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What's your workbench look like?

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HubbaBubba

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I PLAY FOR KEEPS said:
Built this last weekend

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I never thought of the rifle as a tool. Nice. How is Cal Poly these days?
 
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They are two different pieces. The top piece is attached with a piano hinge on top and is flipped up in the second picture. I did it this way for a couple reasons: i built the actual benchtop so when its down its pretty deep (38 inches from front to rear edge) but I didn't want to make it hard to reach the pegboard (which would be 48 inches away of the top section wasn't separate) and I wanted to be able to cover/lock up this entire section of pegboard and I found this configuration to work best for me. In hindsight I definitely would have tried to match up the grain but it works for me.
 
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worked on my workbench some more...just need to add/do a few more things to it..















 
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alpinewhite said:
Where's the upper part of the hasp in the second picture?

Are they two separate units? The woodgrain pattern on the top plywood are different.
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I missed that.

I PLAY FOR KEEPS said:
They are two different pieces. The top piece is attached with a piano hinge on top and is flipped up in the second picture.
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This makes it even slicker.
 
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Since it's night time, a little different view...

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Maybe a new thread, "whats your workbench look like at night"?
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And with the flash on...
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The Craftsman Saw is a restoration I was finishing tonight
 
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Nice workbenches guys . I will describe mine . I do welding in my garage so I needed a steel top so that I could ground the bench and weld anywhere on top of it and it wont burn. Any way Istarted with a6ft shelf brandnew brought it home and made it hip high. lopped that baby in half. Than got a 1/4 thick plate steel 18 in. wide 6 ft long . Grinder on one end and vice at other . works pretty sweet .
 
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Wow, those also look great! The stained wood really compliments the green.

Between Jack Olsen's garage, and these setups, it looks like soft Green is a really great color to work with.
 
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Here are a couple of mine. The big 4'x10' is my main welding and work table. 3/4" top with 5/8" holes on 6" centers.


IMG_2085 by jacobb14, on Flickr


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The "little" Oliver table I saved from the scrapper, because the leg was broken.


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Welding Table build thread:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226411

Oliver Table repair thread:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234930
 
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188slo50 - Those are just 3 very basic friction slide International roller cabinets without their casters. I bought them back in the mid 90's. I bought a Craftsman roller cabinet (see under the press to the right) about 7 or 8 years ago and they are very similar.
 
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dittle fart around said:
Ya gotta start somewhere dude. I always buy a new tool for each project. Tell the wife ya gotta have it to make the project easy to do. Next thing you know ya tell the wife your tools need protection. It just snowballs from there.
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Also "bundle" things. Get the tool you needed for the job and something else at the same time.

typing with fat fingers on a little keypad on my phone
 
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I just took this picture two days ago for another purpose, but my work bench happens to be in the back of the frame.

Don't mind the mess of wires on the floor. The picture was a "before" shot, to show someone how much of a difference giving a bench or desk a "wiring harness" can make.

I don't have the main lights on in the picture, but they aren't great to begin with. I need to do something about that...

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trodery said:
Here you go Dittle! Now you can see the vise!

Just added a new Thermal Dynamics plasma cutter and some new Gladiator wall cabinets this week! :D

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Where did you get the green paint from to match your tool box? I have the same box and nothing matches in my garage to it :)
 
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