work bench ideas!! please

[bajakid2]

Hey, i was curious what some good work bench ideas are that are Affordable!! i wish i would get moduline. my buddy went down to ikea and bought VARDE standalone kitche cabinets heres a picture.

i think it came out damn good.
also what do you guys think about race deck floors??does anyone have pictures of them in there garage??also how do they compare to epoxy??reason i ask is because i have huge A!! cracks in my foundation in the garage from previous trees/earth quakes here in CA.

i was looking around to see how i could design my garage to take advantage of my full 2 car garage space to basically be a in home shop.we will be extending our garage out soon so im trying to atleast finish my left side with full cabinets and work benchs.
thanks for all the help sorry if i was unclear.
-Travis

 

[desert4wd]

I'm just getting started on mine, so I can't really make suggestions quite yet. Nice looking units there. I got a couple of birch tops and the same handles as in the top photo from Ikea last week. The rest will be 2x4 framing, 1x facing and mdf for the doors. The link below shows the general idea I've got for the first workbench -page 3. It's patterned after our kitchen cabinets, all the drawers up top for less stooping. I went with the epoxy floor and like it. I do have to do my welding outside though. I had pretty decent cracks in the floor and they're not detectable now. Good luck.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Depends on what you want, and what you consider cheap. You were a little vague.

I paid $150 for this workbench on craigslist. 3/16" steel top.

I'm cutting the legs off, building a 2x2" square tubing framework, and skinning it with light gauge steel for cabinets. The doors will be light wall 3/4" square tubing skinned with the same light gauge steel, or possibly aluminum.

I'm using these stainless hinges:

These latches:

These feet:

I figure I'll be into it for about $600 and have one hell of a solid workbench/cabinet combo.

Benchtop: $150
5 22' sticks of 2x2: $75 (auction sale)
hinges/latches/hardware/paint: $150

$375 which leaves me $225 for light steel/aluminum

 

[Bevis]

You can do a search on the work benches. There is a long thread with pictures several pages back.

 

[StanBo]

Depends on what you want, and what you consider cheap. You were a little vague.

I paid $150 for this workbench on craigslist. 3/16" steel top.

I'm cutting the legs off, building a 2x2" square tubing framework, and skinning it with light gauge steel for cabinets. The doors will be light wall 3/4" square tubing skinned with the same light gauge steel, or possibly aluminum.

I'm using these stainless hinges:

These latches:

These feet:

I figure I'll be into it for about $600 and have one hell of a solid workbench/cabinet combo.

Benchtop: $150
5 22' sticks of 2x2: $75 (auction sale)
hinges/latches/hardware/paint: $150

$375 which leaves me $225 for light steel/aluminum

Please post the finished results when you are done.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Please post the finished results when you are done.

Will do. It's going to be a while, we're in the tornado/hail season, and I can't get the pickup in the garage if this bench is being worked on in there.

 

[Bojans]

I bought an 8' butcher block top bench with a steel frame for $200 at Costco...

 

[82_454_shorty]

I went with the Racedeck style:

I prefer the look of the epoxy but my floor has a number of coats of paint on it, and I'm too damn lazy to do the prep work required for epoxy.