"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42:19 -0400, the infamous "Buerste"
scrawled the following:


"Cydrome Leader" wrote in message
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Buerste wrote:
I took two old vanities that I replaced in the bathrooms and screwed
them
together end to end to make the carcass of a new garage workbench.
They
get
raised 12" and I made a top from 2 x 4s glued-up face to face. I had
to
make the top in 2 pieces so they would fit through the 20" planer at
work
then glued the two together. I filled any imperfections with wood
putty.
I
don't care what it looks like, I just want a good, solid surface. The
bench
is lagged to the wall. I also bored two lines of 3/4" holes front to
back,
two feet apart. The bench should be very functional for a lot of
things
but
mostly it'll be my reloading station. And, I mounted a bunch of the
old
kitchen cabinets above it on the wall. I have five 8', 2-tube fixtures
to
go up on the ceiling and walls.

That's when I had a GREAT idea! I routed a half-round groove 3/4" wide
x
3/8" deep, all the way around the top, 3/4" in from the edge. Then I
polyurethaned the **** out of the whole top. I'll bet that saves me
from
some of the trying to find parts that would otherwise roll off. Is
this
an
original idea?

No. See "carving platter" for earlier patents.


Also I'll put some indoor/outdoor carpet on 1/3 of the
bench.

Good idea, Tawm. Get some good commercial carpeting. It's like I/O
but tougher and less cheaply made. Banks, etc. use it.


I've seen a "homemade" shop bench for electronics repair that had an
edge
designed to catch screws or lay screwdrivers. Those are usually carpet
coverer, so parts can't really roll away.

jumping away c-clips is another story.

I always call them "Jesus Clips". "JESUS---where did THAT go?"

I have a Jesus Clip Holder. It's a spring-loaded roach clip of sorts.
(reference from another life) the little carburetor linkage clips
were the worst sort for flying off into nowhere.


I recently ran across a heavy brass oil cup with a hinged lid and 1/8" pipe
thread with some lamp tube screwed into it. It has some burned resin and a
stainless steel screen in it. I haven't seen it for 30? years! When I saw
it, the reaction was: "I can clean that up and use it as an oil cup!" My,
things have changed!