Lets see your workbench

[Buffalot]

What is the cutout on the right side for?

 

[Originalspanksta]

What is the cutout on the right side for?

I assume it's for a future chair/stool...

 

[jzwhite]

3 lengths of conduit pull out from under the bench top. Large sheets of plywood, drywall, etc. can overlap. Set the circular saw so it does not cut into the conduit. the 2x4's support the work piec so it stays at the same level and does not fall after cut. Like having a saw horses off the side. Put casters on everything, that way you can move around the shop or outside so the saw dust etc. doesn't make a mess inside.

 

[icecactus]

Awsome idea!

 

[onelochevy]

What is the cutout on the right side for?

place to sit to clean my guns. plan to make a stool out of the huge crankshaft you can see in the background of one of the pics. I have a friend that works for Don Schumacher and that is one of their old cranks from a top fuel car.

 

[pattenp]

jzwhite, do you mind posting an underside picture of how the conduit is supported? I may steal your idea for a free standing wood working bench I have.

 

[Keithb11]

Great idea would love see what the under side looks like

 

[wnstwolf]

One that gets wheeled all over and one that will almost never move again:

 

[dandan111]

Jz, like that slide out. I may try that on one of mine. How did you fasten the conduit to the 2×4?

 

[jzwhite]

jzwhite, do you mind posting an underside picture of how the conduit is supported? I may steal your idea for a free standing wood working bench I have.

I'll get some underside pics in the next day or so. Glad you like it. About forget how the underside was put together. There are 2 sizes of conduit where a smaller size slips inside the one you see for guides. So check back I'll get some more info.

 

[HiccaBurp]

JZWHITE... great idea on slide out supports! Will use this idea/concept on my mobile work bench!! Thanks

 

[emeraldcoupe]

here's my bench. it's a little unorganized right now,lol

 

[JeremyManning]

emeraldcoupe nice drillpress

 

[emeraldcoupe]

emeraldcoupe nice drillpress

thanks. the pic makes it look like ****. it's really nice in person. all original paint,decals,etc.

 

[jzwhite]

Here are some underneath pics of the bench posted earlier. Hope that helps shows the construction details.

 

[pattenp]

jzwhite, thanks for the underside pictures. That helps a lot.

 

[don long]

I found this work bench at a trade show several years back I put it in
my old garage (this pic.)were I worked on it for 5 years
Now it is in my new garage but don't have any good pic,s yet

I saw these snap on tool boxes at the Indy 500
the next year and had to have them

 

[Wanna Ride]

I found this work bench at a trade show several years back I put it in
my old garage (this pic.)were I worked on it for 5 years
Now it is in my new garage but don't have any good pic,s yet

I saw these snap on tool boxes at the Indy 500
the next year and had to have them

That aint no gorage. Looks more like a la-boor-ah-tory.
Very nice, I'm envious.

 

[Kevin54]

3 lengths of conduit pull out from under the bench top. Large sheets of plywood, drywall, etc. can overlap. Set the circular saw so it does not cut into the conduit. the 2x4's support the work piec so it stays at the same level and does not fall after cut. Like having a saw horses off the side. Put casters on everything, that way you can move around the shop or outside so the saw dust etc. doesn't make a mess inside.

I found this work bench at a trade show several years back I put it in
my old garage (this pic.)were I worked on it for 5 years
Now it is in my new garage but don't have any good pic,s yet

I saw these snap on tool boxes at the Indy 500
the next year and had to have them

I like the idea with the conduit. I may just have to steal that one for later on.

The benches you show in the last picture.......are those lights in the front of the bench doors, or is it just the way the camera took the picture? The garage looks super though. Very nice indeed.

 

[don long]

hey kevin54
the work bench in the picture is well lit with lites above the benchs and below the benchs the long horizontal light is just that the closet is in the center of the between two benchs

thanks Don

 

[92GreenYJ]

I'll play. Here is my current bench I built several years ago in my Moms garage. I see lots of good ideas in this thread I will be borrowing in the fall when the wife and I buy a house and I get my two car garage at last. I have some great ideas for the new sectional bench, but here is what I have been working on for the past several years
Guess I don't have any of just the bench, just accidental inclusions while taking pics of other projects taking place on it

for my new one I am envisioning a sectional workbench with sections dedicated to specific tasks. Imagining a 20' wall to work with, I would do 4',4',6',6' with dividers of peg board between each section. first 4' section would be dedicated to hand loading and gun work, second would be for electrical and wiring projects, solder station, etc. 6' would be general stuff and the last 6' would be the welding table

 

[toy4whatever]

12 foot long, 30 inches wide, 35 inches tall

 

[WhiteLightning]

This thread gave me some good ideas for a work bench. Thanks!

 

[F-117HWK]

How much are these butcher block tops running yall and where are you getting them?

 

[wnstwolf]

I was able to nab 7 30"x60" slabs from a salvage auction. They have holes in them from previous users but for $100 for the lot I took em and ran!

 

[skooter_built]

Here are a few of the work bench's Ive been picking up at auction over the last few months for the house Im buying. These are going into the 30x25' garage once I get the house.

