Building the second workbench went MUCH faster than building the first one, for three reasons:  one, I had already built one table, and knowledge of the process certainly was beneficial; two, I bought an extra clamp, so having four instead of three let me clamp all the legs up at once and then get them fitted; and third, I had pre-cut all the major components for the second table at the time I cut the pieces for the first.

I must have messed up on the cutting schedule somewhere, because I had to run out and pick up two more 2x4's:

 

While at the hardware store, we picked up a vice to mount on the table, and some flourescent fixtures...  (are those FINISHED tables I see??)




Here is the reason for the fixtures... the lone bulb.  We're in Texas, so with the garage door open, we get plenty of light.  But some days it IS cold and you want the garage door CLOSED.  Yes, even in Texas--we get ice storms or snow occasionally, but this winter (if you can call it that) we're breaking records left and right, by ten degrees or more.  We've had mid 80's when the previous record high was in the low 70's.  Yikes, makes you wonder what this summer is going to be like.  I'll have to look at insulating the garage door with that hard foam foil-backed insulation and then routing a duct from the upstairs A/C unit.




Here is a better view of the finished tables.  Yes, there is a slight gap between those center legs--whatever.  They sit flat on the floor, don't wiggle, and they are perfectly level across the center seam.  Good enough for me.  My wife saw this blue on this web site, the blue floor, and then the blue vice come out of the box, and said, half-jokingly, "Well, there goes any chance of me getting a RED airplane out of this!"  Whatever gave her that idea?!  Red's definitely in the running..




My other neighbor across the street, Bill, is an air traffic controller at DFW Tracon (Approach Control).  He just bought the nicest Harley and let me take it for a spin--that was my first ride on a Harley.  I hadn't used my motorcycle endorsement in years, so it was nice to go around the block on his bike.  Bill also let me go up to the Tracon with him one day and sit through part of his shift.  Now THAT was cool.  Anyway, the reason we're talking about Bill is he sold me ($200) this collapsible trailer, which has been taking up the other half of my garage til now.  Not anymore.  Hitch that baby up, we're going to the dump, and when we get back, I'm folding up the trailer and getting it out of my way.  We've got an airplane to build here, folks!