The Ghetto Bench Build
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- 2’x4’ Bora Centipede
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1 sheet of 5x5 1/2” Baltic Birch
2-3’ sections of track from Big Horn
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1- 3/4” FISCH wave cutter
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1/2” washer head screws
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Roo Glue is optional
Roo Glue/Titebond 2
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for holding down jigs (Optional)
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Pattern bit
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3/4 inch bit for track
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Man, you gave out 20 or 30 little tips and tricks on this build.
I have to watch again to write them down. You been doin this a long time.
Thanks - stay safe. //ji
Great idea! I've been scouring RUclips to find a light portable workstation. Thank you for posting this video.
Just stumbled across this video this morning. Great design and you did a really nice job of showing/explaining each step in the build process. This would be great for my very small shop where space is at a premium. Thanks!
Built 2 of these and took them from LA to Denver to build some cabinets for my daughter and her boyfriends new home. They took up very little space in truck with the centipedes and other tools and gear. They were invaluable when breaking down sheet goods, assembling and edge banding. Boyfriend was so impressed on how versatile they were, I had to leave him one table for his future projects. Thanks for sharing your design.
Great idea guys. I’m in San Diego too. I just made one for my job site work. I have to carry it quite far and putting one hand hole in the middle of the top makes it easy to tuck under my arm and pick it up and place it with one hand. It’s going camping with me too!
Wow, I need to watch this video again and again, just too much to learn from ... thanks so much!!
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great job. also the music in the background was great.
Awesome, gonna get me a centipede and some Baltic birch, add a track for my festool track-saw guide and have a nice mft style assembly/cut table
Just found your channel through Scott brown carpentry, awesome!
So excited to finally see you on a screen slightly larger than 5 inches! Best of luck to you...
This is a great project~! I just picked up a 4'x6' Centipede and will definitely be making one of these. Thanks for sharing it~!
Great idea. Smartest thing I’ve done is making my top like this. 100% more usable.
Simply brilliant in my humble opinion. Thanks for sharing your work and veiws.
God bless you 👍🏾
I'm not sure which is more impressive: your carpentry skillset, or your music play list!
Definitely my play list 😂👊🏽
Making one of these today. Have the Baltic birch in the truck and all the needed hardware and t-tracks in the shop. Let the building begin
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Brother, you are incredible!!! Thanks for these!!
Came here for the centipede modification, stayed for the Scott Brown joke . My man, you got a subscriber!
Excellent video! So many little tips/tricks with just enough time spent on each. Great job!
Thank dude
Really smart idea I built a Ron Paulk bench a few years ago think this idea will be a great idea for some additional work surface many thanks for posting
Great video. I built one and it’s perfect for a workbench in my one car garage
Months ago I did a Ghetto MFT top out of 2’x4’ MDF WITH T-track and Miter Track as Guide. Will definitely incorporate some of your ideas. Thanx for sharing
I wouldn't rely on woodpeckers jig either. Their own "small print" on that jig basically says not for high accuracy lol
I started to make one with 1/2 inch birch as suggested but am adding a sheet of 1/4 to bottom because minimum thickness for Parf dogs is 18mm from what I was able to determine. So 3/4 inch may be better if that is one’s intent.
very ingenious portable lightweight construction, well done!!!!🎉
Thank you so much for this video my man. I have been loving my ghetto bench for a couple of months now.
That’s awesome dude
Wow very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
Really good work. i love it ! perfect mobile system , great idea for the board . with best wishes from Germany !!
Thanks for sharing that! I bought the Bora MDF folding top for my 2’x4’ stand and hate it.
First off...thanks! Second...THANKS! Lots of pro tips. I’ve worked with wood for over 50 yrs. and this is one of the best just stink’in simple as that. Happy Holidays & stay healthy OH! I have to admit I’m going to copy your design. Hell! Just SELL those buddy! Lol... thanks
This is a great design and minimal storage
Brilliant! Bloody brilliant!
Hmmm, I was thinking of blowing the bank and getting an MFT, but now I think I may just make one of these!! I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Just saw this, an amazing idea. I really liked your innovation on this. Great inspiration, gonna give this a try. Gotta a small shop so this is perfect. Just gotta figure out how to attach a vise and I am good to go. Thanks for sharing this. Outstanding stuff !!!!!!
ill be doing this, this week, except instead of t-track ill do the microjig dovetail clamp system.
Was thinking the same thing.
Great video. Keep putting your knowledge and ideas out. It only helps to make us all better.
Very cool build. You sure got a lot of routers.
Great build ! Functional , simple and portable! Thanks for sharing
Great video!! You have a new subscriber...Nice to see someone using a radial arm saw, people have forgotten how useful they are. They do take up some real estate though. I just ordered my centipede, so I'll be building this soon.
