Torsion Box

Tony,

I am planning on building one of these soon and will be following your build with a watchful eye.

I like the idea of offsetting all the inner pieces to allow for easier nailing I assume?

What do you plan on using for the top and the edges?

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

Good job. Lots easier than a house, huh?
That will really be a nice asset to have.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Looks easy but…

-- Jiri

Looks great! I built one a couple years ago and wish I would have built it ten years ago! Have you thought about the finish yet? I used tung oill, the real stuff, not some oil/varnish mix and it has worked out wonderfully.

-- Rich, Madison WI

Hi Tony,

You may have started an epidemic here. I have thought about this but have never alloted the time to build one before. I just settled for slapping a sheet of melamine on a base. Its heavy and it works but I can see where it would not be as flat as this would be.

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

looking good Tony. I can see a few hours in that job.

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

Looks Great! Count me in. I am planning on building one of these for my new shop. There is a similar assembly table on the Fine Woodworking web sight. It is a three part series entitled “Dead-Flat Assembly Table”. They have measured drawings,instructions, pictures and video.

Tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

One episode of “Woodworks” (David Marks) was on a torsion box. I wish I had room for one. I built a torsion box shelf, and it is solid like a rock.

Nice! I think I recorded that episode of Woodworks. I only managed to record a dozen episodes before they took them off the air.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe