[Project 24] Workbench Overhaul
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[member=935]richard[/member]/BMW thank you! Once the Walnut drawer fronts and stainless black pulls are installed, then she'll really be done 
[member=21249]RKA[/member] thank you sir! Really appreciate it!
[member=44099]Cheese[/member] thank you!! I am super excited. It was quite the long road for me from design to build, probably 3 months or so. I'm super excited to get pulls and drawer fronts installed to really button it up. Yep they do! The benches actually slide well. They're super heavy obviously, so it takes some force, but they do slide well. Especially on my garage floor which is epoxy. Although the 8' black aluminum extrusion connects the two together for added rigidity so you'd have to remove that at this point to move them around. But I used threaded inserts in the top so it's easy and repeatable.
Festools aren't fastened - I'm waiting on new MFT replacement tops (3x) that come today to set all 3 up.
A combination of the Festool MFT connector sets (I have 4 to connect all 4 tables together on both sides), the rubber feet, and the "L" shaped black aluminum "corner" I made for them to sit in means they REALLY do not go anywhere. Like zero slide.
Thanks all for the kind words. Hope to have final pictures up by end of this coming weekend with everything 100% done!
Matt
[member=21249]RKA[/member] thank you sir! Really appreciate it!
[member=44099]Cheese[/member] thank you!! I am super excited. It was quite the long road for me from design to build, probably 3 months or so. I'm super excited to get pulls and drawer fronts installed to really button it up. Yep they do! The benches actually slide well. They're super heavy obviously, so it takes some force, but they do slide well. Especially on my garage floor which is epoxy. Although the 8' black aluminum extrusion connects the two together for added rigidity so you'd have to remove that at this point to move them around. But I used threaded inserts in the top so it's easy and repeatable.
Festools aren't fastened - I'm waiting on new MFT replacement tops (3x) that come today to set all 3 up.
A combination of the Festool MFT connector sets (I have 4 to connect all 4 tables together on both sides), the rubber feet, and the "L" shaped black aluminum "corner" I made for them to sit in means they REALLY do not go anywhere. Like zero slide.
Thanks all for the kind words. Hope to have final pictures up by end of this coming weekend with everything 100% done!
Matt
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Hey team! Now that it is built I have a couple things for free to give to you awesome people. Prefer local (bay area California).
3x MFT legs and 3x stabilizer bars.
[member=65062]DynaGlide[/member] already asked for one pair, as did Bob D.
If you guys can just confirm you still want one that would be great.
So That leaves one set left if anyone wants it.
And then my old systainer port - no longer needed because of the workbench.
Casters included if you want them. That one is pickup only of course.
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3x MFT legs and 3x stabilizer bars.
[member=65062]DynaGlide[/member] already asked for one pair, as did Bob D.
If you guys can just confirm you still want one that would be great.
So That leaves one set left if anyone wants it.
And then my old systainer port - no longer needed because of the workbench.
Casters included if you want them. That one is pickup only of course.
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[member=44099]Cheese[/member] hahahaaha I don’t know how my wife would like me giving her shoes away.
I can ask though, just for you
Matt
I can ask though, just for you
Matt
Hang onto the Systainer Port - Systainers have a way of multiplying. Guaranteed.
I'd personally put the legs in the attic. We know there will be new tables coming out and you may end up selling those that you have to upgrade - 3-5-7 years into the future perhaps!
I'd personally put the legs in the attic. We know there will be new tables coming out and you may end up selling those that you have to upgrade - 3-5-7 years into the future perhaps!
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Looks great!
Thought I'd orient your photos to better show off that bench!
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Thought I'd orient your photos to better show off that bench!
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[member=167]neilc[/member] thank you so much for doing that!!
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[member=167]neilc[/member] - thank you!
yes, not only is "right side up" a big improvement but so is separating images with white space. Totally better comprehension/appreciation possible as a result.
Wow, Matt, you raised the bar for the rest of us!
I'm probably not the only one who could benefit from a new FOG thread explaining how to post images and how to troubleshoot uploading problems.
Any contributors out there willing to step in and help some of us social media challenged folks? [wink]
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yes, not only is "right side up" a big improvement but so is separating images with white space. Totally better comprehension/appreciation possible as a result.
Wow, Matt, you raised the bar for the rest of us!
I'm probably not the only one who could benefit from a new FOG thread explaining how to post images and how to troubleshoot uploading problems.
Any contributors out there willing to step in and help some of us social media challenged folks? [wink]
Hans
See if this helps [member=61691]TSO_Products[/member]
https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/gallery-attaching-images/another-short-easy-picture-insertion-tutorial/
I always preview on the desktop before uploading to make sure orientation is right. I'm on a Mac and use Apple's Preview to rotate images if they are not correct. I assume a similar tool is available on Windows.
https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/gallery-attaching-images/another-short-easy-picture-insertion-tutorial/
I always preview on the desktop before uploading to make sure orientation is right. I'm on a Mac and use Apple's Preview to rotate images if they are not correct. I assume a similar tool is available on Windows.
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Thanks everyone for all the kind words! The last upgrade to the bench I am working on is a way to catch the dust at the end of the track.
I'll post pictures of that setup later this weekend, and then this project is all done and on to 25
Matt
I'll post pictures of that setup later this weekend, and then this project is all done and on to 25
Matt
