Building a new bench to lighten your day

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Re: Building a new bench to lighten your day

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I would rethink that... even if the wheels have brakes, it won't be as solid as if it was standing directly on the ground.
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Horseman wrote:
62chevy wrote:You can do what Fyodor suggest or just add the missing inches to the legs, that's a good feature of wood.
Thinking of just adding some 4" harbor freight locking wheels to it.... :idea:

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Pretty much done with the bench. Broke the collet on my router so haven't got all the "plates" for the presses made yet, but have a new one coming. And, need a few more small hardware pieces to finish. I think it's going to work really well. I'll do a couple pictures when I'm finished and explain why I did it the way I did and how this went together.
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You outta know by now at your advance AGE that no project of this magnitude can be done without at least 3 trips to the hardware store. :P
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daboone wrote:You outta know by now at your advance AGE that no project of this magnitude can be done without at least 3 trips to the hardware store. :P
And it could be closer to 5 trips when CRS sets in.
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daboone wrote:You outta know by now at your advance AGE that no project of this magnitude can be done without at least 3 trips to the hardware store. :P
edited by me due to non-forum related...
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edited by me due to non-forum related
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