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1. 
   bill5335 | Oct 27, 2009 08:13pm | #1

   I'm not familiar with the bench, but if the top is heavy enough, you can rest it on a few dowels.

   At least that's worked for me.

    

   Bill

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   mikeddd | Oct 27, 2009 08:38pm | #2

    I also am not familiar with that bench, but some bench tops just sit on the base with a couple of cleats attached under the top so the top does not shift while working on it. That is the way my bench is built and it never moves, the top is generally quite heavy.

   Mike

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Oct 27, 2009 10:57pm | #3

   I mount a 3/4" dowel in the top of each leg that protrude about an inch.. sand the heads over into a bullet shape.. drill corresponding holes in the bottom of the table and drop the top on. Gravity will do the rest if your top is heavy!

   Sarge..

   Woodworkers' Guild of Georgia

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   philip_r | Oct 27, 2009 11:12pm | #4

   +1 for Sarge.  This is how my top is attached.  It never moves.

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   KiddervilleAcres | Oct 28, 2009 05:36am | #5

   Sarge,

   Did ye use an engine hoist to set the top on the base?  Or did ye just manhandle it on?

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Oct 28, 2009 06:55pm | #7

   It requires two people to hit the dowel heads without a lot of fettling finding them. I have done it myself by positioning the holes on the dowels at one end and then going to the other to lift and feel the spot. But with two.. you can squat to find the bulls-eye's in seconds.

   Regards...Sarge..

   Woodworkers' Guild of Georgia

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   Ray | Oct 28, 2009 06:53pm | #6

   I haven't seen Matt's Monster, but my bench top is a section of an old bowling lane.  A snug cleat at each end was all that was necessary, I can't lift it by myself anyway :(

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   BG | Oct 29, 2009 12:10pm | #8

   7095,

   It appears that Matt's workbench has legs mortised into sleds on both the top and feet. I like that design because it gives me two easy options; rout a couple of groves in the top sleds and lag bolt the top to the base, or/and, run a dado on the underside of the bench to accommodate the sled and lag bolt...thereby preventing even the thought of racking.(perhaps a bit overkill)

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   7095 | Oct 29, 2009 07:17pm | #9

   Thanks for all the responses. The dowels seem to be the answer that fits the construction of the bench, but I don't think I could line the holes up. The cleats are a good idea. The lag screws is some thing I thought would do the trick. The top is to heavy to flip & do a 3" wide dado. I think I will do a combination - cleats as well as lag screws.

   I'm suprised that the plans Fine Woodworking sold me forgot to address this part of the bench construction.