Gobar deck built on my Sjobergs bench

[Victory Pete]

I had been meaning to buy a Gobar deck recently and got the idea of building my own on my workbench. I have 3' 5/8" rod supporting a 24"x28" of 1 1/2 birch ply. I am using 24" 1/4 20 threaded rod for the bars. I have couplings on either end to change the length and tighten the rod. It doesnt need to flex this way. I glued 5/16" neoprene washers on the botton couplings. it works great. Total cost- $100 in hardware, the doubled up 3/4" lumber core birch plywood was a scrap from a previous project.



VP

PS Okay, the Sjobergs wasnt cheap but it is good to have around!

Great deck, Pete.
Welcome to the Forum.

tommy

[Darryl Young]

That's interesting Pete. How much can you change the length of individual rods?

Welcome to the forum!

[Victory Pete]

That's interesting Pete. How much can you change the length of individual rods?

Welcome to the forum!

Hi
I have 1 1/2" adjustment, If I could find longer couplings I could get more. But I think 1 1/2 will work. We are going to glue up some back braces soon, I will give an update then.

VP

[Victory Pete]

Glued up the back braces with the new contraption and it works great. To see more go here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Victory- ... ?sk=photos

VP

[David L]

Nice deck Pete!

David L

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Nice bench!!! A Sjoberg huh? Sounds a bit Swedish to me........a little like my last name.

Kevin

[Victory Pete]

Nice bench!!! A Sjoberg huh? Sounds a bit Swedish to me........a little like my last name.

Kevin

Funny!

VP

[Winston_S]

Very nice. I have limited space and this would be just the answer to my issue.

[Victory Pete]

Glued up the top braces. This contraption works great.

VP