Jeff Ivers
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I am a devout do-it-yourselfer and enjoy making something from nothing (or at least trying). My shop was built in 1991 after purchasing land on which to build a house. The shop was enclosed a year before the house was built and served as storage and staging area while the house was constructed. I am just now getting the interior of the shop finished a bit at a time.
The above picture is the first workbench, purchased as a kit, over 30 years ago. The original workbench had a plywood top, no shelves and no doors. The doors were made from a discarded grocery store display.
The second workbench was hand built to match the first in height and provide extra work space and storage. It was designed to accomodate the 4 metal filing drawers which were purchased salvage for 75 cents each.
Eventually I spanned both work benchs with a 2' by 8' sheet of 3/4" plywood and then had a piece of aluminum bent to form the top.
The above picture shows the wall decorations above my workbench. I have had the Sebring and Riverside posters since 1970. If you look close on the shelf above the workbench is a boombox (covered with a denim dust cover) that drives the restored drive-in theater speakers for sounds.
Opposite the workbench is my hardware department. The lower cabinet was made from scrap lumber form the house build, framed with 2"x4" lumber and topped with plywood and a rubber runner. The metal upper cabinets were picked up from an office furniture auction for $20 each (they were originally floor cabinets). If you look close under the metal upper cabinets, you will notice a square tube with beveled ends. That is a scrap of vinyl downspout and is where I store long levels and yardsticks.
Since I like to fab stuff with metal and do occasional woodworking, dust is a problem. The above cabinet was constructed to keep dust off some of the stuff stored on the walls. The doors are made like picture frames. The right one has an inserted piece of metal salvaged from an old metal entry door. Decals have been attached to magnetic sheeting and stuck to the insert.
Inside the cabinet is a metal grid salvaged from a hardware store discarded display and hooks that can be re-arranged on the grid as needed.
The above picture is the first workbench, purchased as a kit, over 30 years ago. The original workbench had a plywood top, no shelves and no doors. The doors were made from a discarded grocery store display.
The second workbench was hand built to match the first in height and provide extra work space and storage. It was designed to accomodate the 4 metal filing drawers which were purchased salvage for 75 cents each.
Eventually I spanned both work benchs with a 2' by 8' sheet of 3/4" plywood and then had a piece of aluminum bent to form the top.
The above picture shows the wall decorations above my workbench. I have had the Sebring and Riverside posters since 1970. If you look close on the shelf above the workbench is a boombox (covered with a denim dust cover) that drives the restored drive-in theater speakers for sounds.
Opposite the workbench is my hardware department. The lower cabinet was made from scrap lumber form the house build, framed with 2"x4" lumber and topped with plywood and a rubber runner. The metal upper cabinets were picked up from an office furniture auction for $20 each (they were originally floor cabinets). If you look close under the metal upper cabinets, you will notice a square tube with beveled ends. That is a scrap of vinyl downspout and is where I store long levels and yardsticks.
Since I like to fab stuff with metal and do occasional woodworking, dust is a problem. The above cabinet was constructed to keep dust off some of the stuff stored on the walls. The doors are made like picture frames. The right one has an inserted piece of metal salvaged from an old metal entry door. Decals have been attached to magnetic sheeting and stuck to the insert.
Inside the cabinet is a metal grid salvaged from a hardware store discarded display and hooks that can be re-arranged on the grid as needed.
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