working on the workshop itself
Apr. 17th, 2022 01:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdWith Prototype 3 finally finished and in place, I'm doing a bit more work on the new workspace in the basement.
I think I've figured out how I'm going to make securements for the drill press on the workbench. There are a lot of options but I really wanted something that would basically go down to flat, which means recessed bolt holes in one way or another.
I kind of wanted to do something with pairs of nuts and double-threaded inserts, but the only ones I could find long enough to do that are either not actually long enough to leave enough wood in the table surface one the upper nut is countersunk into the surface, so I'm going with a more conventional solution: these things hammered into the underside of the workbench, with 3/8" holes drilled completely through for them. I may also get some flat-top screws and do some counter-sinking so that I can cap the bolt holes when not in use... and in fact now that I think of it, I almost certainly will.
It's a little less convenient but on the other hand, I really want to keep as much flat worktop as I can. I don't have any to spare!
Also I finally added cross-beam supports to the new bench section's legs, which will help it stay stable and last longer, and did the additional "top" support, in the form of a crossbeam with supports for the chest portion. It'll be nice and strong now, and if I do ever change my mind about all of this, it'll still work fine as a chest.
I'd still like to do something to let me have a little vertical storage on the wall above the bench. The obvious thing to do is pegboard. But... I kinda hate pegboard. Can't even tell you why. It's a good solution. It just bugs me.
Hm.
I've also got an unused whiteboard floating around. Maybe I can do something with that. I don't want to load it up with tools - I'd just like to have a place for things like pens, which I could make very easily and attach with sticktape. And since it's a whiteboard, I could use it for notes.
Hm.
...I kinda like that. I think I'll play with that idea.
I think I've figured out how I'm going to make securements for the drill press on the workbench. There are a lot of options but I really wanted something that would basically go down to flat, which means recessed bolt holes in one way or another.
I kind of wanted to do something with pairs of nuts and double-threaded inserts, but the only ones I could find long enough to do that are either not actually long enough to leave enough wood in the table surface one the upper nut is countersunk into the surface, so I'm going with a more conventional solution: these things hammered into the underside of the workbench, with 3/8" holes drilled completely through for them. I may also get some flat-top screws and do some counter-sinking so that I can cap the bolt holes when not in use... and in fact now that I think of it, I almost certainly will.
It's a little less convenient but on the other hand, I really want to keep as much flat worktop as I can. I don't have any to spare!
Also I finally added cross-beam supports to the new bench section's legs, which will help it stay stable and last longer, and did the additional "top" support, in the form of a crossbeam with supports for the chest portion. It'll be nice and strong now, and if I do ever change my mind about all of this, it'll still work fine as a chest.
I'd still like to do something to let me have a little vertical storage on the wall above the bench. The obvious thing to do is pegboard. But... I kinda hate pegboard. Can't even tell you why. It's a good solution. It just bugs me.
Hm.
I've also got an unused whiteboard floating around. Maybe I can do something with that. I don't want to load it up with tools - I'd just like to have a place for things like pens, which I could make very easily and attach with sticktape. And since it's a whiteboard, I could use it for notes.
Hm.
...I kinda like that. I think I'll play with that idea.
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Date: 2022-04-17 04:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-04-17 05:37 pm (UTC)(When I destroy old hard drives, I keep the magnets.)
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Date: 2022-04-17 10:21 pm (UTC)I will be taking advantage of this. ^_^