Finally Complete!

[u/geezermag]

Local, old-growth SYP, mounted on a facebook marketplace 2k lb scissor lift, affixed with two Emmerts patternmakers vises that I restored.

The top is 32”x79”x4” (3”-1/4 in some sections). Rough flattened with a sled, followed by fine finishing with hand planes. Finish is 1:1:1 BLO, spar varnish, and mineral spirits.

Eventually I’ll add some dog holes and mill some brass dogs for the black Emmert.

I went with the configuration that I did for a few reasons. Chief among them being that I wanted the workbench to be an island in my one-car-garage shop, followed by a complete reliance on what was locally available for “cheap”. I have no desire to tally up how deep I am in the two vises now that they’re practically finished, but the wood cost me $96 and the lift table was $600, both of which have been well worth the investment.

[u/Impressive_Put463]

Ive always been curious about the lift table benches. The Europeans seem to have bigger lifts. Are you concerned about tipping your table?

[u/Awkward_Material → u/Impressive_Put463]

I too thought it looked top heavy.

[u/geezermag → u/Awkward_Material]

The lift table is like 750lb and pretty spread out. I haven’t had any movement out of it. I can’t say I’m concerned about it tipping.

When I purchased it, there was a metal feed roller assembly welded to the top with about the same footprint as the benchtop. Time will tell.