metal1313
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cover it with a sheet of mdf or press board. then when that is chewed up replace it. its cheap, works well and is smooth.
Cool Work Bench
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cover it with a sheet of mdf or press board. then when that is chewed up replace it. its cheap, works well and is smooth.
Kevin54
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Hey Jameswood........You have the tags, but you forgot something.
Kevin54
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Wrench....I'll have to find some other pics when the garage was cleaned up right after I redid it. Things have gotten ahead of me and right now it looks like a shithole
It seems like stuff is coming in and nothing going out. And now the house is going to be tore up for a week or so with getting a new ceiling put in our family room.BTW......That is a standard countertop on the bench sitting on top of a piece of 3/4" MDF for strength. IF you plan on having a bench and doing a lot of work on it, go at least 30"-32" deep. A 24" deep bench is not really deep enough for doing some things. An extra 6" makes a world of difference.
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pepi
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Darn no one drew the lines around the tools, how is a guy going to know where things go. Peg board is hilarious to me, gram pa's Mechanics Illustrated March 1950 issue. Running from one side of the room to the other to grab tools, very funny. Put a big glass door over it and it could pass for a giant china cabinet
I also like the dust collection idea. It made me think of my old barber's shop. He did something very similar for hair collection where he had a shop vac in the back room, and then a hose that ran through a soffit up above the mirrors. Each barber station had it's own hose teed off of the main line with a switch to turn the vac on and off so they didn't have to keep running to the back to turn it on.
Yet another project to add to the "Garage to-do list" (it's a very long list right now).
Yet another project to add to the "Garage to-do list" (it's a very long list right now).
Devildogs
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Looks like the work bench of a seriously troubled individual. Someone call janet napolitano.
ez-duzit
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This sums it up nicely.
*Contrived* is as close to a compliment as I can come up with. The amateur designer is more concerned with making a fashion statement than a useful bench.
NOZZLEMAN
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It's called creativity and workmanship... it's an ideal the magazine and many who read stive for.
You "too cute for me" guys probably use a rock in the backyard for your workbench and the quality of your work reflects it
What a bunch of morons
You "too cute for me" guys probably use a rock in the backyard for your workbench and the quality of your work reflects it
What a bunch of morons
The originally posted bench is nice looking. Would it work for me, probably not. I can imagine where it shines in in these new fangled "mini" two car garages that are about 20'x20' so the front of the car can fit under the bench.
ez-duzit
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You made your workbench just like that, didn't you?My last shop had a 12 foot cantilevered bench out 24 inches. Just 2x4s angled up from the wall footer (no sheeting or insulation) and a 2x4 frame with chipboard on top. Beat the **** out of stuff and tossed Pontiac big block heads around on them for years. Never wiggled.
Current one has some big built-ins that come out 3 feet. Way too much space taken up. Going to tear them out and put in some cantilevered ones.
Current one has some big built-ins that come out 3 feet. Way too much space taken up. Going to tear them out and put in some cantilevered ones.
My first project for my new house was to build a shop bench.
It's 14 feet wide, 2 feet deep.
I really like the lower shelf. I was trying to figure out how to better utilize my supports area and you just gave me my answer!
God, I love this site.
A**holes Garage
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Kevin54
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That's how mine currently are in the garage. What i like about it is the fact that I can keep things swept up or blown out with the leafblower without things getting underneath of a bench. I've built three different types since I built my garage. The one with the most storage of course the bench that was 33" deep with doors on the front. I had it down one wall and it was maybe 20' long. I also had overheads to match. I built it with a toekick so nothing would get underneath. The bad thing was though that it would wick up a little water if I washed the garage out. I ended up giving it all to a friend of mine for his garage as he didn't have one cabinet in there.
My second set was two 8' long benches, 36" deep, with one shelf underneath. I had one on each side of the window in the garage and it gave me 16' of storage. I was never really satisfied with that style though.
The third and probably last is what I have now. I got in on the Gladiator deal a couple of years ago, and have 18 of the Gladiator overheads. Then I now have the cantilevered lower bench. On one side wall, the bench is 24' long, then on the front wall i have a 5' long bench that site a little higher and deeper than the sidewall bench. This is where the computer, catalogs, printer and such is at. I also picked up a 2' deep x 6' long office desk at the ReStore for $20. Not quite sure how I am going to utilize it though, and not real pleased with it. I plan on moving my mill and lathe over to the other side of the garage to open up some space on what was the large side of the garage before I tore the wall out dividing the garage. I want to add a 6' x 24' bumpout on the side of the garage, but that won't happen until probably next year.. Once I add the bumpout, then my three roller boxes will go into that area, and open up some more floorspace. I'd also like to do away with our outside shed, then add on to the back of the garage with maybe a 16' x 24' addition for cold storage and keep the tractors, snowblowers and all of the garden tools in there. I'll just have to see what next year brings on that.
But as far as benches, I have been very pleased with the cantilevered style. It's strong, it's easy to clean around now, and I don't have as many spiders, or so it seems, because they don't have as many places to hide. And I like the fact that I can scrub out the garage now with soap and water and don't have to worry about water wicking up on any wood.
