Workbench Update

Nope. Still not done. In my defense, it's been pouring and getting out to the garage is a battle to stay dry, plus work has been busy, but mostly because I didn't feel like it.

However, I started briefly yesterday but quickly noticed the screws I've been using would not work for the wheels. So another trip to Home Depot was in order. 

As you can see, I successfully mounted the wheels... and they work REALLY well! Nice smooth ride! The locking mechanism on each works well, too. 

I did have one minor (read: "Holy Crap! This is bad!") moment. For the bottom shelf, I measured from the bottom when I attached it to the legs. Neglecting to remember that the legs might not all be exactly the same length. Before I applied the wheels, I noticed the leg lengths were 29.5", 29", 29" and 28". OOPS! I was not as careful as I thought. So I used my circular saw on three of the legs, bringing them all to 28". However, when I measured the lower portion of the bottom shelf to the footing, the measurements were: 3", 3", 3", 5.5". Yeah... 

Needless, to say, it looked seriously caddywompus. I pulled out my screws (good thing I didn't glue anything) and moved everything into proper place. 

Then I added the top, which I will use my trusty circular saw to look pretty... probably next weekend. 

I threw the bottom shelf boards down just to see what I'm dealing with... I've got to figure out how I'm going to measure and cut those to fit around the legs. I'm sure there's an easy way, but I'll be sure to implement the most convoluted and time-consuming method. 

I'm sure there are many of you out there reading this (okay, one, maybe?) thinking that I really need to measure better. I do. I wasn't exact on this project for a number of reasons. Mostly because I don't have a proper workbench to build anything... and the garage floor is seriously (and I mean seriously) not level. The previous owners rebuilt the garage but left the foundation slanted. While the roof is level, the flooring is not, so it kind of throws everything off. My "thinking" (using the term loosely) was that if I made a decent, but not perfect, workbench, I could then build decent projects from that. Yeah... looking back, not one of my best ideas. Learning process... 

And it continues...