Assembly bench desgn?

[Dale Wills]

Hey,

I'm in the middle of designing a new assembly bench. We want it about 2600mm long by 1200mm wide X 920mm high. We want it made chipbord. Was wondering if you guys would be willing to share some design/construction ideas? We want a simple design with some small storages boxes mounted underneath to hold screws and hinge plates etc. It would be great to hear your ideas. Cheers.

Dale

[Michael S Murray]

Hi Dale,
Go to Bob Buckley's web site at true32 and take the shop tour. He has a nice set-up.

[Dale Wills]

Comeon guys...someone must have some ripper designs that you would like to share

Dale

[Kerry Fullington]

Dale,

I was going to post a picture of mine but Instead decided to give you assembly instructions.

Place two saw horsed approximately six feet apart. Lay two custom made highly technical planks across the top making certain they are parallel with each other and at a perfect right angle to the sawhorses. Place a scrap sheet of 5/8" particle board (or melamine if you want to get fancy) on top of the planks and you are done.

I would appreciate if you wouldn't share this with anyone. I don't want Bob Buckley copying my design in metric.

Kerry

[Peter Walsh]

Wait a minute!
There's more.........Add to Kerry's instructions the following:
When you buy the saw horses, find the kind that have adjustable height legs. That lets me set the table to the same height as my table saw for sheet goods handling (I am a one man shop), or lower for cab assembly. Buying a large, unfinished hollow core door makes a reasonable flat table that is light and easy to store on edge when not in use. The saw horses should be available at your nearby Lowe's and they have shelves when open for those screws, etc.
Like Kerry says, it's all very technical, but doable.
regards,

[Dale Wills]

yeah nice one guys.....A+ for imagination

[Rick Palechuk]

Hey Dale, here's one we did a couple of months ago. We attached our duct collector to the bottom of the overhang and added a removable panel in the center of the top with slots in it for sanding. The center cubby on both sides were blanked out with a panel which contains air, plug-ins and 2" dust ports. A vise was added to the right side, flush to the top.

[Kerry Fullington]

Dale,

I just don't have the room in my shop to have a dedicated assembly table.
What I want in the future is a table built to a hydraulic panel lift. This will let me slide plywood off my trailer (at one height) or the pickup bed (at another height) on to this table then raise it to slide off at the table saw.
When using this table for a work table I can lower it for assembly then raise it for sanding etc.

I can also lower it and slide finished cabinets on to the table and raise them to slide off onto the trailer or truck which is backed up to the table.

Because of space limitations my "Dream Table" is a little different to what you want.

I agree with Michael, the table the True 32 guys use is one of the best I have seen.

Kerry

[Kerry Fullington]

Dale,

Here are some shots of Buckley's table.

Kerry

[Brian Shannon]

That IS a nice table design. I would only suggest shallower cabinets so the 4x8 top hangs over @ the sides a couple inches(mm's) to allow room for clamping things down to the table top. Just my 2 cents.

Brian

[Dale Wills]

Thanks guys for your input. Much appreciated.

Dale