At long last I've found a tuit to start putting a new top on a bench (I was looking for a round tuit and the bench is sqauare - no chance!).
It's 2' square, made of 2"x2"x¼" angle iron. The old topwas 16 ga. steel and has been outside for 25 years, so it's done well. It's off and now I need to grind off the 2 remaining strips that are welded on.
The new top is thicker (4mm - sorry about the units) and I was thinking of fastening it with st. st. csk screws (not tapped - a 5mm tap in angle iron seems asking for a game of snap) with sticks-like-witney-to-a-blanket filling the interface underneath. I'm just not too keen on the slots/recesses in the heads as they'll hold water. Trouble is, I use this for all sorts of rough work, so I'm not sure if any sort of adhesive alone would be strong enough and withsatnd impact. Any suggestions please?