NewShockerGuy
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So I am moving into a new house shortly and will have a double car garage...(still not big enough but it will be better than the single I have now)
Depending on space I would like to create a work bench... nothing crazy just some storage and a surface I can work and hold stuff while I am working on my motorcycles, or car/truck..etc.
I have looked up and found a couple sites and ideas.
Seems straight forward.
I really like this one since it's small and in the corner:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Garage-Workbench/
But how would I add shelves like in the second link?
I like this even more because of the storage undernethe.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Maximize-your-workbench/
With the above how does one bolt the pieces in the center and sides together that would be directly undernethe the workbench top? I don't see any screw holes anywhere so I don't know how he attached that part of the top frame... It's simple things like that, that I honestly haven't done a work bench because I am unsure how to brace it, though it's probably a lame question to ask, I just don't know?
Then I found this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1BRE/?tag=atomicindus08-20
So I guess what I am asking is how involved is this. I've never done anything like this before as far as framing or things like that. I have a compound miter saw, a circular saw, a hand held jig saw, orbital sander, I plan on getting a hand router to make things look nice and when we move in I plan on getting a smaller table saw... I took wood shop back in the day but prefered shop with metal working... But out of those three they don't seem bad, I like the second one for storage. I feel like I have most of the tools needed to construct this, with the obvious drill/screw drivers, impact driver..etc.
Just wondering on any tips or tricks that people could lend me.
From what I have read you put the ledger on the wall into the studs for the base.. then build the rest and bolt it to the ledger that's on the wall?
Use lag bolts on the ledger to the studs in the wall right...
How do you make sure everything is level and the legs don't "wobble"
I'm not going to be doing anything crazy on the bench top that I can think of.. I might pound stuff here and there but it's not going to be a true wood working bench if that makes sense.
Figured ya'll know best. Also I don't know a lot of wood working terms as far as the cuts or tricks that are said in the industry.. some of the how to's explain things and I honestly don't know what they are talking about.
Thanks,
-Nigel
Depending on space I would like to create a work bench... nothing crazy just some storage and a surface I can work and hold stuff while I am working on my motorcycles, or car/truck..etc.
I have looked up and found a couple sites and ideas.
Seems straight forward.
I really like this one since it's small and in the corner:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Garage-Workbench/
But how would I add shelves like in the second link?
I like this even more because of the storage undernethe.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Maximize-your-workbench/
With the above how does one bolt the pieces in the center and sides together that would be directly undernethe the workbench top? I don't see any screw holes anywhere so I don't know how he attached that part of the top frame... It's simple things like that, that I honestly haven't done a work bench because I am unsure how to brace it, though it's probably a lame question to ask, I just don't know?
Then I found this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1BRE/?tag=atomicindus08-20
So I guess what I am asking is how involved is this. I've never done anything like this before as far as framing or things like that. I have a compound miter saw, a circular saw, a hand held jig saw, orbital sander, I plan on getting a hand router to make things look nice and when we move in I plan on getting a smaller table saw... I took wood shop back in the day but prefered shop with metal working... But out of those three they don't seem bad, I like the second one for storage. I feel like I have most of the tools needed to construct this, with the obvious drill/screw drivers, impact driver..etc.
Just wondering on any tips or tricks that people could lend me.
From what I have read you put the ledger on the wall into the studs for the base.. then build the rest and bolt it to the ledger that's on the wall?
Use lag bolts on the ledger to the studs in the wall right...
How do you make sure everything is level and the legs don't "wobble"
I'm not going to be doing anything crazy on the bench top that I can think of.. I might pound stuff here and there but it's not going to be a true wood working bench if that makes sense.
Figured ya'll know best. Also I don't know a lot of wood working terms as far as the cuts or tricks that are said in the industry.. some of the how to's explain things and I honestly don't know what they are talking about.
Thanks,
-Nigel
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