Lets see your workbench

[Pucman1]

More of what is normally looks like in the middle of sorting car parts....

[/url][/IMG]

No Frills here just wood and pegboard.....

[/url][/IMG]

 

[KnightDriveTV]

Hey all,

Love seeing all the great work benches and thought I would share one I just built from almost all scrap wood.

The top is an old counter top a friend gave me and the drawer handles are some old wrenches I had laying around along with some old bolts from my yard art 48 Ford truck.

Enjoy

That bench you built is pretty awesome

 

[schnutzy]

Not the prettiest, but it works. I wouldn't really recommend the T&G planks for a work surface, but given the limitations I had at the time, it worked. Hopefully soon I'll be replacing the work surface, at which point I'll install one of my bench vises as well.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

 

[16again]

Completed it this week. Need to install one of the vises and it will be done. For the time being. Lol


Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Completed it this week. Need to install one of the vises and it will be done. For the time being. Lol

Man, that looks stout. Where did you get the beefy corner brackets?

 

[Menifee Valley Speed Shop]

Completed it this week. Need to install one of the vises and it will be done. For the time being. Lol


Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

Very nice!

Sent from my LG-LS998 using Tapatalk

 

[16again]

Man, that looks stout. Where did you get the beefy corner brackets?

Believe it or not the Eastwood company via Amazon. Yes they are super stout!

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Believe it or not the Eastwood company via Amazon. Yes they are super stout!

Yikers! $165?! I guess they came from Eastwood!

 

[16again]

Yikers! $165?! I guess they came from Eastwood!

Money well spent! These things are super heavy duty. Made assembly very easy. Last bench I used the Simpson Strong Ties. These are much heavier duty.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

You can find the name brand versions of a lot of Eastwood stuff for a good bit less money...

Tommy

 

[16again]

You can find the name brand versions of a lot of Eastwood stuff for a good bit less money...

Tommy

No doubt, BUT as I said, money well spent.

 

[tarmy]

Money well spent! These things are super heavy duty. Made assembly very easy. Last bench I used the Simpson Strong Ties. These are much heavier duty.

Your next toy to buy is a good welder to make stuff like that from now on...

 

[oldwino]

It’s messy but it’s mine

 

[JRC3]

It’s messy but it’s mine

If it aint messy, that means it doesn't get used.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

If it aint messy, that means it doesn't get used.

Not necessarily. Some people are neat. Like Jack for example.

 

[Loose Ctrl]

I have been known to stop work and neaten things up. I always take care of my tools and equipment, and put them away promptly after I am done with them.

 

[budget76]

Need to get some pics, but I've gotten on a kick lately in both my woodshop and garage of getting everything off the floor I can. This means cantilevering most of my benches and shelves off the wall, with minimal legs on the floor, some even at angles into the corner of the wall instead of straight down. I hate moving things to sweep or blow out the areas. Also trying to make things on wheels and movable for cleaning too.

One of the garage benches is just 3/4 ply topped. Once done flooring the house I'm probably going to nail down some spare Engineered Hardwood on it just to make it a little nicer to work on.

 

[BigBoreFan]

Threw this together in the last few weeks.

Looks good.

Did the height of the Menards cabinets match the US General boxes, or did you have to modify the Menards cabinet to match?

I'd like to do something similar, maybe use a couple of the Masterforce bottom chests, but I think there is a pretty big difference in height of the cabinets and the chests. I have a 176" wall I want to cover. Maybe I need to visit Harbor Freight and Menards with my tape measure.

How do you like the Meanrds cabinets? My usage would be general storage, not heavy tools and I don't need a bench to pound on, just a work surface.

 

[CJseven]

The bottom “cabinet” isn’t a premade box. I framed out the cabinet my self and just used the Menards doors and a end cap to match the uppers. I cut the two doors to the width I wanted and the end cap was also a large cabinet door cut to the hight I wanted, planning on a single bowl stainless sink in the top. The work surface is 39” high a bit taller then there bottom cabinets, as for durability they seem to be doing just fine for my intended use of a work surface for small parts and such. I have steel tables and such for pounding on.

