This is a work bench top built from a piece of 2' x 6' x 3/4" Birch plywood that is reinforced around the edges and width wise with 1 x 2 inch pine boards of the kind you buy in a bundle at Lowe's. The boards were verticaly (long side) straightened on a jointer and then glued and screwed in place with drywall screws. The ends of the 1 x 2's are mitered but not glued. I also added some 2 inch strips of MDF under the long sides in order to provide a better contact surface than the softer pine and increasing dimensional rigidity. The finish is a coat of boiled linseed oil.
The work bench top sits on top of another of my custom made devices called the "sladders". These are very strong saw horses with three horizontal shelves. The top is a 2x6 that is wide enough to stand on. The other shelves can also be climbed and stood on as with a step ladder so this device is a called a "sladder".
 |
The view under the top.
No comments:
Post a Comment