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Yes, the carcase looks pretty deep. I think that's because the feet are not on. When we were picking a place for it in our house, we found it is almost as deep as a couch or overstuffed chair.

Rough measurements of carcase are 16 wide, 24 deep, 18 high, Then when the feet and base frame are added it becomes about 24" high.

Overall dimensions are supposed to be 18 1/8" W X 25 3/4" D X 24 3/8" H.

jpg40504 wrote:LOOKS good!!! Are those retractable bench top extenders in pix 1,2? NEAT!

Hey Chuck! That is a neat bench top extension. You have knot showed us that before, I think. Is that your own design? I have knot seen anything like that before.

edit: The cabinet looks good too! (guess I should have mentioned that )

jpg 40504 and Tim - Yes the bench extension has been shown before - a couple of times, I think! The discussion was in a Thread dealing with shops. The extension rides on 3/4 poplar boards. The boards fit in between an upper and lower MDF sheet. There is a middle sheet of MDF where I left spaces to accomodate the sliding boards.

I really love this table - It came from an idea in a woodworking magazine about 5 or 6 years ago.

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Chuck:

As usual, nice work, nice photos!

Can't wait to see the finished product.

John

charlese wrote:jpg 40504 and Tim - Yes the bench extension has been shown before - a couple of times, I think! The discussion was in a Thread dealing with shops. The extension rides on 3/4 poplar boards. The boards fit in between an upper and lower MDF sheet. There is a middle sheet of MDF where I left spaces to accomodate the sliding boards.

I really love this table - It came from an idea in a woodworking magazine about 5 or 6 years ago.

I guess that I did knot realize that it slid in and out. The router table is hinged though, isn't it?

Well - I found the book. The expandable workbench I have was from an idea in WORKBENCH MAGAZINE Issue # 279. Here's a link to the construction of the bench as they have it. http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/w ... ion01.html You have to click on the "On line Extra , near the top of the Article to see the construction details.

They started out with store bought upper kitchen cabinets. Only 12 inches or so deep. I used base cabinets - 26" deep.

There are several other real neat items for a garage workshop in this issue. http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/w ... hop01.html
Just click on all of the "On Line Extras" (one at a time , of course} to see the whole thing.

a1gutterman wrote:I guess that I did knot realize that it slid in and out. The router table is hinged though, isn't it?

Yes, it is hinged, it came from an Idea/plans in New Yankee Workshop "Garage Workshop" Plans.
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charlese wrote:Well - I found the book. The expandable workbench I have was from an idea in WORKBENCH MAGAZINE Issue # 279. Here's a link to the construction of the bench as they have it. http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb279-workstation01.html You have to click on the "On line Extra , near the top of the Article to see the construction details.

They started out with store bought upper kitchen cabinets. Only 12 inches or so deep. I used base cabinets - 26" deep.

There are several other real neat items for a garage workshop in this issue. http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb000-woodshop01.html
Just click on all of the "On Line Extras" (one at a time , of course} to see the whole thing.

Thanks for the links. Unlike some magazines, they let you see more then a tease.

It doesn't look so deep now that all the parts are on the carcase.
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