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 Create a great work station in no time for your kitchen December 12, 2006
Natasha Stryker (California)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is advertised as a kit to help create a workstation for a garage or workshop, but my wonderful boyfriend made an AWESOME kitchen unit with the parts and it looks great.
We have a kitchen with limited counter space and little storage. I am an avid cook so I lamented about how I wish our kitchen was more cook-friendly. For Christmas last year he made me a wonderful kitchen workstation with storage using this kit.
He used the shelving brackets to make 2 overhead shelves to store our microwave, cookbooks, ingredients jars, etc. The counter is a giant butcher block from IKEA with plenty of space to prep and work AND to keep my food processor, Kitchenaid mixer and slow-cooker. Below I have 2 HUGE shelves for bakeware, mixing bowls, cookie sheets, muffin tins, pie pans and serving trays. I added little hooks to hold my most used prep tools for quick access.
It has made cooking a delight and not a crowded chore. I recommend this kit to anyone looking for a strait-forward solution to not having enough room to groove.
Easy Assembly -- Very sturdy! May 6, 2007
Peter A. Dotto (NC, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Easy to assemble. Buy your own lumber for the size bench you need. Very sturdy. Added shelf components a plus. Instructions are OK, but not great. One error on instructions - don't use a 3/8" drill bit for the screw holes - that's too big. Use a 3/16" bit.
Bottom Line: Economical + sturdy + easy to assemble = Very satisfied!
A Great Kit for Reloaders! May 31, 2007
B. Bunker (Las Vegas, NV)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was looking for a sturdy and large workbench to house my reloading supplies (Dillon 650 with goodies). Most of the commercially available benches did not fit the bill or were overly expensive. The Finley kit allows for great flexibility along with good savings. Obviously, you have to supply your own lumber given the price of this kit. I built a 6'x3' bench with a one-tier shelf.
As noted by others, the large home improvement stores (Home Depot and Lowes) will cut panels/sheets for you. However, both the Home Depot and Lowes by me would NOT cut 2x4s. So I had to invest in a circular saw and do the cutting myself. This added a bit to the cost, but I have the saw available for other projects. Another good tidbit is to pick up some 2-1/4" screws (1# box) to use in lieu of those provided by Finley. This makes for a more secure attachment of the legs. I also found a 1# box each of 2" and 1-1/4" screws handy for tightening down the large panels/sheets (didn't use a lot of the 1-1/4" screws, but I did use a few).
I used 2 sheets of MDF (6'x3'x1/2") and one sheet of plywood (6'x3'x5/8") to make my bench. In retrospect I might have gone with a full 1" thickness for the plywood, but what I have now is certainly stout enough. I used 15 2x4s overall to cut the various pieces I needed with some scrap left over. I added some cross-beams on the bottom two shelves to help support the MDF. I screwed down the sheets along with some glue. The plywood was used for the top as I wanted something to support the press. The shelves are sturdy and give excellent support. I went with a one-tier shelf using the six included supports.
One tool I found essential was a good pair of clamps. When working solo, these helped out a ton!
Given the weight of the completed bench, it was surprisingly easy to maneuver across my garage. The robust legs slide easily across the solid concrete.
The instructions are simple and if studied you can figure out what to do. I departed a little from the instructions and had no problems. However, some careful planning and dry runs can avert disaster.
I'm no craftsman (I'm a lawyer), but I am pleased by how my bench turned out. The Finley kit is great, even for us reluctant do-it-yourselfers! Check out Finley's website as it has the cutting guide to determine what sizes of lumber you need depending on the size of the table you want. This is what I followed and it turned out without any problems.
2x4basics Workbench September 2, 2005
Tari L. Shane
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This bench went together easily, looks good and holds the wieght of all my tools.
Great workbench July 11, 2006
A. Swinford (tulsa, ok)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I ordered 2 of these workbenches. 1 I made a workbench with shelves across the top. 1 I just made a a flat workbench that I can use for my miter saw, drill press, and scroll saw. I built both of them smaller for now, when I move and have more room I can just reuse them and add longer lumber to make them bigger. Assembly was extremely easy, had 2 assembled in about 2 hours. They are both very sturdy and have a lot of storage space on the shelves, and the shelves I put across the top of 1 of them are strong and hold quite a bit of stuff. I dont think you can go wrong with these, especially since you can custom size your work bench to wahtever size you need or whatever space you have available.
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