Well, I'm not normally a 'wood everywhere' kinda guy but this is very pretty.This bench was originally intended to be used for building radio controlled airplanes but it was under construction when the lathe became available. I modified the carcass design a little to accommodate the additional weight with the main changes being a thicker piece of ply for the back of the bench and a much stronger base. The base is 2" thick engineered plywood beam material ripped to 3-1/2" width. The retractable casters will not lift the bench with the drawers in place but they work reasonably well with the drawers removed.
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Thanks! I have woodworking equipment (out of necessity) in the shop as well as the metal working machinery. The drawer fronts are actually MDF. The sharp corners were rounded with a 1/8” radius roundover bit and the MDF was finished with oil based polyurethane thinned 50% until no more was bein absorbed. The final coats were only thinned about 10%. The effect is much like coating a soft material with thin epoxy. The finished product is much tougher than the soft bare MDF.Well, I'm not normally a 'wood everywhere' kinda guy but this is very pretty.