Lets see your workbench

[WinonaRail]

My 22X96" beech joiner bench, my shop help, and my 1/2" plate welding table/fab bench

Do you have more pics of this bench and the shop it's in? Thanks!

 

[Trapps]

I sat on the top and it's super sturdy!
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Looking great Matthew!

 

[CJseven]

I just picked up a 44 and 26 base cabinets from HF to start my bench, hung the cabinets over the past week.

 

[Kevkx125]

I just picked up a 44 and 26 base cabinets from HF to start my bench, hung the cabinets over the past week.

Need pics sounds cool

 

[CJseven]

Not much right now, but I do have the boxes unpacked and starting to remove the drawers. The big box still needs the casters removed and start building the frame of the bench. I originally was going to use 2 46” husky chests I had bought but decided the drawers were to deep and would waist a lot of storage for the type of tools I will have in this area, so I will use them along with a older 52” top and bottom craftsman box for the larger stuff in other areas of the shop. I’m going to due a 90 degree bench top with the boxes on the left end and a sink with a base cabinet on the right end of the other wall. That will give me a small clear corner for a stool to set at the workbench when needed. All this is in front of my 2 post lift.

 

[Kevkx125]

Looks good so far, thanks for the reply

 

[zmotorsports]

Just got mine cleaned off last night. First time it's been completely free and clear of parts from my son's latest Jeep project in almost 2 years.

 

[lis2323]

Just got mine cleaned off last night. First time it's been completely free and clear of parts from my son's latest Jeep project in almost 2 years.

Beauty![emoji481]

 

[zmotorsports]

Beauty![emoji481]

Thank you.

 

[mbryson]

Adjustable feet, quick detach vise, 3/8" top, 3x3 legs. It's stout. These are the feet and nut plates for the legs.

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@cazador

You may answer this later in the thread but those are awesome feet. Do you have a source for those?

3/4 10 thread 3" jig head machine leveling feet with rubber bottom. Made the nut plates out of 3" x 3/16 strap and tig welded the nut. Not filler rod that's why there is some undercut. If I can find the link I'll post it.

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As I suspected, someone else already asked. Here's the source.

 

[1MtnGoat]

McMaster.com sells them. Here's link https://www.mcmaster.com/feet

 

[Kevkx125]

Just put this together, this is what a clean bench looks like.

 

[CZ Eddie]

Thanks everyone for the ideas!
It helped me create my bench.
Or phase #1 of it anyhow.
Phase #2 will include pull-out drawers for a zinc-plating station, which will add additional side-bracing as a result.

I accidentally made it 10' long instead of the planned 8' long.
That's because I made the last second decision to buy 2x4x10 instead of 2x4x8, and then promptly forgot I did that.

So you'll see where I had to cut it down to size and brace the "splice".

I put a light roundover on the top using my router. Very glad I did this.

Last pic is after "natural" stain and three coats of natural polyurethane on the top (one coat everywhere else).

The retractable wheels are AMAZING. Got those from here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V6X2LNB/?tag=atomicindus08-20

The bench is very heavy but rolls like crazy on these wheels.

Need to decide on how to install my bench vice.
And come up with a system to swap in/out my other things like saw and bench grinder.
I want each to be able to be mounted to a plate, and have that plate interchangeable on the top somehow.

 

[arizonajack]

Here's mine. Simple, effective.

 

[drivesitfar]

AJ: simple works!!

CZ: how about cutting a hole in the top of the bench and making mountings for your grinder, vise(s) and other tools that drop in sort of like this vise does on this metal bench?

or maybe a hitch type mount out of wood? or metal?

is that 1.25 inch thick plywood on top of your new wood bench?

nice design and thanks for posting up some of the during pix for those members that would like to make a good work bench.

 

[CZ Eddie]

CZ: how about cutting a hole in the top of the bench and making mountings for your grinder, vise(s) and other tools that drop in sort of like this vise does on this metal bench?

or maybe a hitch type mount out of wood? or metal?

is that 1.25 inch thick plywood on top of your new wood bench?

Thanks, that's a neat idea.

The plywood top is two sheets of 5/8" stacked.
I did not glue the top to the bench frame, just in case I might someday need to replace it.
I got that idea from reading this thread.

But the entire frame is definitely glued & screwed all the way around.

 

[jgreg65]

Tore out the old one and went with a Icon workbench toolbox. Now just waiting on the 97Lb stainless steel top.

 

[Lucky13driver]

I built this one about a year ago.


Here's a link to my workbench build
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=408820

 

[mc4life27]

Funny, it looks pretty bad in the pictures, but it's not that noticeable in person. I was more OCD about the screw heads being straight, lol.

Lol yeah they tend to do that in pictures but great looking bench and gave me some ideas for mine. Yeah I’m ocd in the screws too I don’t care if the are vertical or horizontal just as long as they are all the same. I tend to have them all going vertical though.


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[jfish]

I've been following this thread for years.

Longer than I've been trying to build my work bench. It's current evolution. In all its disastrous glory.

 

[jfish]

Well. I tried. And once again I can't seem to get pictures to work.

 

[JRC3]

I've been following this thread for years.

