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Great looking garage. I thought that was an Atlantic. My dad used to race a Ralt RT-5 in DSR. He's retired and the car is now on to another owner.

I just went out and re-measured. Floor to the counter top worksurface is 42 3/4". The frame for the counter top is 2x4 and has about 2" of space between the top of the chest and the frame. The "thing" on the left, where the water bottle and cooler are sitting is a good bit lower, but I don't...

I did the same thing, made the bench to go over the tool chest. The top of my bench is about 43" and works just fine for me. My father-in-law (who is about 5" shorter than me) says its too high for him. Picture on page 1 of this post, about half way down.

Both of mine are made from 2x4 and 2x6, just the standard studs from Lowe's. The 4' was about $50 because of the counter top, probably $30 for it. The 6' was about the same, using 2x6's glued together and screwed down for the top. All legs are 2x6. I think 4x4 would be overkill unless you're...

Here's the 6' bench we made...

The couter top has worked well. For any work that is done on something "nice" its good to have a worksurface that's smooth and clean. The new 6' bench is 2x6 for the top since I have things attached and it will be used for beating and banging.

I just found this site too, lots of good reading so far! I wanted the same thing, a workbench to put my toolbox under. I decided to design and build my own. Here's what I ened up with: The top is a coutertop from Lowe's, whatever they had on clearance at the time. A few weeks ago we built a...