Made my folding workbench

[john 65]

Heres some pics of my folding workbench. Just want to thank everyone who replied to last weeks thread for advice on making one. Sorry for the huge pics. John

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[wilbilt]

Very Nice!

 

[KCHOTBOAT]

Looks real good.

 

[72chevy]

Good work.
Looks great

 

[rotus7]

Looks good. Saw that bench posted in another thread and a link. Where did you get the springs and metal base channels?

 

[john 65]

Got the springs and aluminum strip from the home depot. Springs were 4.39 apeice and I think the metal was around 5 bucks. It was a 4ft strip. Got the door, lumber and hinges out of someones garbage. Going to dress it up with a stripe around the edge and that should do it.

 

[Raven1911]

So is the actual bench made out of lumber? What material is the top made out of?

 

[john 65]

The top is a 24" wide interior wood door and the rest are all 2x4's. The legs are hinged to a 2x4 along the edge of the door and the door is hinged to a 2x4 ledger lag screwed to the wall. The top looks thicker cause I added some 1x2's along the 2 sides to meet the front 2x4 but its basiclly an inch and a half thick door. Painted some black on the back wall so that area dont always look dirty.

 

[C_F]

That's a pretty good idea, for a cramped area.

 

[Giocatore]

Nice work and what a nice bench. After seeing your bench I want to make my own to solve my space issues. - My garage is 199 inches long but my car is 178 inches and that wouldn’t leave much space for a normal workbench.

First I thought about taking a normal work desk with electric motors to lift or lower the table, then fitting a real solid worktop. So when I didn’t use the table I could lift the table and drive the front of my car under the table. But those work desks are really expensive. – 1000$!

So how is the stability of this foldable table? It wouldn’t be pleasant if the table jumped up and down if you use it to nail some boards together with a hammer. - Of course you could use something to fix the legs into place.

But does the table have any negative sides to it compared to a normal workbench?

 

[zipper]

you have to clean it off every time you get done.LOL

 

[john 65]

Nice work and what a nice bench. After seeing your bench I want to make my own to solve my space issues. - My garage is 199 inches long but my car is 178 inches and that wouldn’t leave much space for a normal workbench.

First I thought about taking a normal work desk with electric motors to lift or lower the table, then fitting a real solid worktop. So when I didn’t use the table I could lift the table and drive the front of my car under the table. But those work desks are really expensive. – 1000$!

So how is the stability of this foldable table? It wouldn’t be pleasant if the table jumped up and down if you use it to nail some boards together with a hammer. - Of course you could use something to fix the legs into place.

But does the table have any negative sides to it compared to a normal workbench?

Giocatore, So far so good. I must admit I havent really pounded anything down on it yet but it feels sturdy and firm. It definitly feels heavy enough so the legs dont jump off the base. It has that 2x4 along the front bottom edge of the table to help weigh it down and add rigidity. If you really needed more support and weight you could always add another leg in the middle or extra hinges along the wall. I used 4 hinges coming off the ledger on the wall.It will get a lot of use as soon as the warm weather gets here. As far as comparing it to a regular bench goes I suppose nothing beats something sitting on the floor for strength and stability, and of course there arent any draws or storage either, but when space is an issue I dont think ya could go wrong. I really like it. Plus its kinda neat and clean.

Zipper, Thats about the only bad thing. lol Yup, ya gotta clear it off when finished.