cody1325
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In the basement workshop, I previously had a rather large "tanker" desk. I decided to restore it and move that to the room that's the other 75% of the basement and put my computer on it. It's exactly 60-inches wide.
The way the shop was organized, you couldn't really get anything but the lap drawer open, and it was a pain in the **** getting anything you dropped under the workbench out. In addition, space was poorly utilized--just a crude homemade shelf attached to the wall and semi-supported by the desk top and holes drilled in a piece of fiber board to form a crude pegboard. In addition, a crude "extension" made from scraps and old kitchen counter cut-offs also housed a maybe 20 gal. horizontal air compressor--in poor condition and something I actively avoid using.
First place I checked was Harbor Freight.
The Yukon has pegboard as a part of it, and a built-in light. Some drawers too, and among my cheapest local options at $129.
But, steel work top and I'm not sure how well it would work with a small (3-inch) vise.
The woodworking table would really suit what I do down there well. However, I feel like I could (with some help) probably make my own, and get a good cast iron woodworking vise to go on the side.
Exactly the same size as the old desk, but for my uses--the vise is on the wrong side. I did remove an "extension" bolted to the side of an adjacent book case (and made from scraps) in order to get the desk pulled out, so it may still work.
Also, I don't think I'd be putting my Kennedy chest on that.
Lowe's here has a couple, but nothing I really liked--and virtually all "out of stock" for shipping/pickup or in store
As for building one. I'm pretty sure I could scrounge up enough wood around here to build one perfectly suited to my needs. I'd like a butcher block top on it, which would probably end up being the expensive bit...
The way the shop was organized, you couldn't really get anything but the lap drawer open, and it was a pain in the **** getting anything you dropped under the workbench out. In addition, space was poorly utilized--just a crude homemade shelf attached to the wall and semi-supported by the desk top and holes drilled in a piece of fiber board to form a crude pegboard. In addition, a crude "extension" made from scraps and old kitchen counter cut-offs also housed a maybe 20 gal. horizontal air compressor--in poor condition and something I actively avoid using.
First place I checked was Harbor Freight.
The Yukon has pegboard as a part of it, and a built-in light. Some drawers too, and among my cheapest local options at $129.
But, steel work top and I'm not sure how well it would work with a small (3-inch) vise.
The woodworking table would really suit what I do down there well. However, I feel like I could (with some help) probably make my own, and get a good cast iron woodworking vise to go on the side.
Exactly the same size as the old desk, but for my uses--the vise is on the wrong side. I did remove an "extension" bolted to the side of an adjacent book case (and made from scraps) in order to get the desk pulled out, so it may still work.
Also, I don't think I'd be putting my Kennedy chest on that.
Lowe's here has a couple, but nothing I really liked--and virtually all "out of stock" for shipping/pickup or in store
As for building one. I'm pretty sure I could scrounge up enough wood around here to build one perfectly suited to my needs. I'd like a butcher block top on it, which would probably end up being the expensive bit...
