Wood workers bench

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun May 04, 2014 11:50 am

rbursek wrote:I think inside the box!!! LOL Might have been hard to get wedges in place then.

Sooooo, insert the wedges from the front/rear . . .

!(smaller trip hazard;))

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:39 pm

rbursek wrote:I think inside the box!!! LOL Might have been hard to get wedges in place then.

Two in the front, one on each side. Kick 'em in good, and it holds pretty well. Part of it is the weight of the cast iron belt drive saw.

I did not want to raise it, as it's a bit high anyway, and I actually did this without drilling the sheet metal, (I think). The bevel with angled lags is what made it very solid.

However, these old old casters with ball bearings and grease zerks have started to lose the plastic "tires," so now it rolls badly again. I think I will be able to use my alternative-American engineering to come up with a solution. Maybe JB Weld to fill in, or spacers and smaller Harbor Freight wheels.

I did REALLY like how easy it was to roll that thing, since the original wheels would scrape and not roll, no matter how much I lubed them.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun May 04, 2014 4:49 pm

If those are CI wheels, consider removing all the 'tire(s)' and go naked!;)

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Sun May 04, 2014 7:16 pm

[quote="JPG40504"]If those are CI wheels, consider removing all the 'tire(s)' and go naked!]

They're aluminum. Thinking outside the "box," whatever that is, has yielded what I think will be a good result. Alternative American Engineering, I call it. A fernco 4" coupler will do the trick, with some Polyseamseal caulk and some trimming. Pics tell it best. The last one shows what I'll trim off when the caulk cures. The first one shows a good wheel. Note the grease fitting in the axle, it has double needle bearings in the wheel. and the directional bearing are zerked as well. The diameter is close enough, and the ridges will eventually wear off if they need to. About 8 dollars.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun May 04, 2014 11:21 pm

Zerk. My new word fer the day!

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon May 05, 2014 3:06 am

o rillery woud be of you

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon May 05, 2014 11:07 am

rbursek wrote:o rillery woud be of you

Who dat?????

fitzhugh · Post by **fitzhugh** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:43 pm

I strongly suggest Chris Schwartz's "the workbench design book" (the second, newer book of two he wrote on benches) if you haven't read it. He makes a lot of points throughout that fall into the category of "well, that's obvious" only it isn't obvious until pointed out.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon May 05, 2014 8:45 pm

JPG, Bill Oriley, has a news show on the Fox News channel, 7 pm central time, used to be an English teacher at an Eastern Prep High School, at the end of his show always has "the word of the day".I thought of you with the "zerk fitting"

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Mon May 05, 2014 10:13 pm

That's what they are called, grease zerks. Everybody calls them that. Right?