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Got the lower shelf framed in and cut the material. It's actually just the remaining wood from the tops, so I thought I could use it here so as not to waste it. It's very, very thick for a shelf, but why not. I pulled some stuff out of the way for a full shot to get a sense of scale. Still...

Thanks Herb. Kinda hoping once the workbench and cupboard doors are done I can paint and start using this place for more actual projects, not that working on it hasn't been fun. I hear ya on the stashing part. Smaller, thinner steel is one thing. 1/2" steel that's nearly 2'x2' is another. I'm...

Thanks, I'm happy to get some solid, permanent bench space as well. The tanker table is good but I can't mount a vise or beat on it, and the old door/bench was just... it just wasn't happening with the door. Free steel plates with no coatings are gold to guys like us. Good thing nobody else I...

A couple Idea's I've been kicking around for those plates. One, I'd like to use as a base plate for making a small press brake in my shop press. The second, I might keep as 'extra' for now. The third and fourth, I'm considering making 2 MINI welding tables, as sort of illustrated in my quick...

Thanks! I drool over that saw as well. I do have my Grandfather's old P.E.T circ saw from the 50's, but the blade size is obscure and I've had trouble locating new blades for it. Haha, I had to take the stuff over 3 days so it wouldn't kill my car, there's a lot of weight there. Thanks...

Got the 18" bench cut to length last night, still haven't bolted anything down. Also started framing in the bottom shelf of the lower cupboards. Things are so tight in my garage now... I love my shop, but an extra 100sqft would be a big plus sometimes. O/T, but my Dad came across some pics...

I should note that the blue rolling steel cart, once relieved of it's lathe duties, will get a 3" lift and dock over with the welding table, thus allowing me to get rid of the old crappy tire wooden side table. The cart will be the new home of my grinders and perhaps drill press, etc. That will...

Having dreamt of a new, solid workbench for a while now, this weekend I started making it a reality. I used a bunch of nice, straight 2x4's I'd picked up a few years back, and threw together the frame which is screwed into the wall studs. The design idea here is that this is the heavy part of...

If you look close, there appears to be a second bottle on the back bench between the two guys, and one on the bench to the right of the OA bottles. You could have a fairly good game of 'I Spy' with this pic (I can spot 5 vises and I believe 6 wreaths). I for one like the long bench on the right...

I love old tools like this, they put so much thought and care into the design of every piece of it so it had an aesthetic appeal as well as a function. You don't see that so much anymore. I've been looking for a saw like this and doing the same setup. My shop is very small and a tool like this...

Not a bad idea on the hardboard. I've seen people use rubber mats before too for some grip. I do have a steel bench that doesn't mind getting scratched if it's something particularly heavy and sharp.

So last saturday I managed to get the 4 sheets of overkill Maple home. Myself and another guy used the company's big truck to run some errands, so I piggybacked the move of the wood at the same time. Moving this stuff into the shop nearly killed my arms, even with 2 people. I must be getting...

I'll have to frame it in steel then. I have no idea what it was intended for, it's just ridiculously heavy and strong. I can't find a price for this thickness but 3/4" goes for about $100 a sheet, but with a standard softwood core. This thickness, with a full maple core has got to be $200 or...

Thanks, got me home in one piece and lived to fight another day. Thanks very much! Hoping with paint and cupboard doors it'll look more finished. I'm not sure who this skid was intended for years ago, but when I unearthed it, I said "that's coming home with me." each sheet weighs probably...

Picking up a bit more freebie wood tomorrow from the overstock. I'd have bought this but they gave it to me, which was nice of them. Remember how I mentioned that the garage plans can be a fluid thing? Well this stuff is my new workbench. I had been planning on making butcher block tops...

Thanks very much Herb! I've been getting a bit done here and there as I get the time, winter kinda has a way of stealing your drive. That being said, when the woodstove is going it's about 90 in there. Honestly it gets so warm and dry I open a window, and that's with a small fire with maybe 3...

Thanks for stopping by. I wanted to design cars as a kid too, realized in university that the job market is super competitive for car designers so I went the industrial design route instead. I took a look at your thread, wish I was living on a farm and had a bunch of out buildings like you do...

Man, how many buildings do you have? this place is the business! Seems you and I are cut from the same cloth on, well pretty much everything I've seen on here so far. Having grown up on a farm too I've always loved poking around for old tools, cars, iron, etc. Seems almost every farm has a...

Thanks for the paint info, where did you happen to find that tag? The colour does look similar, but then so does the Palm Beach Ivory I saw earlier.. if I found a tag like this it would help a lot. Good job on using the 1/8" steel for the bed, that should be very durable for years and years. As...

I suppose I could have said something more along the lines of "I'm going with flat panel maple doors, get over it." Actually I was pretty on the fence about using them for a while, as I liked the pegboard idea. They've grown on me though. They're really well made, and made locally too. I like...