercial office interior doors (1-3/4” thick, solid particle board core) and cut them into slabs for my bench-top surface.
And I had some 12ga sheet metal folded up for the caps on the bench tops:
And then today, I made up a jig to weld up the bench legs, and started welding:
I have some square-tube threaded leveling foot inserts on order, along with some adjustable feet. These will get installed after the welding is done and the frame is painted.
I won’t be able to weld the upper and lower horizontals or tool box supports in until I haul them up to my shop in Idaho, because they will be too bulky to transport once built.
I have two weeks planned in November to haul a load up there and build the benches, paint them, install the tool boxes, tops, etc.
Stay tuned for phase 3.
In the last two weeks, I have begun to work on the benches for them.
This is an “artists rendering” of what the front of the benches will look like when finished:
Here is a top-view of the benches without the surface, showing the frame and tool boxes:
And finally, here is some progress on real stuff:
I bought some surplus commercial office interior doors (1-3/4” thick, solid particle board core) and cut them into slabs for my bench-top surface.
And I had some 12ga sheet metal folded up for the caps on the bench tops:
And then today, I made up a jig to weld up the bench legs, and started welding:
I have some square-tube threaded leveling foot inserts on order, along with some adjustable feet. These will get installed after the welding is done and the frame is painted.
I won’t be able to weld the upper and lower horizontals or tool box supports in until I haul them up to my shop in Idaho, because they will be too bulky to transport once built.
I have two weeks planned in November to haul a load up there and build the benches, paint them, install the tool boxes, tops, etc.
Stay tuned for phase 3.
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