 

[BigBoreFan]

The bottom “cabinet” isn’t a premade box. I framed out the cabinet my self and just used the Menards doors and a end cap to match the uppers. I cut the two doors to the width I wanted and the end cap was also a large cabinet door cut to the hight I wanted, planning on a single bowl stainless sink in the top. The work surface is 39” high a bit taller then there bottom cabinets, as for durability they seem to be doing just fine for my intended use of a work surface for small parts and such. I have steel tables and such for pounding on.

thanks for the reply

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

...I wouldn't really recommend the T&G planks for a work surface,...soon I'll be replacing the work surface,

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Why not just tack down some tempered hardboard to eliminate the grooves. cheap, fast and will work great!

 

[Spanner]

It’s a bit of a mash up of bench’s but I can’t justify ripping out these and replacing them at this moment in time.


Tool Junkie!!!

 

[joshhouse]

Just finished up the bulk of the build on this yesterday. Went from a 35 inch Kobalt top/bottom tool chest to this set-up. The workbench is a 2x4 frame topped off with 5/4” deck planks, then 3/4 ply on top of that (just trying to use up random left-over lumber I already had. I think it’ll do any job I need it to.

Still have some more trim work to do, need to find a way to mount my vise with some kind of “quick disconnect” mechanism so that I can easily remove it when needed (please pass along any ideas!!!), and get to Tractor Supply so I can get a nice rubber mat to cover the surface of the top. Then long-term, I need to paint it, plumb air, and run a PVC line behind the bench so I can hook up a shop vac and just connect the hose to a port behind the bench. Yeah, I know, I shoulda done the air/vacuum when building it, but I’m in a bit of a time-crunch.

 

[Black300zx]

^^ have you seen the many variations of trailer-hitch receivers used to make a removable voce mount?

 

[joshhouse]

^^ have you seen the many variations of trailer-hitch receivers used to make a removable voce mount?

Thank you for the suggestion Black300zx. I think those are really nifty set-ups. Unfortunately, I don’t have the welding skill or equipment to fab something like that out of steel. I guess I could bolt a receiver onto the bench somewhere... food for thought, for sure.

I was thinking maybe I would use some “T-nuts” to mount the vise, then I could remove the bolts when I need the vise gone. The benefit of that would be that the nuts are embedded in the hole, and I don’t have to fiddle with it so much when re-mounting the vise once I’m done with whatever project I need the space for.

In all honesty, I probably won’t ever remove the vise, but I like to have options, haha. Traditional nuts and bolts would work fine, there’s just very little clearance to get my fingers up under the top to thread the nuts on, then get a wrench in there to get counter torque when tightening the bolts.

 

[Black300zx]

Thank you for the suggestion Black300zx. I think those are really nifty set-ups. Unfortunately, I don’t have the welding skill or equipment to fab something like that out of steel. I guess I could bolt a receiver onto the bench somewhere... food for thought, for sure.

I was thinking maybe I would use some “T-nuts” to mount the vise, then I could remove the bolts when I need the vise gone. The benefit of that would be that the nuts are embedded in the hole, and I don’t have to fiddle with it so much when re-mounting the vise once I’m done with whatever project I need the space for.

In all honesty, I probably won’t ever remove the vise, but I like to have options, haha. Traditional nuts and bolts would work fine, there’s just very little clearance to get my fingers up under the top to thread the nuts on, then get a wrench in there to get counter torque when tightening the bolts.

I'm in the same situation. I think I'm going to use the hex drive threaded inserts that they make for wood:

Everbilt 1/4 in.-20 tpi Solid Brass Wood Insert Nut (2-Pack)
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbil...Brass-Wood-Insert-Nut-2-Pack-818798/204806598

I always have issues with t-nuts falling out of their hole over time

 

[Yarz]

Thank you for the suggestion Black300zx. I think those are really nifty set-ups. Unfortunately, I don’t have the welding skill or equipment to fab something like that out of steel. I guess I could bolt a receiver onto the bench somewhere... food for thought, for sure.

