Rolling Workbench; Systainer-Port; Tablesaw and Router

Great design - it looks really stout!  Do you need a power tug to roll it around?  [big grin]
 
Very Nice!  Could you tell me the depth of the drawer for the double systainer and what size glide you used?

 
Hi Arnd

That is an excellent project and will inspire many FOGgers I am sure. The only caution, from my early experience with mobile benches, is...

A hugely heavy bench can be very difficult to move around. One of my early efforts developed a sag as it was carrying too much weight on just 4 castors. The brakes need to be accessible as well.

Other than those minor cautions - great job.

Peter
 
Peter Parfitt said:
Hi Arnd

That is an excellent project and will inspire many FOGgers I am sure. The only caution, from my early experience with mobile benches, is...

A hugely heavy bench can be very difficult to move around. One of my early efforts developed a sag as it was carrying too much weight on just 4 castors. The brakes need to be accessible as well.

Other than those minor cautions - great job.

Peter

In a case such as my workshop where the floor is 2x3 sleepers with two layers of 1/2" plywood, one is pressure treated and one is CD, I don't think the floor would handle so much weight.  The wheels would go thru the floor.  I wood have used 3/4 ply, but it was near impossible to get  them into the cellar.  I am not sure if i used 3/4 ply for the top layer, which would have been stronger, but I do all of my rolling benches small and in quantity.  That way, i don't worry about punching a hole thru the ply.  It looks like Arnd is working over concrete, so his problem would be different.  In my area, the building code calls for a pitch (slope) to a garage floor (at least it was that way over 30 years ago when i retired from mason biz.  As another responder wondered, I too wonder about the amount of weight to be moved, even on casters.
Tinker
 
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