[007noob]

Hi All

I'm trying to pick up on a little "sketch up" before I start making a garage work bench.
First time on sketch up and first time planing before building. :hammer:

The table top is 57" x 34" with a height of about 32". Amount of stuff to put can be 200 to 300 pounds.

I have several 2" caster wheels from Harbor Freight I could put on all fours. It's not going to be moving around much but just every now and then. Would this be enough?

Would I be able to do this with just 2x3 instead of 2x4? It would make the bench a bit lighter and give me a couple of inches (2" x length) more opening under the top surface.

Thanks!

 

[FalconFixer]

What makes you think it won't work? I think the 2" wheels will work. Yup, there are better options; but that's not your question.

I think you'd be fine, especially since you said it won't move much.

 

[007noob]

What makes you think it won't work?

I've seen on other builds (youtube) larger 5" wheels being used. But then of course their table size is also a bit larger.

 

[DexterII]

Mobility is good. I don't presently have any of my benches on wheels, but a number of other things, and the new woodworking bench that I will probably start on this fall will definitely have them so that I can move it out to work all the way around it. Depends what you are going to use it for, but, especially if planning a vise, I would probably go with two wheels and a pair of pipe handles on the other end. That's basically what I have on a couple of my larger tools, and I have the wheels something like 1/8" high so that the legs rather than the wheels set on the ground when they're down but reach the ground when I tilt them.

 

[HotRodx10]

Casters of all sizes come in different weight capacities. If you don't know the capacity of the ones you have, I'd advise stopping by HF and checking the tags on the bins to see. You might be able to find out looking on their website, too. If I remember correctly, HF has 2" wheels with as litle as 50 lb weight limits all the way up to almost 300 lb.

 

[007noob]

I checked up the wheels I have and they are actually from Home Depot because I could match it up with anything at HF.

I’ll try it with these. The caster wheels can support 90lbs each. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbi...Brake-90-lbs-Weight-Capacity-800905/306756199
I just wish the brakes worked better on them.


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[HotRodx10]

As long as the 300 lb is truly the upper limit on the weight you'll put on it, those casters should work fine.


2x3 legs should be just fine. The frame around under the top looks a little shallow to keep it from getting wobbly, though. I'd suggest 1x6 boards for that perimeter frame. Screw the frame into the legs as close as you can to the top and bottom of the perimeter frame boards (about 1/2" from the edges with pilot holes in the boards, 3/4" w/o pilot holes).


Alternately, you could raise the bottom shelf, and put some deeper frame pieces at the bottom, and go shallower at the top. I think you'll find it prone to racking if you try to keep the frame shallow on the top and the bottom.