Solid concrete floors here. I wouldn't have trusted my bench and all the kit I have on it (and under it) on floorboards alone, I'd probably have laid down a thick piece of ply to cover the area under the bench and therefore spread the weight or at least put some pieces under each 4x2" leg.
Steve 2010/1/26 Mike Naruta AA8K <[email protected]>: > > If the top is a two-person lift, and you are > putting all your heavy equipment on it, and > you are not on a concrete floor, you may want > to align the bench legs with the floor joists > or use plates to distribute the weight. :) > > > My shop bench is made from wood from our family's > barn. The legs are 6 by 6 inch (15 cm) and > the long dimension framing is 2 by 12 inch > (5 by 30 cm) and leg brace/foot rests are 2 by 2 > inch (5 cm). I had to use threaded rod because > the local hardware stores did not have bolts long > enough. This wood was old when we purchased > the farm in 1953. I built it as a tribute to > our old barn. I mounted my father-in-law's big > metal vise/vice on it. It is 11.5 inches (30 cm) > high and 29 inches (74 cm) from front to back > when closed. The screw handle is 7/8 inch (2 cm) > in diameter and 16.75 inches (43 cm) long. I > was barely able to lift the vise to the bench > top to mount it. > > I also have my father's half-century old Sears > vise mounted on the bench. It is 17 inches (43 cm) > long (closed) and 11.5 inches (29 cm) high. The > vise is in remarkably good condition, especially > considering all the projects we used it for. > > > The attached photo shows the bench with the > appropriate number of projects on it. > > > Mike - AA8K > > > Steve Rooke wrote: >> >> My lab/workshop is my dining room (it's great being single) and I just >> went out and bought a very sturdy workbench that was on our auction > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD A man with one clock knows what time it is; A man with two clocks is never quite sure. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
