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Terry Phillips



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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:09 pm    Post subject: Need recommendations for work table height Reply with quote

Bob

I built mine at 31.5" (from the high end of the sloping garage floor) and
that works fine for me, at least up to wings. But I would second what Ben
said about making it flat and level. I was in a hurry and got the
straightest 2x6x12's I could find at the local Lowes, because engineered
beams were special order out here in western Mont. The 2x6's weren't
straight enough--the table is probably 3/8" (9-mm) low at one end. I've
been paying for my lack of patience ever since.

Older and wiser.

Terry
At 05:54 PM 5/8/2008 -0700, you wrote:
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<robert.pelland(at)cgocable.ca>

The title say's it all,

I am in the process of building my work table, and would like to know the
height of the various tables, people are using.

Height is not an issue, but I don't particularly want to spend hours, bent
over something too low either.

Thanks to all those who will take the time to respond to my concern

Bob the 701 scratch
Three Rivers, Quebec
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Need recommendations for work table height Reply with quote

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Bob

I built mine at 31.5" (from the high end of the sloping garage floor) and
that works fine for me, at least up to wings. But I would second what Ben
said about making it flat and level. I was in a hurry and got the
straightest 2x6x12's I could find at the local Lowes, because engineered
beams were special order out here in western Mont. The 2x6's weren't
straight enough--the table is probably 3/8" (9-mm) low at one end. I've
been paying for my lack of patience ever since.

Older and wiser.

Terry
Terry and Bob,

All is not lost if you should decide to try to get the table more level. If you can, remove the plywood or OSB from the top. Take a taunt string on each 2 X 6 one at a time and find all the high spots. Remove those high spots with a wood plane. Keep checking the straightness with your tight string as you work the high spots down. Run the string opposite corners to see if if you are level across at the "X" or dead center. If the string just touches in the center board as it touches each corner, you should be more level than you are right now. Once you get the 2 x 6's level, reattach the top and then go for the level of the entire table. Most all garage floors have a certain amount of tip to them, to allow water to run off your vehicle and out the garage door. Put shims under the table as needed to get the entire table level all around. At this point, some people literally anchor the entire table and shims to the garage floor using adhesive. I think you will find a vast improvement on how you next kit turns out for you. I wouldn't want to keep fighting it or "paying the high price" with a wing that has twist in it or worse yet, is warped and not straight. You could be setting yourself up for a bigger problem later on. We don't need to read about another pilot going down.

If anyone has a better way of helping these gentleman out than what I suggested, PLEASE jump in here and comment! Even I can stand to learn a better way of doing this!

Regards and happy building!




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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:24 am    Post subject: Need recommendations for work table height Reply with quote

Hi, Bob, and List,

I had the same problem with straightness of lumber, so I made my own
"engineered beams". I bought 3/4" OSB and ripped out 6" boards from it,
which I then laminated with screws and eneric "gorilla" glue. Worked great!

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