Thank you. I wanted to give it a shot rather than coming up with some overly complicated lifting system. Might as well use a pre-built one and save some time!
Great build. I love the idea of the workbench being adjustable height. My table saw, miter saw, and router table are all different heights. Being able to use the workbench as outfeed or support for any of these tools would be awesome.
I can't wait to use it as an infeed support table when I need to rip plywood. That used to be a pretty scary job that'll be a little less scary going forward!
I love the idea of an adjustable height table for the shop. Being 6'4" it's hard to find something premade that would work for both standing and sitting. The sideways wobble looks easy to overcome, but I wonder how you could reinforce it? That dead pan look as you cut the MDF was frightening yet funny.
Having the adjustable height capability for a few weeks now has been so awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially if you're tall. Sanding without bending over is so nice. My plan to reinforce the bench is to build a chest of drawers that will interlock with the lower portion of the legs that don't move. That'll add mass down low and add a stretcher like system tying the legs together plus adding loads of storage.
@@keatonbeyerwoodworking I own the same frame for my desk, and yeah, a rigid set of shop drawers to squeeze tightly between the sets of legs would likely help a bit. The shorter it is, the more stable it'll also be, so if you don't need it to go all the way down to 26ish inches, you might be able to put it on a pedestal or even make a taller torsion box for the top to get it closer to planing height. That being said, I think the telescoping legs of standing desks have plastic spacers in them to improve the tolerances and reduce wobble, so putting lateral pressure on them from lots of planing might not work long term.
I wonder if you could add gas spring structs between the legs and the torsion box. You'd want to have them be removable, I guess, for down travel but it'd definitely increase the raising weight capacity.
That's a good idea. Give it extra capacity. In most cases it'll lift what I need but that could be helpful if I have a full case on it, although if I have a 500 lb piece of furniture on the bench I'm not sure how I'd get it off!
I’m trying to make space to add a outfeed and side lift to my table saw to turn it into a larger assembly table. If I could only convince my wife she can’t park in the garage anymore…. Anyone know how to do that?
Ah, the battle for garage space. I gave up my spot years ago and slowly creep over into my wife's side when I have a big project, but once the bad weather hits I'll be kicked back to my side...
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Wish I had more room in my shop as an adjustable height assembly table seems like an awesome idea. One day! Great video as always, Keaton!
Thanks Kevin! Someday I'll make a Roubo like yours, but funny enough I don't have the space for it now 😂
I’ve seen few desks built with these types of stand but never a workbench. What a great idea. Loved the video 👍
Thank you. I wanted to give it a shot rather than coming up with some overly complicated lifting system. Might as well use a pre-built one and save some time!
Terrific workbench build & really like that modular aspect! Great work! 👍👍
Thanks! It's been really nice to have on my latest project which requires a lot of sanding. No more leaning over!
That's a mighty fine workbench!
Thanks Dylan!
Great build. I love the idea of the workbench being adjustable height. My table saw, miter saw, and router table are all different heights. Being able to use the workbench as outfeed or support for any of these tools would be awesome.
I can't wait to use it as an infeed support table when I need to rip plywood. That used to be a pretty scary job that'll be a little less scary going forward!
That’s nice! Wish Bob had one of those to work on his planes and stuff!
I bet he would love one!
Great work and novel idea with the Flexispot. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!
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I love the idea of an adjustable height table for the shop. Being 6'4" it's hard to find something premade that would work for both standing and sitting. The sideways wobble looks easy to overcome, but I wonder how you could reinforce it?
That dead pan look as you cut the MDF was frightening yet funny.
Having the adjustable height capability for a few weeks now has been so awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially if you're tall. Sanding without bending over is so nice.
My plan to reinforce the bench is to build a chest of drawers that will interlock with the lower portion of the legs that don't move. That'll add mass down low and add a stretcher like system tying the legs together plus adding loads of storage.
@@keatonbeyerwoodworking I own the same frame for my desk, and yeah, a rigid set of shop drawers to squeeze tightly between the sets of legs would likely help a bit. The shorter it is, the more stable it'll also be, so if you don't need it to go all the way down to 26ish inches, you might be able to put it on a pedestal or even make a taller torsion box for the top to get it closer to planing height.
That being said, I think the telescoping legs of standing desks have plastic spacers in them to improve the tolerances and reduce wobble, so putting lateral pressure on them from lots of planing might not work long term.
Ah, thanks for the comment. It makes sense that there will be plastic spacers in the legs. I might reserve the bench as mostly an assembly table
I wonder if you could add gas spring structs between the legs and the torsion box. You'd want to have them be removable, I guess, for down travel but it'd definitely increase the raising weight capacity.
That's a good idea. Give it extra capacity. In most cases it'll lift what I need but that could be helpful if I have a full case on it, although if I have a 500 lb piece of furniture on the bench I'm not sure how I'd get it off!
@@keatonbeyerwoodworking I was mainly thinking to ease the strain on the motors. But hey, you never know what you're gonna have to cut ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m trying to make space to add a outfeed and side lift to my table saw to turn it into a larger assembly table. If I could only convince my wife she can’t park in the garage anymore…. Anyone know how to do that?
Ah, the battle for garage space. I gave up my spot years ago and slowly creep over into my wife's side when I have a big project, but once the bad weather hits I'll be kicked back to my side...
I like the idea but it's way to flimsy for a work bench.
Yeah, more of an assembly table honestly