Bowling Alley Workbench

Very nice workbench.
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Wow, very interesting and certainly gorgeous bench. What did you make the legs out of?

I want one!

-- Bob A in NJ

Bob A,
I laminated 4/4 Maple together, 3 pieces thick for the legs and 2 thick for the stringers.

-- Passion4Wood, Augusta GA.

Wow, Nice job. Where can I find some of that stuff…............LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Nice bench simple and uasable. But your shop is way to clean, you need some sawdust on the floor and tools laying around to make it look like you work in there, lol… Great job am am sure that it will serve you well.

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Dude, is that an operating suite, or a wood shop? Nice shop..I bet he just cleaned it up real pretty for the photo op! I love the workbench..I really like the way you left the alley marks in it! Nice work!

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I made one out of “alley” stock too. Mine had unfortunately spent quite a few years in a leaky shed so it had to be “halved” (sorry, old Texas word or is that Texan?) to get rid of the rotted part. Still, I was really pleased with the outcome. Then I found another project for the maple so I replaced it with plywood.

I would post a pix but after seeing this shop, I would be “banned for life” from LJ. I could not have that! Beside, my wife will not let me out of the house with a camera.

Looks terrific.

-- jstegall

Very nice touch with the walnut trim. Very useful and a neat conversation piece. Now all you need to do is lathe out and paint some miniature bowling pins as bench dogs.

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Kids might mistake it for a game table and do a little bowling. (a few plastic bottles and a nerf ball.) I love it and it’s such a cool design. Not your typical bench. Thanks for the post. These kind of projects inspire the junior woodworkers and draw them in.

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looks good. so you left the entire width of the bowling alley huh? how wide is the bench? ~48”?

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Very nice. The trim and vice realy frame it well!

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PurpLev,
I cut about 4” from each side due to damage and I cut about 2’ off of the end due to water damage so it ended up about 7’ long X 40” wide. I found out quickly that a bowling alley has a ton of nails embedded.

-- Passion4Wood, Augusta GA.

yeah, lots of nails… been there done that, no fun unless you know how to tackle in properly. looks like you’ve got that nailed down though (pun intended! ;) ).

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That’s just gorgeous. Great job.

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Love the bench top. Very nice.

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