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On Mar 4, 9:14 pm, "SteveA" <a...@nowhere.com> wrote: > I have been searching the web for a set of steel legs to build a mobile > workbench with little to no success. I am turning to the collective > knowledge of this group assuming that someone else on the planet has had the > need for a mobile workbench. > Go to the McMaster-Carr web site www.mcmaster.com and look at Workbench Tops & Legs     

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Author: Bob Kirkpatrick
Date: Mar 5, 2008 10:12

yugami <marc.britten@gmail.com> wrote: While the woodcraft ones are of a different class the Ikea ones are 30 Bucks for some sizes. Solid Beech Length: 48 7/8 ", Depth: 15 ", Thickness: 1 1/8 " $29.99 Length: 73 1/4 ", Depth: 25 5/8 ", Thickness: 1 1/8 " $59.99 Not too shabby. Put some 3/4" ply under that and you should have a nice rigid top. The prices and such
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Having fealt with similar tops, the best way to plane them is to plane at a 45 degree angle across the brain - not perpendicular. Set the throat as tight as you have too. You will probably still get some tearout in places - note where they are, and work those areas with a cab. scraper. Its a lot of owrk, but it can be done. Stop frequently to hone your blade. the method I use is to start     

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Author: Michael Faurot
Date: Jan 28, 2008 10:48

"Twayne" <nodoby@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message news:Ettfj.22$Xo1.14@trnddc06... tiredofspam <nospam.nospam.com> wrote: I am familiar with that. Would rather plane it. Might as well improve my planing skills. Although this top has frustrated me. If I don't get it done, I will consider it. I have a sled already built from working a board in the past. but it is slow
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"Twayne" <nodoby@devnull.spamcop.net> writes: > I doubt you can hand plane a bench top successfully. Think about it; > even if it were perfectly flat in one area larger than the plane, what's > the plane going to do? It's going to remove material. Depends on the precision you need. I've used a belt sander and a hand plane to flatten the surface of a low-cost pine workbench (made with     

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Author: jd
Date: Jan 6, 2008 05:14

tiredofspam <nospam.nospam.com> wrote: I am familiar with that. Would rather plane it. Might as well improve my planing skills. Although this top has frustrated me. If I don't get it done, I will consider it. I have a sled already built from working a board in the past. but it is slow work due to the size of the cutter and I am not interested in doing it again. I doubt you can
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"Ron c." <roncx@chartertn.net> wrote in message news:5ivpn39k1fagm5s3vf1vgn5bfabe22af20@4ax.com... > The best way to flatten your tabletop is to use a router and a simple > jig. The jig consists of two boards clamped to the sides of the table. > The top edge must be parralel and straight. Here's a website with > photos of the jig in operation and the instructions are better than I > could     

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Author: Hank Finkel
Date: Jan 4, 2008 12:59

The best way to flatten your tabletop is to use a router and a simple jig. The jig consists of two boards clamped to the sides of the table. The top edge must be parralel and straight. Here's a website with photos of the jig in operation and the instructions are better than I could give. http://www.jeffgreefwoodworking.com/pnc/ShopProj/benchrout/index2.html On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:06:55
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You have a link to the plans or did you do it freestyle-homebrew. Sounds like something every shop should have. :-) Thanks in advance Lyndell "Roger Woehl" <rwoehl@comcast.net> wrote in message news:IZidnWHyI8oyp-ranZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@comcast.com... > Tired.... > If the top can be removed, try to find a local shop that has     

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Author: Maxwell Lol
Date: Jan 4, 2008 12:26

On Dec 29, 8:06 pm, tiredofspam <nospam.nospam.com> wrote: I bought a maple slab from Woodcraft 2 years ago .. got a great buy. 2 1/4 30x57 for 129 ... used it for a setup bench.. Now I want to use it for a workbench. So I used a cab scraper #80 to remove the varnish. Then I started to plane it.. tear out everywhere. This is a finger jointed glue up. I figured I could
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Author: Twayne
Date: Jan 4, 2008 08:50

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Author: Hank Finkel
Date: Jan 3, 2008 13:05

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Author: Ron c.
Date: Jan 3, 2008 10:15

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Author: Lyndell Thompson
Date: Dec 30, 2007 18:15

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Author: Father Haskell
Date: Dec 30, 2007 16:59

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