Longer than I've been trying to build my work bench. It's current evolution. In all its disastrous glory.

Imgur...Gotta drop the "s" in https.

 

[jfish]

Imgur...Gotta drop the "s" in https.

I swear I thought I tried that!

Thanks!

Fixed!

 

[JRC3]

I swear I thought I tried that! Thanks! Fixed!

It's frustrating AF sometime with imgur and TGJF.

 

[CJseven]

I've been following this thread for years.

Longer than I've been trying to build my work bench. It's current evolution. In all its disastrous glory.

That’s a shame, I can’t believe you actually use your bench and keep it looking like. [emoji16][emoji16] a lot of them look to be a show piece.

 

[Tundra]

I've been following this thread for years.

Longer than I've been trying to build my work bench. It's current evolution. In all its disastrous glory.

Nice setup

 

[348guy]

I've been following this thread for years.

Longer than I've been trying to build my work bench. It's current evolution. In all its disastrous glory.

Nice setup. Are those grey cabinets wood or metal? If not homemade, where did you get those?

 

[jfish]

That’s a shame, I can’t believe you actually use your bench and keep it looking like. [emoji16][emoji16] a lot of them look to be a show piece.

I use it for any and everything and it's a catch all magnet for any and all ****.

This was not to long ago. The pictures I posted the other day were after an hour of putting my **** away.

Nice setup

Thanks! I'm constantly massing with it and fine tuning as I use the space. I've taken things apart and moved things 100 times it seems.

Nice setup. Are those grey cabinets wood or metal? If not homemade, where did you get those?

The cabinets are wood. Pretty basic MDF construction. A preschool/day care operated out of a church space. Someone had built all these cabinets on site. The pre School was moving or closing and the cabinets wound up on Craigslist. "Make offer. You remove and haul, must go".

Just by dumb luck I was the first person to show up the next day with cash. There is another set of 8' tall cabinets that match what you see here on another wall. $100.

 

[jeffmoss26]

looks good!

 

[sberry]

One thing about salvage it a guy doesn't get so invested it that he minds some fine tuning as was suggested above. I got to nitpick mine from time to time or the clutter all looks alike and I can't find the tape or drill bit I just set down. I got it easy enough to put away it's often easier to get it again vs wade thru it all. I got to line item and walk the last of it off a piece at a time.
The vise bench I can tolerate some clutter but my main/fab one is a constant battle to keep clear.

 

[StRacerDuke]

I mostly finished my fabrication bench and my butcher block bench this past weekend. The Fabrication bench is a wedtables.com 3x4' 3/16" pro bench with legs. I cut it down about 3" so it matches the height of all my other work surfaces. I added a swag tool holder, a receiver for my 8" vice or anything else I need to plug into it. Works pretty well. I used it to build some materials racks over my welders.

 

[Spanner]

I mostly finished my fabrication bench and my butcher block bench this past weekend. The Fabrication bench is a wedtables.com 3x4' 3/16" pro bench with legs. I cut it down about 3" so it matches the height of all my other work surfaces. I added a swag tool holder, a receiver for my 8" vice or anything else I need to plug into it. Works pretty well. I used it to build some materials racks over my welders.

Awesome looking workbench and workshop, it’s absolutely spotless well done.


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[Tundra]

nice shop

 

[Dentaltec]

The more **** I buy, the more I forget where it is. Am I alone?

 

[JRC3]

The more **** I buy, the more I forget where it is. Am I alone?

Pft, get back to me when you have doubles and even triples and still can't find it. LOL

 

[Tundra]

The more **** I buy, the more I forget where it is. Am I alone?

Not at all.

 

[ducatithunder]

I mostly finished my fabrication bench and my butcher block bench this past weekend. The Fabrication bench is a wedtables.com 3x4' 3/16" pro bench with legs. I cut it down about 3" so it matches the height of all my other work surfaces. I added a swag tool holder, a receiver for my 8" vice or anything else I need to plug into it. Works pretty well. I used it to build some materials racks over my welders.

What brand cabinets and toolboxes are these?

 

[quadrcr87]

I mostly finished my fabrication bench and my butcher block bench this past weekend. The Fabrication bench is a wedtables.com 3x4' 3/16" pro bench with legs. I cut it down about 3" so it matches the height of all my other work surfaces. I added a swag tool holder, a receiver for my 8" vice or anything else I need to plug into it. Works pretty well. I used it to build some materials racks over my welders.

Awesome job on the garage. Really like the simple layout and the tile flooring. Any details in a build thread?

 

[StRacerDuke]

What brand cabinets and toolboxes are these?

The ones in the above pictures are all Newage. On the other side is a Bendpak 2 post lift and a DragonFire bench.

Awesome job on the garage. Really like the simple layout and the tile flooring. Any details in a build thread?

Not yet. It's been on my to-do list for a few months now. Depending on my free time I may do a build thread and put together a video of all the short build clips I took during the process and a final reveal.

 

[ducatithunder]

The ones in the above pictures are all Newage. On the other side is a Bendpak 2 post lift and a DragonFire bench.

Thanks. How do you like the dragon fire unit? Worth the 3K?