New Work Bench

[stlhooked]

I'm using a solid wooden door for the top of my new Work Bench and I need to be able to roll my cabinets underneath.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can support the top?

 

[IDASHO]

I use door blanks too. Ive got 3 solid core wood doors for wood working, and 2 exterior steel doors for my welding and fab. They work great. And I get them for free at work.

You could attach it to the wall like a giant shelf.

Ive done that more than a few times in really tight garages.

Ive even attached one in such a way, that it could fold down to be out of the way. Large hinges on the back, and two chains fastened from the wall to the corners of the bench. Disconnect the chains from the hooks on the table, and it folds down, and out of the way.

 

[stlhooked]

I have three solid wood doors. I was thinking of making one that folded down also and maybe one on casters also.
You would't happen to have pictures would you?
Thanks for the reply, Darin

 

[1320stang]

Legs? Can you get any more doors? I have another idea for supporting it that doesn't touch the floor that can be used to fold it up.

 

[hammlm]

I'm using a solid wooden door for the top of my new Work Bench and I need to be able to roll my cabinets underneath.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can support the top?

I'll post pictures sometime, but I have two 3'0" x 7'0" slabs that I use in an "L" config for my workbenches.

I mounted large (3") angle iron onto the wall and then made up some 1-1/2 square tube legs to support the fronts. I made them high enough to slide my service carts underneath and put a drawer on the one side.

Like I said, I'll try to post a pic.

 

[stlhooked]

I'll post pictures sometime, but I have two 3'0" x 7'0" slabs that I use in an "L" config for my workbenches.

I mounted large (3") angle iron onto the wall and then made up some 1-1/2 square tube legs to support the fronts. I made them high enough to slide my service carts underneath and put a drawer on the one side.

Like I said, I'll try to post a pic.

Pictures would be awsome!
I have the day off today. I'm cleaning out the garage right now. I whent to Home Depote yesterday to get some 2x4s.
Man I should have taken a before picture it was in need of some serious spring cleaning.

 

[1320stang]

Also, did you get the hinges with the solid core doors?

BTW, I've been to Collinsville many times for WFC, I wished they hadn't moved it. Actually, we usually stayed at Troy, behind that Cracker Barrel and Taco Bell at Edwardsville Road. Too much partying too late and too many burnouts, though the cops have taken care of that the past few years.

 

[WH0DAMAN]

I would just mount a 2x4 level and horizontally at the height you want on the wall. Figure the height of the cabinets with the wheels and add roughly an inch (from the bottom of the 2x4). I dont know how tall you are so the structure would really depend on how high you want the table top to be. The usual height of a table top is about 3 feet. Whatever feels comfortable to you. The door is probably about an inch and 3/4" thick so be sure to figure that into your height. Then build the 2x4 frame to that size. Screw the top on by either going from the bottom up or counter sinking the holes and filling them with a dowel and sanding it flat. There are many other ways to build this but it all depend on your carpentry skills. I am also using a solid core door for my table top but I am building cabinets and cubbys on the bottom with 3/4" birch plywood. No 2x4 construction. Again, I dont know your skill level so it all depends on that. Hope this helps a little.

Bob

 

[72chevy]

I'm using a solid wooden door for the top of my new Work Bench and I need to be able to roll my cabinets underneath.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can support the top?

Here's example of a fold down table. Easy to modify to fit you needs.
http://performanceunlimited.com/backdoor/bench.html

 

[RichardNorman]

I built a work bench and mounted it on the wall. That arrangement lasted exactly one night though because as soon as I finished, I started grinding a little metal on my bench grinder and my wife came in yelling at me that the grinder was reverberating through the kitchen.