$10 Prop Table

[HauntCast]

YouTube - $10 shop table

[SuperCreep31]

wow I will definitely be making one or two of these this year. Great job!

[bobzilla]

Nice job :D I'll take 10 of em!

[Victor]

I think I will have to make one of these, my dad has all of his junk on the work bench I was working on. Have you ever hammered something on it? I want place an anvil and clamp on mine.

[HauntCast]

Victor, I done lots of banging, I mean hammering on my table. You can always use corner braces to stiffen it up, but mine is rock solid.

[craigfly06]

The only problem with getting the wood from the Culled bin, is you have to take what they have. There might not be any 2X4s in the bin. they might just have junk in there. It is very cool though and you lucked out getting what you needed, will keep my eyes open on the culled bin!!!

[QueenRuby2002]

Dose lowes have a culled bin too? We don't have a HD in our area yet. I keep hopeing that we get one soon.

[GhoulishCop]

QueenRuby2002,

Generally Lowes does have culled bins too, though I think they're more prevalent in HD. Even if they don't, a 2x4-8 is only $3 or so, so you won't spend much more than what Hauntcast did in its video to pick up the supplies off the shelf.

You could even try 2x3-8's too, they're a little bit cheaper and a bit lighter than the 2x4, though you might want to make some bracing from your scraps to make sure the table remains solid if you'll be doing pounding on it. Otherwise you'll be fine with it as it is.

Also, find the straightest pieces possible at the outset because it will make your life so much easier when building. There aren't any old growth trees around these days to get lumber from so the new growth lumber tends to warp a lot. So starting with a straight board first means you'll have less work to do later and your project will be better at the end.

Many times you have to pull a lot of pieces of lumber off the rack to find the straight ones. Sight down along one edge to see if it's straight and then flip it one turn and look down along one face and you'll see right away whether the board warps or not. Boards can look straight when you look at them from the side, but looking down one edge reveals its defects. Good luck!

Rich

[hpropman]

thanks for sharing

[MoxceyGirl]

Thank you for sharing! I've been using the top of my freezer as a work bench. I'm definately going to be making one of these!

[Spooks-Magee]

Why the price?

Because fifty cents is half of a dollar but 51 cents is much less than a dollar. It's psychological.