CB Home Grown Work Stand/Bench Lifted

Mine will need to be 10 feet long so i can get the bike to sit completely on it.....

any sugestions?
 
1976 cb360 low and long..... lol

Yeah but this plywood is still only 8 feet long i might have to put a couple legs at the split poing so that I can add 2 feet and just overlap the seam with another piece of ply wood...

my ideas on it... any better suggestions
 
JonnyLong said:
1976 cb360 low and long..... lol
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I saw that. I think you need a few more O's in "long" :D

I'm no carpenter. (my older brother is. I work on his car, and he nails stuff together for me :)) You could always build the table top, out of 2x4's and plywood, as long/wide as you need. And then just add 6 or 8 legs and some braces. You could even add a perimeter brace around the bottom of the legs and put casters under it.
 
Yeah I am going to just call Lowes and have them cut the wood & build it in the drive way... the garage is crazy right now.....

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Blue ones the grocery getter 8)
 
Pic doesn't work, but daymn... 10ft.

I can't stand idly by and not recommend these:
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Those are what I built, more info in my blog (click signature) The tops (and bottoms) are laminated 3/4 ply making them 1.5" thick. to make it longer you would just have to offset the laminations. For each surface if you cut two eight foot pieces and two two foot pieces you'd still have six feet of seamless lamination, and two feet on each end that would be fully supported by the cross pieces.

I can't stand the type that you posted because you are just throwing all the floor space under them away, and you can't even roll the project around to get it out of the way and in a crowded garage both those features are essential.

Also 10ft might be excessive, all you need to do is cover the wheelbase of the bike plus a little. if your wheelbase is 10ft that would make the bike almost 12ft long (assuming about a 21" tire RD) Is your bike really 12ft long?
 
Ah yes, I remember that pic. So it is 12ft long?


Yeah, you could make up a latter style frame under the plywood and add an upright in the middle, but there's no need to. I designed my tables to be material efficient and rock solid, they use two sheets of plywood and two 2x4s with no waste. Since you need to add 4 feet all you would need is some more plywood and longer 2x4s. Also if you wanted to you could easily remove some of the height. The sheets that you use in the center should probably be at least 3 feet long leaving a 4 foot gap in the center. The 1.5" top will be really strong and a 4 foot gap should in no way present a problem. Remember that for 95% of it's use all the weight (which isn't much with a little 360) will be right along the center and at the two ends. All you need to laminate the ply is wood glue and clamps, I ran a whole box of 1 inch deck screws in from the underside too just for good measure (and because I didn't want to have to wait for the glue to dry)
 
Okay, so whats up? Send me some plans. It sounds like it will be chaeper to build on your way then what I was thinking.
 
Kit, I love that table, exactly what I want. Perfect size, movable and storage to boot. One question though, how do you get the bikes up and down from there?
 
I was thinking the same thing


HerrDeacon said:
Kit, I love that table, exactly what I want. Perfect size, movable and storage to boot. One question though, how do you get the bikes up and down from there?
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Oh, sorry, yeah, you asked me that.


Ramp. I've got an aluminum folding ramp that I use to load in my van. I'm just about 6 foot and the two bikes that are on them now I put up there without any help. The locking chock at the front is essential if you need to do it yourself. If I had made them a little lower they would be a lot easier to load for sure so that's an option. I rolled them against the back wall so that they couldn't roll away got a bit of a running start and just ran the bike up the ramp, it took me a few tries to get it right, but it wasn't an issue. It's not much different than loading a bike into a truck bed.


Now, for a finished project that's going to weigh as much as my RC30 I'll be enlisting some help to get her down, just in case.
 
Hey Kit now if I cut off 20" insted of 24" I can make it lower and longer rite? And nice garage mine is probably bigger but yours is so much cleaner and organize.
 
mysta2 said:
Pic doesn't work, but daymn... 10ft.

I can't stand idly by and not recommend these:
IMG_0216.jpg


Those are what I built, more info in my blog (click signature) The tops (and bottoms) are laminated 3/4 ply making them 1.5" thick. to make it longer you would just have to offset the laminations. For each surface if you cut two eight foot pieces and two two foot pieces you'd still have six feet of seamless lamination, and two feet on each end that would be fully supported by the cross pieces.

I can't stand the type that you posted because you are just throwing all the floor space under them away, and you can't even roll the project around to get it out of the way and in a crowded garage both those features are essential.

Also 10ft might be excessive, all you need to do is cover the wheelbase of the bike plus a little. if your wheelbase is 10ft that would make the bike almost 12ft long (assuming about a 21" tire RD) Is your bike really 12ft long?
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I would be seriously careful with this design, as it will have a very high center of gravity, making it more prone to tipping over. Other ones may be "throwing away floor space", but they will be more stable.
 
RoadRash said:
I would be seriously careful with this design, as it will have a very high center of gravity, making it more prone to tipping over. Other ones may be "throwing away floor space", but they will be more stable.
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Don't know if you are speaking from experience but I have the same exact table and its extremely stable. I weigh 230# and have climbed all over it with bike on top. I usually grab the handle bars or anything on the bike I can get a hold of and pull myself up. Not sure how much you weigh but mine seems more than stable for my weight etc...
 
troybilt said:
Don't know if you are speaking from experience but I have the same exact table and its extremely stable. I weigh 230# and have climbed all over it with bike on top. I usually grab the handle bars or anything on the bike I can get a hold of and pull myself up. Not sure how much you weigh but mine seems more than stable for my weight etc...
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I want to belive you..... Just build me one real quick. I'll try it out and let you know. :D
 
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