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Building new bench top, ideas?
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There are the pictures and this shows how the bench has progressed. Picture one shows the original setup I was using and that bench top is a High Density laminate Formica covered industrial desk top I salvaged. It is very heavy and very stiff, also it is 1.250" thick. Thing is I do not want to continue using it and gutting it up or drilling holes all over it.
Picture 2 and 3 show the bench with the salvaged cabinets I scrounged for Free. Picture 2 show it with the old desk still under the top which was removed in picture 3. and is how I would prefer to keep this set up.
Picture 4 shows the temporary top I put together to mount the new Auto Breech Lock Pro and that it was just bolted to a pcs of 3/4" ply and then attached to the cabinet. Problem is I am still getting some flex and movement in the top while working the press. Don't like that! Besides I would like to move it down to the other position and make it swap-able with either the Pro1000 or the Turret press. depending on which I am using.
So the other day I was able to pick up a pcs of plate steel 16"X10"X3/8" that I want to drill/tap and use as my press mount base. Thing is that I want to keep this flush. Now my thoughts are this; overall size will be 4'X2'X?. Thinking tat 2 pcs. of 1/2" ply laminated together to 1" with the plate steel then fastened to that and then fitted with a pcs. of 3/8" ply to make it all flush.
So again I am open to suggestions or improvements to these ideas.