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03-15-2005, 11:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orem, UT
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|  How thick is yer wood? Work-bench wood!
I am making the plans to build a work bench in my garage. I was wondering what thickness and type of wood I should use for the top, and hope you all could help me out. It will be only about 4'X8'.
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03-16-2005, 10:21 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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3/4" MDF. Super cheap, strong, burn resistant (dense) easily replacable. |
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03-16-2005, 10:48 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada
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3/4" MDF...was tested resistance to nitro...lets just say it failed  all the same as SR5DAVE
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03-16-2005, 02:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: www.ORCRC.com
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3/4" plywood, 2x4 framing with 4x4 legs and bolted to teh studs in the garage. BTW I orginally made mine to be 4X8 but it was to freak'n big to use all of it. the back of it would just fill up with crap. So I cut it in half and now I have a 2' x 16' which is way better. one side to work on and the other side to put junk on. most of the time 2' wide is just fine but at times I wish it was 6" wider. a buddy of mine just made his at 3 feet wide but I think thats just a bit too much. so I would recommend 30" wide.
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03-16-2005, 03:11 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denver, CO
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mine is an old solid wood door i fished out of a dumpster......damn sturdy. it sits on 2 saw horses. it rocks.
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03-16-2005, 04:01 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st marys
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Mine is Inch and a half thick hard yellow pine. Nalled on 2X4 that are built to the frame of the garage. Its about 30inches deep. Witch works out well plenty of room to work on but not to big. Is youre going to be stationary or is it going to be on wheel? If its on wheels the I would make it 4ft by 8ft. That way its stabel and you can work all the way around it. If its stationary I would make it no longer then 30 inches. |
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03-16-2005, 04:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: www.ORCRC.com
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No WIDER than 30".........is what I think you meant. | |
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03-16-2005, 05:01 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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my work bench is made from a old closit door reinforced with 2x4s. sits just high enouph for my roll around to fit right underneath. it has 2 small cabinets on both ends and a vice mounted to a 1/4" aluminum plate on one corner.  Last edited by mike; 03-16-2005 at 05:05 PM. | |
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03-17-2005, 12:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orem, UT
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|  Thanks
Thanks guys for your input. It will be nice having a bench to work on, my wife is tired of my crawler parts and tools on the dinner table. Women!
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