I just finished clearing out a workarea alongside my parked cars in the
garage, (there's an area about 20 x 12 open space parallel to the parking
area), with four overhead cabinets and three commercial (metal) workbenchs
lined up end to end. For appearance and convenience, I'm planning on adding
a countertop to the three workbenches to make everything look more like one
unit. I have enough left-over flooring (unfinished t&g Brazilian Cherry) to
do the entire top and my plan is to just glue everything up, miter the
corners and perhaps rout out a small depression each side to keep anything
from rolling off, and securing it as one long countertop to each of the
three workbenches. When done, it would look a little like a miniature
one-piece bowling alley covering all three workbenches.
I've never seen anyone do anything like this, but surely using t&g flooring
for this isn't a new idea. It doesn't look like a difficult task. Have I
overlooked something, and are there some hidden reasons why this shouldn't
be done?
Regards --
"World Traveler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've never seen anyone do anything like this, but surely using t&g
> flooring for this isn't a new idea. It doesn't look like a difficult
> task. Have I overlooked something, and are there some hidden reasons why
> this shouldn't be done?
That's the way I built my bench 35 years ago. It still looks great and has
served me well. Here is a link with photos.
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/bench.html
Ken Vaughn
Visit My Workshop: http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/
"World Traveler" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:4%[email protected]:
> I just finished clearing out a workarea alongside my parked cars in
> the garage, (there's an area about 20 x 12 open space parallel to the
> parking area), with four overhead cabinets and three commercial
> (metal) workbenchs lined up end to end. For appearance and
> convenience, I'm planning on adding a countertop to the three
> workbenches to make everything look more like one unit. I have enough
> left-over flooring (unfinished t&g Brazilian Cherry) to do the entire
> top and my plan is to just glue everything up, miter the corners and
> perhaps rout out a small depression each side to keep anything from
> rolling off, and securing it as one long countertop to each of the
> three workbenches. When done, it would look a little like a miniature
> one-piece bowling alley covering all three workbenches.
>
> I've never seen anyone do anything like this, but surely using t&g
> flooring for this isn't a new idea. It doesn't look like a difficult
> task. Have I overlooked something, and are there some hidden reasons
> why this shouldn't be done?
>
The use of flooring is OK with me. Linking all of the benches together,
however, reduces the flexibility of arrangement that meets MY needs. Which
change from project to project, and vary with tools coming and going.
Jewelry boxes. Entertainment centers. Beds. Clock cases. Bathroom
vanities. Mirrors. Kitchen pantry cabinets. Mantels. Bowls. Art display
cases. Tools & handles. A lot of stuff gets done, and takes different
setups. Try not to limit your possibilities.
Patriarch
World Traveler wrote:
> I just finished clearing out a workarea alongside my parked cars in the
> garage, (there's an area about 20 x 12 open space parallel to the parking
> area), with four overhead cabinets and three commercial (metal) workbenchs
> lined up end to end. For appearance and convenience, I'm planning on adding
> a countertop to the three workbenches to make everything look more like one
> unit. I have enough left-over flooring (unfinished t&g Brazilian Cherry) to
> do the entire top and my plan is to just glue everything up, miter the
> corners and perhaps rout out a small depression each side to keep anything
> from rolling off, and securing it as one long countertop to each of the
> three workbenches. When done, it would look a little like a miniature
> one-piece bowling alley covering all three workbenches.
>
> I've never seen anyone do anything like this, but surely using t&g flooring
> for this isn't a new idea. It doesn't look like a difficult task. Have I
> overlooked something, and are there some hidden reasons why this shouldn't
> be done?
>
> Regards --
>
>
My brother did something similar when he built his work
shop. The only thing different was that he used
recycled flooring he got out of a job he did. It looked
and worked great.
Bill Gill