mike g. posted:Deuce, that table and layout are looking really nice! Shorts can be a PIA, but I am glad you got them fixed! Wonderful job!
R.C., I think the back drops are looking good and I like your idea with the match boxes! Keep us posted!
Mark, WOO HOO #3, did I call it or what! I wish you luck on your bench move today to get the lumber as I know you have been trying to get it to your house for sometime!
Deuce, Yes, I agree the tire has to show up in the crick!!
Mike, Yep, you called it Mike!! I didn't think so until I got measuring!
Ah, the bench move! Yes I was able to complete that today!! This workbench was 8' x 3' 4". It had two 1/2" sheets of Homosote on top that measured 4' x 10' on top. Yes, 10' long. The woman my mother-in-law bought the house from had been a seamstress, and she had these sheets of Homasote on top of the workbench with lines marked off every inch, front and back of both sheets. I cut them in half. Underneath was a nice sheet of Masonite 8' x 3' 4", that I can use for backdrop. I didn't know it was there. Then the top of the bench itself was made of four 1" x 10" planks. You can see it had been used previously as a workbench where painters had dripped paint, and circles from paint cans sitting on it. I can rip those with my Skil saw and fence. There was a shelf a foot from the floor of 1/4" plywood, and the same plywood on the back and sides. There are also two long 2 x 4s. I took all of that apart and moved it over to our house. I left the two end assemblies intact. They have casters on the bottom. My plan is for a C shaped layout, with turn back loops on the ends. The long middle will be a 30" or so shelf mounted to the wall. The end loops will detach, so I can roll them out to get in behind for access. As I said in another topic, I'm not building anything I have to crawl under, duckunder, pop up, etc. If not now, sooner or later I would get stuck or hurt myself.
Here is one of the rolling ends. I can use these for the first loop end, then make something similar for the other side. I may put larger casters on for easier rolling. I'll reinforce them a bit, but they are pretty sturdy considering I ripped them off the rest of the workbench.