Bolt on ones are readily available:

 

[67CarGuy]

Man, this is an awesome time machine! It's taken me a few weeks off-and-on to read my way through this entire thread, and there's a wealth of great ideas and spectacular execution here. Yes, many of us have "simple" benches of 2x4s and plywood (like yours truly!), but some of you have taken this to an art form!

I'll get some photos of mine up in a bit... thanks all!

 

[m6z]

What are these called?

 

[k-os]

What are these called?

Threaded Insert.

https://www.ezlok.com/threaded-inserts-for-wood

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

It’s a bit of a mash up of bench’s but I can’t justify ripping out these and replacing them at this moment in time.


Tool Junkie!!!

A mash up works if it works for you!

May I suggest something? Paint the base of the wood bench in a dark red to match the other two benches and it'll look less like a "mash up" and more like a planned set up.

 

[simnil]

Hi all. First post for me!

Thought I'd share some pics of my monster of a bench =)
I was fortunate to be able to buy it, (for scrap value), from work when they refurbished the part of the factory where it had been standing since the day it was made, (was probably made in-house in the 70's)

Table top is a 2x1m 40mm thick steel plate, legs are 100x100x6mm square tubes and the "ribs" are 16mm strips of steel plate. Estimated weight is roughly 800kg. Unsurprisingly it has not been necessary to bolt it down to make it stand still

 

[turbowoodworker]

Wow. Now that is a table!
Welcome to GJ, love the setup. 40 mm top!

 

[jollygreengiant]

I just finished putting this together on the weekend. This my very first workbench, and after working out of a too short storage shed for years, and for the last few months out of a wheelbarrow, it feels awesome to finally have a real workbench!

The frame is made from 2x4's, while the bottom shelf and the top is made from 2-1/4" x 7-1/2" by 12' hardwood planks. All the lumber is from salvaged sources, either from around my property or from work, so the only thing I had to pay for was some screws.

The planks do have a slight curve to them, so some day I'll likely take a hand planer to them and then paint them so it doesn't look like christmas lol.

 

[smackey05]

Here's my basement workbench. Mainly use for small car projects and bike maintenance.

 

[67CarGuy]

As promised, here's my humble workspace. Basement workshop. It's been cleaned up a bit since this photo, but it doesn't really feel like it... This is more room than I have in my garage, too...

 

[mc4life27]

I'm in the same situation. I think I'm going to use the hex drive threaded inserts that they make for wood:

Everbilt1/4 in.-20 tpi Solid Brass Wood Insert Nut (2-Pack)
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbil...Brass-Wood-Insert-Nut-2-Pack-818798/204806598

I always have issues with t-nuts falling out of their hole over time

Depending o. The size of your vise and what your doing with it but I would never use 1/4 nuts and bolts to bolt down and type of vise I would be using. I try and use at least 3/8 if not 7/16 but perfect 1/2. But I’m also using the little mountable hitch receiver


Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

 

[Spanner]

A mash up works if it works for you!



May I suggest something? Paint the base of the wood bench in a dark red to match the other two benches and it'll look less like a "mash up" and more like a planned set up.

Cheers, I have some downtime coming over the next couple of months so I will have a go at that.


Tool Junkie!!!

 

[Black300zx]

Depending o. The size of your vise and what your doing with it but I would never use 1/4 nuts and bolts to bolt down and type of vise I would be using. I try and use at least 3/8 if not 7/16 but perfect 1/2. But I’m also using the little mountable hitch receiver


Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

1/4in just happened to be the first link that I found for that type of insert. Yes, choose the correct size for your vise

 

[Wardmoto]

Just got done with it this past Sunday. Thanks SteveO...!!!