I guess you could say that I've officially begun the process of putting some real storage under my Adjust-A-Bench--starting from the bottom. As mentioned in last week's Weekend Accomplishments thread, I milled up the old lumber I had removed from the mantel in the great room to make some sturdy "feet" for the bench system. I would have liked to complete them during the week, but was a thousand miles away in Miami all week on business. (The weather was absolutely glorious, however... ...too bad I was inside of a communications lab most of the time )
So here is the result as shown below--a simple part of the project, but an important one since the stability of the bench depends upon its contact with the floor. I think this stuff is very old Douglas Fir or something similar. 'Hard to tell as it has absolutely no smell it's so old, yet I know it's a softwood and quite hard. No matter...it's perfect for the job and the price couldn't be beat! Interestingly enough, these feet required the use of the J/P, TS, CMS, BS, Festool 150/2, Festool OF1010, Festool TDK drill/driver and...the drill press (to cut some plugs to fill screw holes). Nothing like spreading around the work!
Of course...now I need to design the cabinet that will rest just above those feet. And I'm looking forward to this project as I really, really, really need to get all my hand tools, etc., consolidated into one place in the shop and under the bench makes the most sense. Especially since I have near-zero wall space available for nice tool cabinets.