Lets see your workbench

[jim]

bagged89s10, do you know who made or the brand name of the black chest with red drawers in your picture? Jim

 

[bagged89s10]

bagged89s10, do you know who made or the brand name of the black chest with red drawers in your picture? Jim

Servistar tool chest

 

[jim]

thanks jim

 

[tknice]

Here's mine:

 

[UserNameAttempt3]

^ VERY NICE! Is everything hanging up with french cleats? Do those rolling cabinets stay pretty still? I might steal this idea as it's super cheap looking.

 

[bagged89s10]

Here's mine:

^ VERY NICE! Is everything hanging up with french cleats? Do those rolling cabinets stay pretty still? I might steal this idea as it's super cheap looking.

Very nice looking.
I wanted to use the French cleat system but I didn't have a table saw. Now I have a table saw, and I don't know if I have room for the French cleat system anymore. It's definitely awesome and inexpensive way to have a modular storage system.

 

[tknice]

^ VERY NICE! Is everything hanging up with french cleats? Do those rolling cabinets stay pretty still? I might steal this idea as it's super cheap looking.

Thanks! I finally have enough room with a recent addition to the garage to have some working space so it's been exciting. The rolling cabinets don't move at all when you have the wheel locks on and yes, those are french cleats--pretty easy to make as well. It's nice to have the flexibility to move things around and basically make whatever shelves, holders, or custom "anything" you need.

You can see in the wide shot that I made a shelf to hold the compressor. It used to be at the far end of the bench by the door until my wife complained that it rattled all of the dishes in the kitchen which is on the other side of the wall. haha. DOH! Now the compressor sits on the floor and the shelf got moved over to the left to hold tablesaw parts and a few saw blades. haha.

Very nice looking.
I wanted to use the French cleat system but I didn't have a table saw. Now I have a table saw, and I don't know if I have room for the French cleat system anymore. It's definitely awesome and inexpensive way to have a modular storage system.

Thanks Bagged... Yeah, I found a good deal on a bosch jobsite tablesaw and it's been more than good enough for everything I need. I'm gonna put cleats up on the back wall as well for lawn tools and stuff. You're right about inexpensive and can't beat the custom aspect either!

 

[jsharpphoto]

Here's mine:

Is that the 8" tekton vise?

 

[glockman]

OJ: Thanks for the tip on Sakurama - he has a great thread on ADVrider - we've both been members of the Orange Crush there forever [emoji481]

I have a Sprinter build thread on ADVrider as well that has over a million views:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=715683

...so I need to decide if I have time to do more than one build thread

[emoji481]

Small world. I've got a DR 650 and a xc300. I've followed your sprinter thread on advrider. Also an avid mtn biker. Good to see you have a nice place to store that ktm you weren't in Moab this weekend were you? There was a sweet flat green sprinter at one of the trailheads. First thing I thought of was your van.

 

[hal1]

These various rolling cabinets, like the Husky, are okay for placing a 10 foot Formica countertop across, right. It's okay to reast it on the raise lip at the top?

 

[hal1]

I always thought that a 8 of 10 ft length of formica counter top wojuld make a perfect benchtop but I hardly see any here. Is there something I'm missing about it's usefulness? Or is it that people are building tops themselves that are less expensive.

I just think it gives it a cool finished look. Or does it look ghetto?

 

[Cato]

Here's my current set up. I just finished the small red woodworking bench.

 

[Bob Heine]

I always thought that a 8 of 10 ft length of formica counter top wojuld make a perfect benchtop but I hardly see any here. Is there something I'm missing about it's usefulness? Or is it that people are building tops themselves that are less expensive.

I just think it gives it a cool finished look. Or does it look ghetto?

18 years ago I installed cheap kitchen cabinets in the garage and set two Formica counter-tops on them (a 6-foot and an 8-foot). I like them because they are relatively cheap and they clean up easy. It's impervious to just about everything. When I spill epoxy on it, a quick wipe with acetone and it's gone. If the epoxy sets up. a razor blade takes care of the residue.

