Ebay Score

[Lippyp]

I was going to build my own workbenches, I've even saved a couple of old inch thick hardwood desktops to use as tops. However, I had a bit of cash come my way and so I had a squint at ebay to see what I could find. Anyway, today I scored two really heavy duty steel framed workbenches, 6' long by 2' 6" deep, tops are 2 x 8 timber with a sheet of 3mm steel on top frame is hefty steel angle with a built in steel cupboard (galvanised sheet) and a shelf underneath the rest. These things are ****** heavy and moving them on and off my trailer was interesting to say the least. Plan is to stash one until I get the floor relaid in the workshop end and the other is going in the end I'm using to work in now. Gonna get a cleanup, wire wheel the top to get rid of some patches of surface rust and then shoved against the end wall, my big Olympia double headed vise mounted and my little benchtop drill press too. Got to shift some stuff around and lose an old cupboard first to make some space.

The price? £140 the pair, I'm pretty sure I couldn't make them for that just in materials.

Crappy phone pics, sorry.

 

[bgarrett]

nice

 

[CNGsaves]

Nice score . . . . those ARE definitely heavy duty !!

Could even fab up some sliding doors so that storage space underneath would stay dust free.

 

[Garage Coffee Roaster]

Great find.

A little sanding and paint and you have some great benches.

Jim

 

[ChevyEFI]

Looks like sturdy stuff. I like them, but they are short on drawers for storage.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Nice score.

 

[Lippyp]

I quite like the idea of boxing in the open area, some 4mm ply for the back and sides and then make some sliding doors. I'm not bothered about drawers, I need space to store big stuff like my welders etc.

 

[Bib Overalls]

A good workbench is important if you want to do good work. You are double lucky.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

£140 is $224 US. Kinda pricey but they are solid benches. I'm so use to getting scrapped stuff from work, that having to buy something like that seems expensive. Its all in what is available.

Boxing them in is good, keeps stuff from falling off the back or sides underneath, and keeps whatever is stored there cleaner.

Charles