Stanley Vidmar with covered work station

Lista with stainless steel top covering the maple top

My "Cool box", This started as a stand up food cooler that I got for free. All heavy duty stainless steel construction. I gave it a flap wheel make over.

This I just bought yesterday: Heavy Duty Fabrication Table; in Good Condition, table measures 24" W x 10' L x 33 1/2" H. Top plate measures .900 thick, Legs and Support sections are made of 3" x 3" square tubing x 1/4" wall, bottom of each leg has a 4" x 6" Plate 1" thick with adjustment screws for leveling, steel top has been Blanchard ground on the top and bottom

I also have a 5' long stainless steel bar table with ice container, sink and spill tray that will be a bar and kegerator storage, a catering truck aluminum bodied with stainless steel top prep/storage station, a big all steel rolling bench with stainless top that came from the Fisher body plant and a Jesse James Mac toolbox.

I plan on cleaning up and repainting all the bench's black and polishing up the stainless steel. I want wall to wall work bench's all roughly the same height. The bonus with auctions are I got everything pretty cheap and they will last a lifetime.

 

[marty_p]

What is the cutout on the right side for?

I know it's a seating area in Post #600, but it would certainly hold a small BEvERage frig quite nicely!

Nice bench indeed, OneLoChevy!!!

 

[mtwaterguy]

My workbench project started out because of this purchase and a need to have a place to put it.

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While I was building the stand for the Craftsman Pro box I decided to add a couple of new workbenches, one 8' with wood top and one 12' with steel top. Here's the frame work on them.

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I purchased the wood top on a trip to PDX visiting family, and had a local supplier form the steel top. Here's what I ended up with. Now I need to concentrate on the walls and floor.

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[Linda@Lista]

Here are a few of the work bench's Ive been picking up at auction over the last few months for the house Im buying. These are going into the 30x25' garage once I get the house.

Lista with stainless steel top covering the maple top

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I'm liking the salvaged workbench!
Linda@Lista

 

[SpydyrWyr]

We just moved a few weeks ago, so I'm still getting settled in my new attached 2-car garage. It's not much, but I think it turned out pretty well. So, here's my $30, 3-hour workbench. It's 6' x 2' and solid as hell. I designed it to use only 1 sheet of plywood and (5) 8' 2x4's.

I climbed up and stood on it after I was done and it didn't so much as creak. I used pocket holes for everything b/c I got a Kreg jig with all my birthday Lowe's gift certs. You can't see a single fastener in the whole assembly.

 

[BBQ&Love]

We just moved a few weeks ago, so I'm still getting settled in my new attached 2-car garage. It's not much, but I think it turned out pretty well. So, here's my $30, 3-hour workbench. It's 6' x 2' and solid as hell. I designed it to use only 1 sheet of plywood and (5) 8' 2x4's.

I climbed up and stood on it after I was done and it didn't so much as creak. I used pocket holes for everything b/c I got a Kreg jig with all my birthday Lowe's gift certs. You can't see a single fastener in the whole assembly.

Nice job! I like the totes.

 

[skooter_built]

Here are a few of the work bench's Ive been picking up at auction over the last few months for the house Im buying. These are going into the 30x25' garage once I get the house.

Lista with stainless steel top covering the maple top

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I'm liking the salvaged workbench!
Linda@Lista

Well thank you very much! Its going to get a repaint and a clean up very soon. I like this work bench because of the 2 heavy duty sliding trays on the right side. Im going to make tool holders for them.

 

[bts]

I have just done a bit of and upgrade to my two oldest benches.

Built this one over 20 years ago. (90" long 33" deep 45" high)
3"x 1 1/2"x 5/32" rhs legs and frame.
Top is 3/4" marine plywood with a sheet of 1/8" zinc annealled over the top.

Just fitted the 9 draws I have made for it.

This ones about 17 years old.(75"x 33"x 39")
The top is a door off a Chubb safe (1/4" plate). Picked it up at a scrap yard when I was looking for something else.Welded on some 2" rhs legs and a lower shelf. Has served me well.

Before

After
7 draws for this one and an extra shelf.

Still a bit to do yet, but their in and they work. Might even paint it this time.

 

[Pynikal]

Moving to a larger garage in the end of July!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Heres mine.

50mm x50mm (2"x2") RHS Frame.

40mm (1 1/2") Oregon top with Tasmanian oak edge.

Measures 760mm (2ft6") x 1500mm (4ft11") x 915mm H (3FT)

Steve..

 

[moondog933]

work in progress

 

[scrappy600]

 

[HalfMoon]

work in progress

Either that's a miniature scale, or you've got some big wrenches!

Very nice long workspace, I like it.

 

[Moose02]

you know I was going to post to lets see your workbench but at the moment I'm in the process of trying to find it I have so much shi* in the 1 car garage. I'm sell the house now so I can build my 3 car and a workshop garage. I'll try and get a pic up so I can embarrass myself

 

[classicharleyj]

Just started on this one... still need to frame it underneath and put doors on it.
Jim