The only thing I don't do on the counter-tops is weld steel or aluminum but they've seen quite a bit of copper pipe sweating.

Yes, almost everything I do is kind of ghetto or at least red-neck (note the trash compactor/can crusher and window A/C unit).

 

[1/2 Cup]

18 years ago I installed cheap kitchen cabinets in the garage and set two Formica counter-tops on them (a 6-foot and an 8-foot). I like them because they are relatively cheap and they clean up easy. It's impervious to just about everything. When I spill epoxy on it, a quick wipe with acetone and it's gone. If the epoxy sets up. a razor blade takes care of the residue.

The only thing I don't do on the counter-tops is weld steel or aluminum but they've seen quite a bit of copper pipe sweating.

Yes, almost everything I do is kind of ghetto or at least red-neck (note the trash compactor/can crusher and window A/C unit).

Looks fantastic Bob

 

[lowspeed_highdrag]

Here is my current work bench. It's pretty solid, I framed it using 2x4 supports every 6 or so inches. I have since replaced some of the legs with better lumber as they were starting to split. I have also added quite a few more tools...Milwaukee of course....and had to make room on the pegboard. It has an electrical strip and three lights on it, which are nice for when I pull all nighters cleaning guns.



I am currently building a heavy duty bench using 4x4's and lags. I plan to put a vice and synthetic work space on it. I plan to build the lower shelf in the same manner but forego the top pegboard part.

 

[gtcs]

This is my workbench in the house. Yes my wife lets me have a workbench in the house...

This is in my reloading room, but it gets used for a lot of toy, house, eyeglass, and jewelry repairs. The top is 2 layers of lowes 3/4 'hardwood' ply on top of a piece of 3/4 cdx. The press and vise are mounted on inserts that slide in and out, I made several blank inserts when I made the top so I can swap out presses or just have a flat top.

Other than the sheet of crapwood from lowes everything else up there was repurposed from something I had laying around.

 

[dcmus]

18 years ago I installed cheap kitchen cabinets in the garage and set two Formica counter-tops on them (a 6-foot and an 8-foot). I like them because they are relatively cheap and they clean up easy. It's impervious to just about everything. When I spill epoxy on it, a quick wipe with acetone and it's gone. If the epoxy sets up. a razor blade takes care of the residue.

The only thing I don't do on the counter-tops is weld steel or aluminum but they've seen quite a bit of copper pipe sweating.

Yes, almost everything I do is kind of ghetto or at least red-neck (note the trash compactor/can crusher and window A/C unit).

Looks great to me! Ihave a 10 foot formica kitchen top for one bench. Haven't put it in service yet but believe it will be fine for my purpose.....layout/inspection for my machining hobby.

 

[rt dak]

A little progress. Gotta get some stands for my grinder and buffer.

 

[Cato]

A little progress. Gotta get some stands for my grinder and buffer.

That bench has some character! I love your screwdrivers, too!

 

[cbracer]

Here's a picture of mine. Still needing a few more finishing touches but almost done. Two drawers and two pull out bottoms on wheels.

 

[ryolse]

Here's mine that I slapped together last night so I could have some more useful space around my HF 44" box.

 

[flat tire]

 

[Beenman]

Some people on here will go into spaz mode with such a messy work bench, but I find this very interesting. Looks like lots of work gets done on this here bench....

 

[Iroc-Z]

I feel like no mater what I have broken I could fix it on this bench.

 

[wes73]

That's alot of $$$$ in copper scrap! I pulled some 3" copper out of my place and scrapped it when i switched to PVC through a remodel.

A little progress. Gotta get some stands for my grinder and buffer.

 

[GRX]

I feel like no mater what I have broken I could fix it on this bench.

My thought exactly.

 

[JimbosGarage]

Here is my welding table, that I can double to create extra space for big projects

 

[jmiller_2308]

Workbenches are made from craigslist office furniture stripped and painted to match my hunter green master force tool chests which just happen to be in the other garage still.

