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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.

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