A work table for the back yard

Very nice, this table should last you a long time.

I like your wheel lift set up.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Nice bench, simple and effective, I like the idea on the wheels.

How did you find a hunk of bowling alley?

-- Bob A in NJ

This is a very nice table. Your caster set-up gives me an idea for my workbench that I have been debating on how to make it mobile.

Thanks for both the post and the inspiration.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Pretty nice bench. I made mine from a bowling alley lane also. I took mine all apart and re-surfaced
the maple before putting it all back together again

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Bob, about ten years ago a local bowling alley was closing down, and they put an ad in the paper. I had been hoping to get the maple on either end, as GaryK apparently did, but I got something mid-lane, which is made of a softer wood. I’d been hanging on to it for years intending it to be a counter, but now that I want to do counters I looked around and realized that we could afford maple, but we might also want to go with concrete or something else, so the best thing I could see this thing becoming was a big ol’ work table.

Scott and Dick, I stole the retracting caster idea from (roughly) my DeWalt planer table. Seems to work fairly well, we’ll see how long those hinges hold up to being abused.

Gary, I envy your patience, I was thinking about renting a floor sander to take the finish off, but figure it’ll work just fine as-is.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

Excellent table Dan. I like the portability.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python