Diamond plate will eventually cover the bottom 5.5" as well as act as mud board along the walls.

Tops are 2 layers of 3/4" plywood covered with 14 gauge steel. I just got the steel today.



All is well and good except I didn't want to spring the extra $'s for stainless but when I picked up the tops today the bluing of the cold rolled was a lot darker than I anticipated. I really like shiny metal so I decided I'd go after the bluing with my belt sander - DANG! I spent 6 hours and many belts to just get the top surface of 1/2 of the large bench shiny but not yet polished.

I went as coarse as 36 to start and although it ate the bluing it clogged up quickly. I moved up to 80 and it worked to take the bigger scratches out but didn't do much to the bluing. Eventually I'll go to 120 to try to get a nice polish on it with minimal scratches.

Does anybody have any suggestions for how to get the bluing off easier and hopefully quicker?





BTW: This bench will be used and will get dinged up so it doesn't have to be perfect but I would like it to look good to start.

 

[TheJudge]

Jmiller, That is a really nifty idea with the office cabinets for tool and material storage. I really dig that idea man. Are they just a generic style steel office cabinet?

 

[dittle fart around]

Workbenches are made from craigslist office furniture stripped and painted to match my hunter green master force tool chests which just happen to be in the other garage still.

Diamond plate will eventually cover the bottom 5.5" as well as act as mud board along the walls.

Tops are 2 layers of 3/4" plywood covered with 14 gauge steel. I just got the steel today.



All is well and good except I didn't want to spring the extra $'s for stainless but when I picked up the tops today the bluing of the cold rolled was a lot darker than I anticipated. I really like shiny metal so I decided I'd go after the bluing with my belt sander - DANG! I spent 6 hours and many belts to just get the top surface of 1/2 of the large bench shiny but not yet polished.

I went as coarse as 36 to start and although it ate the bluing it clogged up quickly. I moved up to 80 and it worked to take the bigger scratches out but didn't do much to the bluing. Eventually I'll go to 120 to try to get a nice polish on it with minimal scratches.

Does anybody have any suggestions for how to get the bluing off easier and hopefully quicker?





BTW: This bench will be used and will get dinged up so it doesn't have to be perfect but I would like it to look good to start.

Use muriatic acid. It will strip most anything off the sheet metal. I bought galvanized cause it was the right thickness. Poured it on full strength and the galvanized drained off with the acid. You should use muriatic acid outside and downwind. This will knock you out.

 

[56vette461]

Also, the fumes will cause rust on any near by bare metal, so be careful what is near. You can end up with chemical rust everywhere.

 

[jmiller_2308]

Jmiller, That is a really nifty idea with the office cabinets for tool and material storage. I really dig that idea man. Are they just a generic style steel office cabinet?

yes. Luckily they were all from the same manufacture and drawers were inter-changeable so that I could arrange them how I wanted. Fully disassembling for paint was a bit of effort but I think they turned out pretty good.

 

[Mach5]

What brand of cabinets?

 

[jmiller_2308]

What brand of cabinets?

Sorry, I don't know. I got them off craigslist and there were no markings as to the original manufacture.

 

[clifftt]

Flat tire: that is one awesome bench!

 

[Lippyp]

That reminds me of my grandads shed. Oh and I have that same yellow flashlight you have hung up, somewhere!

 

[flat tire]

Flat tire: that is one awesome bench!

thanks
it's made from rough cut oak 2x4s and 2x6s

 

[gearhead64ac]

My build.
Harbor Freight Box
Simpson Strong Ties & 4x4 posts
4x4 posts
2x4 cross beams
3/4 finished plywood top and shelf
1x2 pine edging on top
Minwax Polyshades Antique Walnut Stain
36" height 24" depth 15' length

 

[jeffmoss26]

 

[dittle fart around]

That sure looks like a key cutting machine. Take it you're a locksmith?