Adjust-A-Bench

[Vince Shriver]

I'm in the process of planning my workbench and I really like the Adjust-A-Bench, but I have one concern: the legs are bolted to the top with lag screws (thru round holes, not slotted holes) at the corners of panels, approx 17 inches apart. It seems to me that in attaching the base like that, any wood movement would be corraled and restricted which might cause a cracked top or a tweeked base or something popping out that shouldn't. The guy at Noden says not to worry about it, but I'm concerned. Any thoughts, folks?

[Brian Hale]

As long as you use bolts that are smaller than the diameter of the hole (or enlarge the holes) the top will be free to move.

Brian :)

[Jim Becker]

No issues in that respect with my Adjust-A-Bench in the nearly two years I've owned it. And Geoffrey Noden knows about wood movement...he's an extraordinary furniture maker, too...the stuff in his showroom is unreal!