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Torsion box for bed
Has anyone built a torsion box to replace the box spring that supports the mattress? I have a reproduction "Charleston Rice Bed" and thinking of doing just that. As you can see from the picture, the box spring is well below the bed rails and the mattress surface is quite high. I feel that I can...- dino drosas
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- bed box torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Torsion box assembly table - UPDATED
The assembly table in my shop is my favorite place to do just about anything but it has developed an annoying sag. After months of shimming temporary additional tops, I decided to stop and build a flat table top that will stay flat. I watched the David Marks program on the torsion box and set...- bobby g
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- assembly box table torsion updated wip
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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torsion box problem
I built a pair of infeed/outfeed tables for my planer - 48x15". They ended up not being as flat as I had hoped...I have a theory as to the problem but am seeking alternative explanations. I used 3/4" MDF for the sides with 1/4" MDF for the grid and top/bottom surfaces. I started by gluing up...- merrill77
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- box problem torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Portable Torsion Box
I have a small workshop that will not allow me to have a nice assembly table. I want to build a lightweight torsion box that I can store in my storage room and set up on saw horses on the carport when I need to use it. I am thinking about building it from 1/2-inch MDF internal dividers and...- rick7938
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- box portable torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Torsion Box Garage Doors ?
I want to replace an old and worn out single garage door with swing open barn style doors. Something like this: http://www.woodshopdemos.com/gar-dr-1.htm He used 2x4's and sheathing and it has to weigh a ton. I was thinking of making one of a torsion box and filling the interior cavity with...- PeteM
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- box doors garage torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Yup, torsion boxes are strong!!
If you didn't already know, torsion boxes are very strong and in the case of the one I just built, extremely light too!!! I built the 8' long X 3" thick X 14" wide torsion box below for the article I am working on. I made it from very thin, 1/8" Masonite hardboard, some even weaker thin peg...- Alan in Little Washington
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- boxes strong torsion yup
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Torsion box work bench
I need to build myself a work bench. As I have ponderd the idea of a bench, the thought occured to me. Why not just build a torsion box and use that. If I added material to the areas where vises would be attached, and filled the cavities with some sand to add weight wouldn't that make a...- Matt Schnurbusch
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- bench box torsion work
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Torsion Box
When you are constructing a torsion box, and creating the lattice work that will be the interior, what is the best method of contstruction? I have searched around the web and found two different methods. The top method of my pic would appear the easiest to construct, but most of what I have...- bitbight
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- box torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
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Torsion box for sewing console top
I got off my duff and assembled the pieces for converting the single 3/4" top of my sewing console project to torsion-box construction. A couple weeks ago I had cut the cores from 7/8" pine scrap (FREE!! :eusa_danc, donated "firewood" from my son-in-law's sister's boyfriend who works in a...- johnpipe108
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- box console sewing top torsion
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- Forum: General Woodworking