I know this is waaaaaay old, but it is hillarious. I would have that bench on the ground too. Too much metal and auto work going on.
winnipegtibook
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All great ideas, and nice design. However, where does one put the toolbox IF this is the only wall you have for storage? That's the one thing I've been struggling with for a long time (making "due" with my Menard's Performax bench).
taumac
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This is a older pic before the remodel but bench still there just lower now
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I think the whole thing is creative and well thought out. Don't be discouraged by critics. Let them take the aspects they like, but if it works for you, more power to you. Keep thinking, I love it.This looks very cool. However, there's a lot of wasted space under the bench. Someone posted this before but I can't find it. However, thanks to Google's ability to crawl PDF's, I found a copy of the original article.
Article Link:
A bench full of useful features.
Bench:
ez-duzit
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That design loses a huge amount of potential storage. And places most of the illumination directly in your eyes.
It's probably because the original post is from 4 years ago and the link no longer works.
Look alike you might need to do some Google Fu in an attempt to find it again.
66354dream
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LMAO!!! this made me laugh, I can almost put a facial expression and tone of voice to some one saying that LOL!!!
not it's purpose , it's to show off the woodworkers skill, helps sell jobs, just like a car painter shows up at shows with a killer job..
ez-duzit
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The woodworker's design ability could be shown off to better effect by coming up with a much better design--one which is supported by the floor. 
Seriously, workbenches eventually get pounded on. That works best if the resisting force goes as directly as possible into earth.
Seriously, workbenches eventually get pounded on. That works best if the resisting force goes as directly as possible into earth.
Thanks for including me in your blog. Just in the planing stages for a new garage and looking for all the tips I can get, to optimize the available space. It will only be 20X20 or 24 hopefully with a covered lean-to on the side. Looking at a barn roof design with a hobby room in the attic. Is there a link to plans (maybe PDF) for this bench? Also considering some form of 'in floor' solar heating system to help offset the heating cost. Looking forward to reading ideas and revues of products I might use. Thanks again "Keg"
The link is in 3 or 4 posts in this thread, but here it is again:
http://prism2.mem.drexel.edu/~paul/handyman/wallHangingWorkBench.pdf
Looks like a 3rd-person scan directly from the article... the original authors would have probably tore the magazine apart to get a cleaner scan of it.
BTW, if you're going to emulate Frank's design, don't build under the breaker panel... that's a code violation.
Hello everyone...I am one of your newest members. I am a gal and I am 84, however I love working with wood. Pardon me gentlemen, While I must be truthful and admit I didn't read all your renderings, it sounds a little as if, perchance do I hear a little jealousy, both for the work he did and the dude himself. He is a good looking guy, perfect age, and he certainly produced a great looking workbench, with it appears, I wish I could enlarge the picture so that I could see all he has included. I am sure he has a place for most of his smaller power tools. Think of it this way gentlemen. I have a feeling looks do matter to many of you, and perhaps, either your girlfriend or wife might function better, instead of being so good looking!!!!
Bye for now. Look at the beauty and functionality of what the guy built instead of knocking so much.
Bye for now. Look at the beauty and functionality of what the guy built instead of knocking so much.
LS6 Tommy
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I always liked the looks of this one:
Those setups always look cool with everything on all hung up pretty, but I need lockable storage. I don't need all of my tools on display to the world whenever my garage door is open. It's nice to have them be there when I get home.
I will however, probably use some sort of pegboard or open wall storage when I set up my folding hobby/tinkering bench down in the boiler room.
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racer-john
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I keep getting a 404 error with the above web site.
jmiller_2308
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I keep getting a 404 error with the above web site.
Try this link: http://gallerijik.honor.es/gallery/WorkbenchIdeas_Cool.html
D1005
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I always liked the looks of this one:
It looks cool, no doubt about that, but those bins hidden high under the bench would be useless to me. Maybe 40 years ago they'd be ok, but not now. Looks is far less important to me, it's function, ease of function, that really counts. But that's just me....
After much searching, I was able to locate the original article and plans the the "cool workbench."
http://woodarchivist.com/1645-wall-hung-workbench-plan/
We just bought a new home for us in Fullerton, CA. The three car garage is totally empty and I'm kicking around the idea of building this style of workbench at the back of the 3rd garage bay. I'll post some pictures once I start my workbench project.
Donjamin
http://woodarchivist.com/1645-wall-hung-workbench-plan/
We just bought a new home for us in Fullerton, CA. The three car garage is totally empty and I'm kicking around the idea of building this style of workbench at the back of the 3rd garage bay. I'll post some pictures once I start my workbench project.
Donjamin
We bought our new home in July 2017 and then spent the next 5 months doing a complete gut job and bringing it back. I started my new garage remodel last July and had to put it on hold until we finished the house. I removed the old garage cabinets, patched all the holes and retextured the walls. We installed a restaurant style utility sink with FPR board on the wall. We then painted the walls a light gray. This past week I installed LED lighting and added an attic ladder to access a small crawl space above the garage to store our Christmas decorations and my plastic tubs of ShopSmith parts and other odd and ends of tools. I've also re-mudded all the ceiling drywall seams. This coming week I'll re-texture the ceiling and paint it a flat white. Then I'll get to start in making the work bench that this forum string is talking about. The reason I'm going to make it is that we have a 4" dryer vent exhaust line that runs along the back of the garage wall. The free standing design of the workbench, when mounted to the back garage wall will not interfere with the dryer vent line. As my wife says, the architect that designed our house must of been a man. Who would put the laundry room in the middle of a two story house with at least 20 feet in all directions before you get to an exterior wall. So, that is why this work bench design works for me. More details and pictures to follow.
