Woodworking bench, part 2

I have been working on my bench these past couple of weeks. Unfortunately I didn't have my cell phone at the time so didn't make any pictures during the process. Really the only thing everyone missed is the layout and cutting the dado's out for all the half lapped joints that I used for the cross members and stretchers. The joints were glued and I added screws for extra strength.

I drilled the holes in the top stretchers for the carriage bolts I will be using to secure the top to the base. I wanted to be able to separate the two in case I ever had to move the bench to another location. Once the top is done the whole thing will be simply to heavy to move as one unit.

The top had holes drilled into it to mate it to the base, the top was also counter bored so the heads of the carriage bolts will sit below the surface once they are epoxied in place. the plywood top will then be laminated with the wood flooring I have saved that dad rescued from a building from the early 1900's. I thought of screws and then lag bolts coming up from underneath but decided that the threads would eventually be worn loose.

The feet were finally done, I drilled the feet to accept a 1/2" threaded coupling and used a 1/2" carriage bolt as the adjustable foot, with a hockey puck for it to stand on. For more information on this idea and to give credit to where I had gotten the idea please visit Dan's Shop bench leveler feet. I really liked this idea, my shop's floor is nowhere near level so I knew that one side of the bench would had to be shimmed up to make the work surface level. The only difference between my feet and his that I used a cross member as the foot so drilling the hole went through side grain instead of his being end grain.

I still have several things to do before the bench is finished so hope you be looking forward for part 3.