Don Carkhuff
02-15-2005, 3:51 PM
I went to the Yellow Pages and looked up Doors. I found 3 commercial door companies. All were close to me. I asked if they would mind if I took any old doors from their dumpsters. All 3 said fine.
I found 2 solid core fire resistant doors that came from a movie theatre. Neither one had holes for door knob hardware. They had stainless steel plates and pull/push hardware only.
Anyway, I got them home into the shop and put a straightedge on them diagonally. Both are dead flat. As good as a torsion box.
I now have 2 very nice free bench tops 44" X 84"
Maybe you can find something that suits you too.
By the way, Also in the dumpster was a 3/4" thick glass tempered door. I guess you can't cut tempered glass, but I was thinking about bringing one home and making a dining table out of it to sell. This door ,however, had holes in it for hardware. I would have to somehow disguise it in a design of some kind, I guess.
I found 2 solid core fire resistant doors that came from a movie theatre. Neither one had holes for door knob hardware. They had stainless steel plates and pull/push hardware only.
Anyway, I got them home into the shop and put a straightedge on them diagonally. Both are dead flat. As good as a torsion box.
I now have 2 very nice free bench tops 44" X 84"
Maybe you can find something that suits you too.
By the way, Also in the dumpster was a 3/4" thick glass tempered door. I guess you can't cut tempered glass, but I was thinking about bringing one home and making a dining table out of it to sell. This door ,however, had holes in it for hardware. I would have to somehow disguise it in a design of some kind, I guess.