What's your workbench look like?

[TOOLFREEQ]

This is my workbench

 

[scrappy600]

My bench and my apprentice!

 

[chassell]

Where in Ireland are you? Got to visit Ireland this year. Was able to rent a motorcycle for the day in Dublin and go to the Wycliffe hills

 

[akdiesel]

This is my workbench

Nice set up. Do you actually use the creeper or is it just for looks?

 

[onelochevy]

 

[L84ARACE]

 

[akdiesel]

Thats a different wall approach. Nice touch. It threw me off and and I thought it was the tool shadows at first.

 

[L84ARACE]

Thats a different wall approach. Nice touch. It threw me off and and I thought it was the tool shadows at first.

Thanks it's corrugated metal painted red behind the work bench

 

[M K]

M_K...I love those old Retro Light Fixtures...

Those are long gone now. My shop was called a "rec room" when I bought this house. Was built in 69-70 and hadn't changed since then. Was a really dark and depressing place.

 

[scrappy600]

Where in Ireland are you? Got to visit Ireland this year. Was able to rent a motorcycle for the day in Dublin and go to the Wycliffe hills

I'm based in Kildare just South of Dublin, took me a while to figure out what the heck Wycliffe was and then realised you mean Wicklow hills! I do a lot of downhill mountain biking in Wicklow it's a beautiful place.

 

[judgeyoung]

There are those that work ON their shop, and those that work IN their shop... Unfortunately I fall into the latter category, that's why I can't get close enough to my bench to take a picture...

 

[Jarhead0408]

Same here.

L84ARACE, nice bench man, the lettering on the bottom looks great!

 

[bigbluthng]

here's mine so far. moved in a year ago and still trying to get it to where i like it. doesn't quite "flow" for me and i'm still undecided about the drawers and lower shelving. might rip the whole thing out and start fresh

 

[Bigwhite11]

The very first thing I built when I got in the new house!

https://sphotos-b.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/482909_10151041701381971_883940574_n.jpg

 

[mauls]

^^
What Kind of top is that? My new house is done Dec 12th and I'm going to make an L shaped work bench like that. Any Info would be great! Feel free to PM me if you would like.

 

[Bigwhite11]

It's 12" VCT. Here's a thread showing the process of the build.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170010

 

[mauls]

It's 12" VCT. Here's a thread showing the process of the build.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170010

Thanks buddy!

 

[Donmon]

Thats not a WORK bench - Thats a SHOW bench - Very nice!

 

[akdiesel]

Very nice. How deep is that stationary bench?

 

[alpinewhite]

Please provide more close-up pictures of the trim you added to the file cabinets. Thanks.

 

[Innes___Motors]

love it love it love it its thr right size and u can fit a motorbike in it thats what im looking for i need it for a msall garage

 

[DaleK]

Not entirely done yet but I'm using it. Going to put about a 3' length of 3/8 plate on the end with the blacksmith vise on it and plane the surfaces down so it's flush with the other end. Also have to fasten the leg on the vise and tidy things up a bit on the ends. Anvil will be moving onto a block of elm. Only things I didn't already have on hand were the consruction adhesive and threaded rod for putting the oak, elm and ash together for the surface.
Been accused of overkill by my wife which is obviously just slanderizing and blashpemy.

 

[Steevo]

That's not overkill, DaleK. You never know when you might need to put a full-grown adult African elephant on your workbench.

 

[DaleK]

Exactly! I already tested it with the front end of a 12,000 lb tractor

 

[brianh]

I posted this in fabrication a few weeks ago, its spruce that I milled last year with sapele keys in the top, the two leadscrew vise is red oak. It is for my woodworking projects my regular bench is a bit more crude.

With its latest project on it

 

[porschedude996TT]

^^^That is Cool^^^

I like the gear drive, what did you cut the gears with and how much abuse can they take. Look like you are into wood working only and would not normally tighten down on a project as much as a metalic or automotive project.

 

[Bunk]

I posted this in fabrication a few weeks ago, its spruce that I milled last year with sapele keys in the top, the two leadscrew vise is red oak. It is for my woodworking projects my regular bench is a bit more crude.

Woodworking projects...how about some fine dining? Beautiful table.

 

[BD1]

Awesome gear drive table ! Great table too ! You must have good tools and equipment to work with. The right bench makes it sooooo much easier!

 

[brianh]

The gears are red oak and the vise is only for wood the piece camped in it will not move, it gets tight.

The gears were cut on my cnc router with a simple gear cutting program.
http://woodgears.ca/gear/index.html

The program allows printing for those who want to manually cut them.

I do metal work too and may design some furniture incorporating both, I just milled 600 board feet of maple have to find a use for it.

 

[KSwiss]

That's awesome. Great job on the table and gear drive vise. Where did you get your inspiration? Another project, plans, or was it an idea you just came up with?

 

[brianh]

That's awesome. Great job on the table and gear drive vise. Where did you get your inspiration? Another project, plans, or was it an idea you just came up with?

I just came up with it, traditional woodworking vises usually do not run the whole length of the bench. I got the gear program a while ago and thought it would be a great application to use it on.

Half the fun is figuring things out.

The bench was just going to have a plain top, but while I was surfacing the top boards on the CNC router I decided to cut the keys while it was on the machine.

 

[tuner4life]

-Gorilla racks painted red under a yard sale laminate counter top.
-Retail style metal wire racking on the wall to hang tools from.
-Overhead shelf
-Still working on the tool organization, and it needs lights under the upper shelf.

 

[DaleK]

Nice job brianh. So the two gears at the ends are the only ones that tighten it looks like? The others are just there to transfer?

 

[Always_Thinkin]

Well here is my workbench. It is still not finished...you know how that goes.

 

[brianh]

Nice job brianh. So the two gears at the ends are the only ones that tighten it looks like? The others are just there to transfer?

Yes the three in the middle transfer.

 

[djjsr]

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[CT2012]

I was on a mind-numbing conference call a short while ago and began perusing garagejournal...came across this thread, opened it up...read your comment Steevo....and I then suddenly busted out laughing. My phone was not on mute.

It was a very awkward moment. Thanks alot Steevo.

That's not overkill, DaleK. You never know when you might need to put a full-grown adult African elephant on your workbench.

 

[Journaler]

I've often thought of doing something like this. Good to know it's a proven concept. On the end that won't have the steel plate, will you be putting something to smoothen/flatten it out?

 

[DaleK]

I've often thought of doing something like this. Good to know it's a proven concept. On the end that won't have the steel plate, will you be putting something to smoothen/flatten it out?

No but I'll be taking a hand planer to it.

 

[lilscorpion]

This is cool.

I had plans to do something like this for the heavy stuff. I like it could go anywhere.