New workbench top

[toyotadriver]

I inherited a workbench from my uncle. It was 25x36 inches long. The legs were heavy steel bolted to the underside of the top. The top was a butcher block type. I decided I wanted it wider and longer. I wanted it to be no more than 30 inches wide and 7 ft long. I went to a local lumberyard and wandered around for awhile. I ended up buying a 14in x 17 ft long LVL. I also bought a sheet of 3/4 sanded plywood.

I glued and clamped the two LVL pieces together. I then cut some pieces of plywood and glued and screwed them to the underside to both keep it together as well as to raise the height slightly to enable me to put a trashcan and small roll around toolbox under it. Then, I cut the top to size and glued and screwed it to the top (screws from the underside). I then cut it down to size and then coated it with some leftover deck toner/sealer I had in the shop. Finally, I bolted the legs to it and stood it up.

My main concern was the size and making it heavy. I have a vice bolted to the table and I didn't want it to move around. This table top IS heavy! It wasn't fun to move it around but it's done now. Hope to have a small lathe and mill later mounted on the end. The final size was 28 inches by 7 ft long.

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[matt_i]

Looking forward to the pics

 

[toyotadriver]

I'm not sure why I'm having problems with posting pics from imgur.

I uploaded them to garagejournal so let's see if they show up.

 

[rcktpwrd]

Take the s off the end of the http...

Also put an l before the .jpg to have a more friendly pic size.

Looks good!

 

[toyotadriver]

Take the s off the end of the http...

Also put an l before the .jpg to have a more friendly pic size.

Looks good!

Thanks for the info! I just uploaded them to an album here so that should fix it.