benchwork legs

[rdgk1se3019]

Did Randy not say in an earlier post that he uses a 2" to 3" piece of 2" x 2" at the end of the leg for a "T" nut??? 

[rrinker]

 No, I meant 2-3 INCH pieces - of the 2x2. My legs are 4 feet long L shapes made with a 1x3 and a 1x2. I glued and screwed a 2-3 INCH piece of 2x2 at the bottom as a place to screw in the leg levellers. The main structure of the legs are the L girders, the 2x2 is only there as a place to drill the holes for the t-nots.

 I actually prefer an even higher layout, but because one wall of my room has a sloped celing, it was a compromise between making the layout taller or making it wider - the higher I go, the narrower it gets. Full room width is available at only about 2 feet high, which is FAR too low. In fact, the first 4 legs, made when I started a layout at my previous place, had to have a couple of inches cut off them.

               --Randy

 

[zstripe]

Deleted: Had an error report and would up with two same posts.

Frank

[zstripe]

Dennis,

I stand corrected. Somehow, I missed the leveler part.

Randy,

I understand the sloped ceiling feeling. I have a part of the layout, that I need to redo the wiring for building lights I'm trying to get up enough energy to accomplish that, but at 72, the mind is willing, but! If my dog only had thumbs, that is his favorite hang out anyway!

Frank

 

[wickman]

rrinker

 No, I meant 2-3 INCH pieces - of the 2x2. My legs are 4 feet long L shapes made with a 1x3 and a 1x2. I glued and screwed a 2-3 INCH piece of 2x2 at the bottom as a place to screw in the leg levellers. The main structure of the legs are the L girders, the 2x2 is only there as a place to drill the holes for the t-nots.

 I actually prefer an even higher layout, but because one wall of my room has a sloped celing, it was a compromise between making the layout taller or making it wider - the higher I go, the narrower it gets. Full room width is available at only about 2 feet high, which is FAR too low. In fact, the first 4 legs, made when I started a layout at my previous place, had to have a couple of inches cut off them.

               --Randy

 

 

Ok I see . I just came home from lumber store with  a 2x2x8 to  follow  your lead, only I used  2  1x3's  in L  shape.

For me  this  is a  first having the layout up at  48 inches,  I already  see my  one leg end that  is 5  feet  across  has got to be  cut  back for reach. 

I've already ran into a rut with installing the sections on  the wall, I never took  into  consideration  the  basement floor differences. Because I started  at the largest lower left leg and  made that 4 feet high as  level as I could and  then  continued around the wall with  each section I'm finding if I continue with level around the wall its actually  going lower than  the first section I started with. I think I'm  going to have to get the entire  layout mounted  in this room  and take another  look at that  first 5  foot section , maybe starting lower with that one or  something.

[Phoebe Vet]

That's why I LOVE my laser level.

[rrinker]

Don't worry about the variation on how far up or down on the wall it is - the key is that the actual benchwork is level per a level, either a plain olf bubble type or a fancy electronic one. Basement floors alre almost never level, especially if there's a floor drain - it will slope towards the drain.

              --Randy

 

[wickman]

Got the benchwork up  and secured screwed to the wall with temp  legs but basicly  without  legs she  doesn't budge.

 I  cut down the large end from 5 foot to  4 foot square, much better. I  started moving  everything in  from  the  second  room where  the  rest of the  layout will go. I need to close in  the furnace duck work and install  suspended ceiling then  I  can start  on the rest  of  the layout.

Amazing how  much  storage  area there  is when  benchwork is 48  inches.

starting from   the left  of layout, no longer a 5  foot  across  unreachable.

This  is how big   it was 

rest  of  layout

Lynn