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Someone on here said it the last time I built one, something along the lines of, "it wont be the last one you build."

They were right.
Well, since I built it indoors (we'll call it my 'man cave' of the house, I call it the music room due to having my stereo setup and records etc), I kept it indoors until this past week when it was nice and warm out and I was working in the garage.

Yesterday I was down there in that room, which I have also been using to go through my possessions, still unpacking, and realized how much I used that workbench just to work on INSIDE the house.

A 2 x 4 flat surface gives lots of room for little projects. So here we go.
I just returned from Home Depot with some lumber and a new birch ply that will be the top, since the last one turned out SO. DANG. GORGEOUS.

With about 40' of 2x4s, and a 2'x4' piece of birch, it cost me about 30 bucks (including a small power strip and the adjustable feet, since it was a good addition to the last one).
I lucked up on the birch - it had a nick in it and I asked if they could discount it any, they took on SEVENTY PERCENT! I guess that's a perk of being a former employee and being liked by the lumber dept.

So, tonight, as I start to build this, I will take pictures as it comes together.
I'll, essentially, be making a copy of what I did before - same stain for the top, same flour white paint for the frame.
 
And a year or 2 later you will add shelves or cabinets or bins. Another year or 2....repeat. I caught a good deal on tool boxes this year and added them.
 
BowWow said:
And a year or 2 later you will add shelves or cabinets or bins. Another year or 2....repeat. I caught a good deal on tool boxes this year and added them.
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Its amazing you add all this and still have no room to work in 5 years.
 
Rushed through it tonight and its pretty much done.
Finish painting tomorrow and stain the top.
Pictures in the morning, I need to upload them.

Couple of things:
a) I made it too tall. Maybe 4 inches or so. It'll still work, but its a little taller than I realized it would be
b) While I thought I was making my job easier when doing the support pieces about 1/3 the way up the legs, I didnt pay attention and its slanted. The legs are still straight, but this thing is off quite a bit. Its an eyesore, at least from the side. We'll see how bad it is once the top is on etc, may not notice. I dont know.

It'll still work for my needs
 
HMP said:
Rushed through it tonight and its pretty much done.
Finish painting tomorrow and stain the top.
Pictures in the morning, I need to upload them.

Couple of things:
a) I made it too tall. Maybe 4 inches or so. It'll still work, but its a little taller than I realized it would be
b) While I thought I was making my job easier when doing the support pieces about 1/3 the way up the legs, I didnt pay attention and its slanted. The legs are still straight, but this thing is off quite a bit. Its an eyesore, at least from the side. We'll see how bad it is once the top is on etc, may not notice. I dont know.

It'll still work for my needs
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You can probably still solve the to tall problem by flipping it over and sawing bottom of legs off. Been there before.
 
cleaning up the boards on the belt sander

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predrilling holes

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building parts of the frame. Two rectangular pieces which the legs will screw to, and then top on, well, top.
then screwing the legs in

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In that last picture you can see where I messed up. Look at the distance between the two rectangular pieces - look at the distance on the 'top' leg vs the 'bottom' leg.
You'll see the 'top' is closer than the bottom...its at an angle.
Doesnt change the stability, that I've seen so far, of the table, but it's an eyesore.


That's what I get for rushing.
 
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