I am new to the site. I have done some woodworking. I have done cabinets, log furniture, speakers and other stuff. When we moved here the wife wanted the perfect house so we bought this one and she said, "Remodel it". I said, "What do you want remodeled?" She said, "The bonus room needs to be remodeled into an office. When that is done there needs to be a bedroom and bathroom in the basement so we have a toilet and shower while we rip out the bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs and make a master suite, master bath, walk in closet and powder room. After that is done we will talk about the kitchen." I set up shop and modified my reloading bench to a workbench and hit the ground running. I dropped dead trees on our property and milled them into lumber for the trim and cabinets. I am done with the bedrooms, bathrooms and her office. Now it is time to stop tripping over stuff and losing tools in the pile that occupies my shop. First step is a new workbench. I am tired of figuring out ways of clamping projects to my old workbench.
Requirements:
1. Solid
2. Will last forever
3. Will act as a feed table for the table saw and planer.
4. Is moveable.
5. Can be used as an assembly table for large projects.
I started on the top. I am laminating Douglas fir 2X6 lumber. The target thickness is five inches thick. I have Douglas fir lumber that a friend let me mill from his log pile. That will be used for the base. The legs will be 5X5. I am planning on a mix between a Roubo and Shaker type bench. It will use pneumatic lifting cylinders to raise the table with the wheels. Air it up and it will rise about 3/4 of an inch. I can move it then let the air out and it will settle on the floor.
It will have two tail vises, one leg vise and one end vise. I wanted to build one tail vise. The acme thread I bought was only 20.00 more if I bought the 6' rather than the 3' length. That gave me enough for two tail vises and my leg vise. For about 180.00 I have two tail vises and my leg vise (not including machining).
These are the basic drawings. If anyone has any suggestions or notices any oversights please let me know. Thanks.
Workbench Tail Vises.jpg
Workbench Top.jpg
Workbench Wheels.jpg