Thanks brother! They are extremely useful, I prefer a radial arm saw for straight cuts and doing large tennons 👌🏽
Came for the tabletop...stayed for the tunes
I hope you will make more videos. Very good tutorial. I was planning to make a Ron Paulk type work table, but I like this better. Simple, light and it will fit into my Subaru Outback.
I definitely will be
Frank awesome make, you are a great teacher! Keep it up #droppingknowledge
Graham is the best. 😂
Like yours the best I’m building one today. Subscribed like your style.
Thank you for your video.I'm going to make the same for my Bora Centipede system.
This was super informative. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Bro so happy you made another RUclips video. I’m off Instagram for the moment so this is awesome. I’ve been planning on making one of these as soon as I get free time. I was going to go mdf but yeah Baltic birch seems much better ifea
Thanks bro👊🏽 yeah Baltic birch is my go to for most shop stuff, It’s extremely durable and lightweight
@@carpenterone3 FYI I was that guy you met this past Saturday at TH & H lol.
very clever, very well done ... cheers!!
Nice idea Frank. Currently I just use an MDF panel on my 2 x 4 Centipede. I was thinking about building a Paulk style box but this is a great alternative I may need to consider.
Thanks dude
Great video I purchased the bora table top for my 2x2 bora centipede one and it is way to big. I am a beginner in this game but love what you do. What size would I need for the 2x2 table. I also have the large one like you show as well but I will be using the small one more. Please advise.
Really cool! I’m thinking through a collapsible assembly table and this is very helpful! Keep up the great content!
"SCRAP BALTIC BIRCH" no such thing exists!🤣
Looks awesome!
Very nice work! Thank you for sharing lots of good ideas. I can see myself incorporating many of them in a portable bench build. Going into detail on the jigs was a solid move! Looking forward to seeing what you do next! Subscribed with notifications activated. Thanks again for taking the time to make videos.
Thanks bro 🙏🏽👊🏽
Frank, I’m sitting here at dinner in NC with Katie Mobley and she wanted to introduce me to you and when I went to your channel I realized that I’ve watched all your videos! I’ve finally subscribed so it’s time to post again! Really did this workbench idea. Scott
Cool video Frank.Now all we need is more 😂😂😂
😂 I’m trying
Perrrfect timing bro. Thank you 🙏
Damn that was well done.
I’m looking forward to making one or maybe two! 😀
I have made two for myself one for a coworker and I making one for my best friend this week coming up LOL
Who does your playlist? 😄
Your flush cut vs precision cut philosophy reminds me of my days in set construction. Don’t sweat small mistakes because you’re gonna fix them anyway before the final pass. Guys that measured everything down to the mosquito’s c__t hair don’t get hired back for the next show because deadlines and schedules are everything and the bosses don’t like to pay a lot of OT.
What kinda track is that....ahh got you dog! 😄
I've just found the centipedes and they look great for my small workshop. I need a assembly table for glue-ups but if I could store it when I don't need it, I saves me a lot of space. Would the centipedes also work fine on a concrete floor which isn't super 100% flat?
The top needs to be dead flat and accurate for mu glue-ups...
Your video is 3 years old. Are you still happy with the centipedes?
Thanks for sharing!
Nicely done. I'm repurposing my garage and will loose 2/3 of the space so this is going to replace my big workbench. I worked at Rockler San Diego, wonder if you bought the clamps from me? :) The T Track source? TH&H?
Great job
great table. thanks
cool video. What's up with the playlist though? LOL
Put your Logo on your RUclips circle icon . Thanks for sharing your table setup .
I will do that 👊🏽
Excellent, really great. Any chance you would do this again, but make it in to a folding table top version, with hinges please for us inexperienced watchers, great channel I liked gave thumbs up and subscribed, Laura in uk
Are you going to use it with caterpillar type legs? Here’s what I’d do (and I’m planning to do). I’m going to buy two sets of legs for 61 x61cm tables and make TWO table tops. One side of each table is going to get a 2x4” or 2x3” edge so they can be bolted together. I think I’ll go with the 2x4” because it would accommodate a t-track. (In UK, 2x4s are probably sold as 38mmx89mm.)
This way I can use the tables independently or together. I’ve putting together an apartment workshop, so space is at a premium. It’s at the far end of a spacious living room, and I need to be able to put away and/or hide the workshop. I’ve got 70cm depth to work with because of the puerta to the kitchen, although actual workspace can be bigger (3 meters or more) when everything is open.
You mentioned being in San Diego and your local supplier. Would you mind sharing? I am also in San Deigo and always looking for good suppliers. Thanks!
Can you add the tracks to the bora table tops for 2x4? You ll do the same for both halfs of the table. Wonder if that would work.
