This is the final picture taken by Sal to show his new bench installed
and already busy.
What he set out to do is to use construction timbers to make a rigid garage
bench.
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Most of the effort was at the Kapex cutting 2 x 4's to length.
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Elena is here and gives Sal
a hand making the workbench.
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Rather than to use a single 2 x 4 or even a 4 x 4, he opted to use two
2 x 4's per leg and glue and screw them at right angles to each other.
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Sal setup the two new
Festool T-3 Lithium Ion cordless drill/drivers for pre-drilling the hole and for driving
the long screws home. They worked faultlessly in this construction lumber.
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With the legs done, Sal and
Elena start piecing together two frames that will serve as top and middle supports.
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Sal
places the top frame into the legs and glues and screws them.
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With
both frames solidly in place, Sal checks the rigidity and strength of the structure.
It passes with flying colors.
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He has placed the plywood top on but not fastened it — it
still has to be hoisted out of the shop and onto his car.
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He gets an assist from
son-in-law....who also owns a truck.
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A perfect
time for such a truck and a son-in-law who carefully straps the bench in the truck.
Making such a simple project is a fun test of the shop not to mention our
skills.
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