Benchwork is moving on up
December 7th, 2009
Tonight I bolted all of the modules together. Went the “heavy duty” route, which means if there was a hole for a bolt, it got a bolt.
and then I attached the legs. It had just a tiny bit of sag in the middle still (wood is kinda soft even with all the bolting), so I added two legs in the middle for some extra support.
Next step is to get some caster wheels for the legs so I roll the layout up against the wall when I’m not working on it. I’ll probably also had a small diagonal brace to each leg as well for some extra support (legs are only attached with a single bolt).
Whose benchwork was this again? The quickness you are putting this back together is making me thing I should take a look at modular benchwork.
This is all Seivers Benchwork.
http://www.sieversbenchwork.com/
I’ve used them before back in 2004 on an old layout. Good stuff for quick and simply benchwork building.
It’s not cheap if you have a large layout though, but if you’re like me and lack carpentry skills and tools, it could be worth it. Though you could always buy a few sections at a time instead of the whole thing at once.
Wow, you’re right, it isn’t cheap. I’ve got enough tools that I think I’ll just build my own. I was just impressed by how quickly you were getting it setup.