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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 342422, member: 54"]This old steel-topped yellow-pine workbench measures 60x30x30 1/4”. We were really anxious to put it to work, it is wonderfully well-made and sturdy, and has a useful 1/4” thick steel top. But after eons of hard use, it had loosened up slightly so the top could be pushed maybe 1/4” sideways, and with more hard use, that would only get worse. I can’t work on a workbench that isn’t solid and stable. So in only a couple of hours, we took the screws out, lifted off the heavy top, and put Gorilla glue on each leg tenon and moistened the mating surface per the instructions. We then lowered the top back down and replaced the 16 ea. 5/16x2” wood screws with 5/16x3” lag bolts. Even before the glue had set, the workbench was rock-solid. We still have to replace a broken slat or two in the shelf, but this bench can now be used for many more decades with no wobbling. It is too short for us so we’ll probably put wood beams 6” high under the ends. We’re not going to change the appearance, I like the “functional” and well-used look it has now.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115423[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115424[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115425[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 342422, member: 54"]This old steel-topped yellow-pine workbench measures 60x30x30 1/4”. We were really anxious to put it to work, it is wonderfully well-made and sturdy, and has a useful 1/4” thick steel top. But after eons of hard use, it had loosened up slightly so the top could be pushed maybe 1/4” sideways, and with more hard use, that would only get worse. I can’t work on a workbench that isn’t solid and stable. So in only a couple of hours, we took the screws out, lifted off the heavy top, and put Gorilla glue on each leg tenon and moistened the mating surface per the instructions. We then lowered the top back down and replaced the 16 ea. 5/16x2” wood screws with 5/16x3” lag bolts. Even before the glue had set, the workbench was rock-solid. We still have to replace a broken slat or two in the shelf, but this bench can now be used for many more decades with no wobbling. It is too short for us so we’ll probably put wood beams 6” high under the ends. We’re not going to change the appearance, I like the “functional” and well-used look it has now. [ATTACH=full]115419[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115421[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115422[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115423[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115424[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115425[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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