Paulk workbench finished.

[james.barnas]

New to site,just finished my Paulk workbench first project over a long cold buffalo winter. Anyone in the wny area?

 

[Billedis]

Looks good.  From this angle looks like you might want to raise the saw a bit for the out feed to be level.  Thanks for sharing.  Bill

 

[avanderhoorn]

Great work! How long did it take you to do and do you find that it has enough mass for really working different lumber, etc?

 

[leer]

Well done!  Ron Paulk's videos are what convinced me to buy a TS55 track saw in 2013, rather than upgrade from a contractor saw to a cabinet saw (to more easily break down full sheets of ply or MDF).  I ended up building a large MFT-style bench for my basement shop, since it did not need to be disassembled and/or transported.

His design was also the inspiration for making my bench the outfeed table for my current table saw, and eventually the outfeed table for my planer.  At some point I think I'll build a Paulk bench just so I can do a first pass at breaking down sheets before they go to the basement.  I also want a bench that can easily be broken down and stored in the garage.

 

[james.barnas]

Avanderhorn isn't say it took me a total of 16 full hours and and 8hrs total of sanding. The tablesaw is just there for the picture it's level now after I made the wood brackets

 

[Gene Davis]

I modeled this bench to do a study of it, using Sketchup.  Posted my model on the 3D Warehouse.

It is a nice arrangement, and well-suited for jobsite setup and use.  Ron Paulk shows it in his videos.  His box van is a marvel of tool storage.

Did you do it because of the need to do jobsite work?  Or maybe to have in a garage, stored, for setup inside the space when the vehicles get pulled?

In a nice Mediterranean climate such as along the central coast of CA, this would be a nice setup for doing work under a tent outside.

Pics attached of my model, and of the 3D Warehouse links that go to it, plus the link to Ron Paulk's jig for boring all the holes to the 96mm square pattern.

 

[Cheese]

Love the saw hung off the bench. [big grin] Pretty nice.

 

[Greg M]

Nice job.  I considered this but ended up making the MFTC instead.

 

[Frank Pellow]

Looks good.

I wish that I had some reason to make one of these workbenches (but I already have too many portable benches and sawhorses) and well as a very good permanent workbench.

 

[james.barnas]

Gene I made this bench to give me job site mobility and give me work tops in garage when not in use works out great.

 

[Red Devil]

Nice one.
I want one too.
I have a 5'x10' assembly table in my shop.
The table top sits on a top of two rows of cabinets.
I'm going yo totally redo it with an mft style top with the clamping void underneath.
Great for track storage to I suppose.

Nigel

 

[Renovatedspaces]

I finished mine recently. I used it for the first time onsite to cut a bunch of sufloor ply to size. Also used it to trim down 4 90" x 1-3/4" doors by 1/4" on each side. Used the ta75 and mfk 700. That work bench was great to use. The work had to be done in he customers sitting room. The cavities are perfect for tool storage. I was more organized than ever before. I wish I built one years ago. A definite game changer for shop and site use.