On 3 Jul 2003 at 9:12, John Allen wrote:

> I've been lurking far too long and since I'm old enough not to heed my
> father's warnings I'll just open my mouth and let fly.

Welcome to the topside of the Porch, John!

> I have to transport my stuff soon and need to make some decisions on
> what stays and what goes. If it can rust it will have to go, right?

Oh - at first I wasn't sure what you meant by "stay" and "go" - do
you mean "go" as in "go with" you to CA? Or as in "go away" to get
rid of it?

If you mean the former, then by all means, yes, of course, all rusty and
potentially rusty objects must accompany you on your cross-country trek.

> I recently acquired a glue lam beam 18"/45 cm x 10"/25 cm thick x
> 60"/150 cm long. Yeah it weighs a lot and I have some 6 x 6 beams for
> legs. I'm thinking this could be a stout bench for my "new" shop; I
> just need to figure out how to connect the legs to the beam??

Well, ackshully, with a slab that massive, you don't need to "connect"
the base to the top. I'd make a base for it, and then put a large dowel
in each end, pointing straight up, bore matching holes in the underside
of the slab, drop it on there, and gravity will do the work. The dowels
just keep it from sliding around while you plane. Makes it easy to
disassemble and move (if "easy to move" can properly be said of a
glue-lam bean 18" x 10" x 5 feet!).

Give us some pics of that bench when done, man!

- Bill Taggart
- At home and beginning to ponder some potential revisions to mine own
  bench, in Glen Allen, VA, USA