How To Build an Assembly Table, Torsion Box Workbench - Woodworking

[@Benham_Design]

If you want build your own, Pick up a set of Plans. www.digitaldesignconcepts.art/product/assembly-table-torsion-box-workbench-woodworking-plans

[@normanspragg5036]

Finally someone who doesn't use 10 times more glue than is necessary…, Nice video. ;-)

[@danielstellmon5330]

I like that you give credit to other youtubers who gave you good ideas :)

[@John-cf4iv]

I'm planning to build a NYW style work table very soon. The modifications you made (vice, dog holes) are exactly what I want to do. Very helpful video. Thanks!

[@chrisstearns10]

Never thought I would say this to another guy...Great looking box😄👍👍💚💪🪵 Definitely one of you more simple builds, but it's one of the most important tools of the shop. Looks good with the solid wood around the outside. Thank you for sharing 😁

[@chrisstearns10]

@@Benham_Design always looking for your videos in my inbox🤣all these first today. No seriously you are a pleasure to watch and listen to my friend. Your top shelf work inspires me to try to do better. 😁

[@augieswoodcraft3317]

Nice bench, glad to see my shop is not the only one that is covered in sawdust on the floor, and cluttered while working.

[@Benham_Design]

Lol, I can never get on top of the mess. I guess I'd rather be build than sweeping!

[@robertbutler8004]

With some videos, it is more interesting to watch grass grow this video is a great example.

[@Benham_Design]

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[@lebucheron9815]

I'm impressed you were able to cut those grid pieces with what may be millimeter precision. That's the part I'm having a hard time with.

[@Benham_Design]

Stop blocks on help alot

[@johnniewalker39]

Love this new style of video. Keep'em coming!

[@jakovdl5329]

Great video and a great example for those of us planning to build one as well. Well done, and thanks!

[@chipsterb4946]

Interesting video. I like your miter saw “station”. Everything you need and nothing more. I would try to shim the surface underneath the build instead of the framework itself. A tiny thing - I would cut one piece for that last row and test the fit before cutting a bunch.

[@Alex_NC]

Great video and easy to follow. Ive been looking for work bench ideas when time allows this is the route i'm going to go. thanks

[@puntabachata]

Those are some really big shims 😮

[@Benham_Design]

That's what she said. 😜

[@tomlagatol4448]

Good table. I enjoyed the vid.

[@richardchiggas4328]

Overkill! And I love it! You could have built a shed from all that plywood! Great video!

[@Benham_Design]

Some day I might build a shed in the shop 😂

[@howardappel3596]

I don't know, but it seems like fewer people are using torsion boxes lately. I think they are great for so many uses.

[@howardappel3596]

@@Benham_Design Yes and no. I have been woodworking for about 35 years and I admit that there are many many tricks / tips / techniques I still learn from the younguns on KZbin (and the old farts like me). But then you have all the idiots out there doing stupid and ridiculously unsafe things or showing the most basic things as if they were the first to discover them. By the way, love your channel, hope to see more.

[@upnorthoffcuts929]

Nice job on this one. Keep up the great work. I went to your web site and tried to look on the Plans link and it can not find the page for some reason. Hope it gets fixed, looking forward to seeing them. Thanks for the great video I enjoyed it.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

I am looking to build an assembly table and just came across your channel. Odd thing: As I'm watching your video and before I even saw your name I was thinking to myself that you remind me of a childhood friend of mine. His name was Rich (Richard) Benham. Are you any relation to a Rich Benham? I knew him from Belmont Elementary School in the 1970's. BTW: Nice table!

[@Benham_Design]

Thanks, I don't think I'm related to rich. As far as I know, I'm the last of my kind.

[@anarablehill5691]

Nice project. Was the plywood cheaper (2021) than the steel like you had for your other project? edit LED shop lights are cheap ;)

[@RyanJensenEE]

Excellent Video! Does that wheel mechanism work well for you? I have seen that style of wheel mechanism before and the workbench didn’t seem to roll around very well at all.

[@Benham_Design]

Thanks man, I think the key is putting good casters under it. The bench before didn't roll well because the weight of the bench bound the casters up. I put a heavier duty caster on this one and it rolls much better.

[@johnbowman6073]

What would be the structural difference (if any) if your long members of the web went crosswise instead of lengthwise? Reason I am asking is that it seems you can more accurately mill the crosspiece of the web than the long pieces of wood. Trying to use a 6" jointer to flatten a 6 to 8' piece of plywood seems dang near impossible unless using "golden" Baltic birch also known as "unobtanium wood."

[@Benham_Design]

That was my thought too. I think if I half lapped each joint I probably wouldn't have had a problem. I stapled each cross brace piece and I think those staples had just enough flex for the table to end up out of flat, as it sagged over the length.

[@johnbowman6073]

Sorry to hear about the sag. I was ready to try my approach since I already had a base built ala King Fine Woodworking. Guess it is back to half lap. Thanks for the response.@@Benham_Design

[@rw7532]

Why did did you choose to use plywood for the grid rather than MDF? I am going back and further about building a torsion box or just laminate two sheets together. If I go the torsion box route I figured to use ply wood as I would think mdf would have a tendency to compress if a piece of work was hammered on and thus create a low spot on the surface,

[@Benham_Design]

I think you nailed it, plywood structurally is much stronger than MDF.

[@Rainman270]

( We call MDF " Glit " = Glue and Shit.)

[@farmcat3198]

Where are you getting flat plywood from?

[@Benham_Design]

I don't think such a thing exists just making do with what I got

[@mitchblackmore5230]

Sorry, this might be the dumbest question in the history of woodworking, but how did you attach the torsion box to the base/legs? All I saw was you setting in on top of them. For the life of me, since a torsion box is hollow and generally made from pretty sheet goods, I can't understand how the base/legs can be attached and still be sturdy. Anyone?

[@Benham_Design]

I attached aprons to the legs which made them stable and then used pocket hole screws to screw into the bottom of the box. I don't remember what thickness I used for the underside of the box, but it was thick enough for the screws to get a good grip. Probably minimum of 1/2"

[@mitchblackmore5230]

@@Benham_Design Ok, thank you very much for your reply. There are a million videos on YT on how to build a torsion box, but I've yet to find one that clearly shows how to attach it to a base.

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

I'd imagine cutting slots through half of each board at the crossings so that they all held each other inplace would be better than using all those nails

[@subrotochatterjee5788]

That nail gun.....pointed toward the stomach when in use. That’s a no-no.

[@Benham_Design]

Thanks for the heads up. 🚓

[@montewoods4766]

Very kuhl

[@robertbutler8004]

That steel is not 3 inches thick at all it is 3 inches wide.

[@Benham_Design]

Thank you for paying attention to the fine details