A workbench idea

[dink]

Going to make my own workbench when my wife and I move into our house in a month or so....it will be made out of wood

I was thinking about integrating 2 of these or 1 depending on money into it side by side

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...L&subcat=Chests+&+Cabinets&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

I have my idea saved on powerpoint to show but I cant figure out how to show it to you guys....any ideas?

 

[Blacknwhitepit]

Wow.

Save your Powerpoint slides individually as JPEGS and post them. Would like to see your idea.

P.S. If you have that kind of money to throw in on two drawers. Why are you building this? LOL

-BWP

 

[dink]

Wow.

Save your Powerpoint slides individually as JPEGS and post them. Would like to see your idea.

P.S. If you have that kind of money to throw in on two drawers. Why are you building this? LOL

-BWP

Why am I building it myself? Hm sense of accomplishment, putting my powertools to good use, do it the way I want too

 

[dink]

Here is my rendoring

 

[bmwpower]

Post the picts, man. I'm having a hard time understanding the design. $250 ain't that expensive.

 

[Blacknwhitepit]

Here is my rendoring

Since you said you are building this out of wood, I am going to assume you are using at least 2X4's for each side. This will work, however since this is going to be 83" + across. May I suggest a stronger middle vertical support. This will bear the most of your weight. Your supports underneath do offset distribution of load, but I would suggest something more beefy than what looks like a 1" by something in the middle (unless you are going to use steel).

-BWP

 

[bmwpower]

Here is my rendoring

Yea, get a bigger center support for sure. Looks good otherwise. Check the capacity of the drawer to make sure it's going to hold all the stuff you need it to.

 

[dink]

Most likely the legs and supports will probably be 4 x 4's....basically a 4 post idea with probably 2 more posts in the middle to hold the weight....one in front and one in back....with probably 2x4's holding the bottom

 

[l_bilyk]

Are you sure you want a workbench that long?

 

[dink]

Are you sure you want a workbench that long?

The space for a workbench is about 12 to 13 feet long...might as well....this is a rather large garage with AMPLE room on the sides...like 6 feet extra deep on one side and probably 4 feet on the other...on the sides of the garage

 

[Der Bugmeister]

I think you'll need to carry the centre support all the way to the floor otherwise you're likely to get sagging in between the lower two supports. The drawers alone are 96 pounds combined, plus the weight of everything you put in them, plus the weight of whatever you're working on on the bench.

Why not get some heavy duty drawer runners and build your own drawers?

 

[wilbilt]

Building some drawers is a good idea. I picked up a bunch of full-extension ball-bearing slides on ebay for a few bucks.

 

[sjsfire]

Are you sure you want a workbench that long?

Is there such a thing as a work bench too long???