Home Depot is carrying ready made granite tops now too... a little pricey compared to concrete, but $18 Sq. Ft. is cheap for granite. Pete ... place ... ...
... The old, cheap, way to a surface plate was a rectangle of plate glass set onto plaster of paris to give uniform support. It worked well until the 1"x2"x3"...
Ah! Now I understand the reasoning to use the more expensive route! I'm not sure how much rigidity gravel (which is pretty much what your granite agg. is) will...
I like the concrete table top idea. I recently bought a "How to" book at Lowes, or maybe Home Depot about DIY concrete countertops. I've done several slab...
If you are worried about the concrete not being flat, put plates on the mounting points of the equipment with jack screws, level the equipment and dry pack...
Hey Guys, I'm replying to this email, only because it's the last one I've gotten (so far) in this series. Wow! There are some really good ideas here. I think I...
... From: "Bill Williams" <BWMSBLDR@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:30 PM ... The reason it's "the old way" is that "Plate Glass" has been...
Hey! I knew Rube! Taught me everything I don't know! LOL. Vibrators, huh? Wonder what the old lady will say if I tell her I'm going to go out and buy a...
If I took to hammering, or any "manufacturing" activities, on my wife's granite counter top I'd be looking at castration. Granted they're heavy 'n flat, but ...
Hello James! By coincidence I am about to start building another bench too, but for woodworking and assembly fortunately ( I am going to make some wooden toys ...
Hello Tony  The metal brakets made by Strongtie are great for building stuff.  I use them for all kinds of stuff.  Where I live they call them "Hurricane...
Sheesh!! Wuz curious and Googled the "Hurricane Bracket"; Figured they would be worth looking into for strength in bench building... and additional to some...
Jim Really! JWE Long Beach, CA Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. --Robert A. Heinlein ... From:...
Yeah, the $45 is for a carton of 100. I used to buy these from Home Depot individually, all the time, when I was doing home remodelling, a few years ago. ......
Hello Guys  That is one style of them , the local home improvement center , has about 50 different  styles of them.  From little ones to very large on that...
"This Old House" on PBS did a segment on concrete counter tops just last week. The way they get the nice, smooth surface is to fab the top upside-down on a...
Paul, you also might consider 3/4" MDF as a new work surface for your workbenches. I've found it to be super flat, very rigid, and provides a very hard work...
... These look more than sturdy enough. ... Another alternative is to used an oil finish for the top and don't worry about it. ... For our smaller lathes I...
Paul: The same person must have also lived in my house (or Popular Mechanics published a set of plans one issue & the idea took off). It came with a 10' long...
Has anyone seen a mod that adds a dial handle/crank to the right end of the lead screw? I've seen this feature on the Smithy lathes and would really like to...
Jeff, Go to http://www.toolsandmods.com/ralph-patterson.html and look at Leadscrew handwheel for 7x lathe which is about half way down the list in the right ...
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