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Which makita and milwaukee routers is he using and why? Great video I'm looking for a router and wondering if M18 is way to go.
This is great!
Awesome man love it sir
Thanks dude
I've had the chance to use this table a couple of times now. It's fun to whip out in front of people:) I can see what people are talking about when they say the legs are delicate, but they're design to support a "mostly" vertical load, not be torqued from the side or pushed back into place. If you just let the table open or close on it's own and don't force anything, it works great ruclips.net/user/postUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh Once it's set up, it's pretty solid. My only gripe would probably be related to the clamps provided. They're not the highest quality. They do the job, so no big deal, but they could be better. All in all, pretty cool gadget.
Hello, I came here from Scott Brown Carpentry. Nice work ! ! any more videos?
Just uploaded a new one 👊🏽
Great!
Nice !!
Very good ideas, what are those black and yellow boxes you have in the background?
can I just order one from you lol
Awesome and fun. Loved how you made the slot for the square, never thought to use that technique to make perfectly centered slots and grooves. Two questions, what's your Instagram handle, and what clamps are you using in the tracks? Thanks so much.
The clamps are festool clamps
So what kinda track is that again? Nice video brother, I don't know how I had missed it for so long. Gonna have to hit that notification bell I guess.
I just put up a new video and it’s in the description 👍
great bench, well done. just asking, when you put both benches side by side to make the work surface larger, are they simply placed next to each other or are they tied together. In case of the latter can you please explain how they hold together? thank you
Beautiful job brother.... Again !
Btw where do you buy the holes from😬.
Re:T-track sourcing.
Make sure to get double cut t-tracks, I rolled the dice and lost. 2nd time around i got...
Orange aluminum comes in 4 ft lengths , and big horn is 3ft long from Amazon.
Yeah not a track work, but your right, big horn and orange aluminum do, And if somebody’s in Canada the Lee-valley tracks work as well
Carpenter One3 love that you think of us here up north! 🍻
@@carpenterone3 Just took a look at Amazon Mexico, and Big Horn is available for about $20/36” ($404 pesos). Imported from “EEUU”.
Any idea where in America we can get the foldable sawhorse legs like Scott Brown uses?
Sorry I don’t dude
Are you OK with the 30" high Centipedes or would you prefer the 36" version?
You had a keyhole in the orginal table but didn't mention it in the video.
Yeah he did. He mentioned it wasn’t a part of the new table. 😆
Why is the track saw cut at 7:13 needed if you already flush trimmed the edge?
He was showing you different ways to make it flush plus they were making two tables. I'm sure you are not concerned now, 1 yr on ;-)
Awesome idea. Do you make them for sale? I am about and hour or so from San Diego. Thanks
Sorry just seen this, I don’t sell them dude.
I saw the ad on TV and it shows it with all the extras that go with it 129 95 how can I order this
There is a lot of useful information in this video, but I’m getting seasick while watching 😢
sweet
So are you selling these or is this just a "here's how I made them?"
Nice top sir. Where do you get those track clamps? Also what clamps do use in the holes on top? Thanks!
The festool clamps, bessy makes them as well, there’s also several knock offs on Amazon, just search track saw clamps
@@carpenterone3 Those festool clamps are pricey! I’d go with 3rd party. There’s also a number of RUclips videos for making your own out of quick clamps.
Bro you work is 🔥. I’ve been watching other woodworking video and you give so much more information it’s addicting. Quick questions. Which 1/2 router but are you using with the collar? Is it a 1/4 shank?
It’s from bitsbits.com 1/4” it is a quarter inch shank 👍🏽 If you use promo code Frank 15 from their website you get 15% off 👊🏽
can the centipede handle being used on uneven surfaces? I have an old house and the warped wood floors are not flat. If I use a centipede on them, will the top still be flat?
It’s does do ok on slightly uneven surfaces, I use it on driveways all the time, in fact I used it in a deck yesterday sleeper ripped for drainage so it does pretty good 👍🏽
Good stuff bro! Where in SD do u get the t track?
Here's a great price ahturf.com/big-horn-19816-double-cut-profile-universal-t-track-with-predrilled-mounting-holes-36-inch.html
@@24revealer by the time you add shipping its cheaper on Amazon
Do you sale them?
What is the guide being used when marking your 4in marks for holes.
That looked like a Festool track saw guide
I heard you say TH&H.......assuming you guys are in San Diego?
Yes
@@carpenterone3 Sorry about the Padres this season. They’re my second favorite team after the Dodgers.
which size centipede are you using for this?
On his Instagram page he said he used the 2'x4'
@@garyredden4772 thank you! Definitely making one of these :)
Sorry I knew I was forgetting something I put the link in the description 👍🏼