It looked like sheetmetal, well it looks solid though. Was it free?

Madmike33

 

If I could find mine, I'd take a picture (it's buried).

 

Total cost was $97. The whole story is here:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=467630

 

Here's what I wound up building. It's not fancy, but it's sturdy and it's heavy. The first of 4 coats of poly is on the top, and after the fourth coat is on, I'll mount my vice. It's 6' x 2', and the bottom shelf is 4'.

Matt


http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f6...letedbench.jpg

Here's the frame....there IS support on the far right side!

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f6...benchframe.jpg

 

For those who don't want legs hanging from the corner of the workbench and an easier task of sweeping up the floors, I offer the following:
Instead of the 2x4 legs straight down to the floor, bolt the back 2x4 to the wall and angle the legs back against the wall. This keeps the legs out of the way and triangulates the supports

 

I thought of building it that way, but by keeping it free standing, it can be moved if necessary. I'm in the process of sprucing up my garage by relocating shelves, fixing nail holes, eventually repainting, etc, so keeping it somewhat portable was key. It's all a trade off!

Thanks for everyones suggestions.

Matt

 

next post....

 

I just built the work bench for my shop out of a section of pallet racking. the section was 4x8x6' so I put a shelf on the very bottom, one at bench height and one on the top and then welded casters on the feet so I can move it around. it is very heavy duty and has two 8' work areas, one on each side. I am not completely done yet, but it will have a 4' flourescent mounted to the "ceiling" and electrical outlets on the ends with one main cord to plug into the closest plug. I built a 4 shelf unit with casters out of the pallet racking also for tool storage. I like the idea of being able to move them around the shop so if I need a larger area to work, I am not limited by fixed shelving or workbenches. I will post pics when complete.

by the way, used the pallet racking for the workbench cost approx $200 including the plywood for the shelves/bench...alot cheaper than the Gladiator workbench in my attached garage.

 

Well, I'm always late to view the garage forum and a dollar short as always; but if I can help you out with of course no pictures; I'll describe my workbench; its a 3x6, 3/4" thick wood top, bolted to a set of old water bed drawers (3); the drawers are mounted to treated 2x4 as leg's with half on the workbench resting on a 6 drawer metal tool chest on the left under side and the right under side is open to allow my legs to have a place to slide under / storage, its 36" of clearance under the bench.
Hope this helps.

Mitch

 

here ya go,

this is about as clean as it ever seems to get.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...3_147_full.jpg

sublime out.

 

Once upon a time (maybe a year ago) my garage/shop was clean and useful
http://frederic.midimonkey.com/yard/...ean-small2.jpg

Then, I was invaded by slobbish pygmys who decided to shuffle all my tools around and make a huge mess without warning.

http://frederic.midimonkey.com/yard/IM001613.JPG

Erradication of the slobbish pygmys was no small task. They apparently came well equipped for my methods of discouragement. When I bombed the garage with 20 gallons of insecticide, they put on gas masks and laughed at me. I was humbled by their cleverness.

I then resorted to electrifying the garage door handles, as well as the metal tool chest. This resulted in an unfortunate shock to the mailman, who is now on disability for 3 months due to severe muscle spasms in his hand. The slobbish pygmys were still laughing.

With their sharp teeth they gnawed the broom I was swatting at them with down to a stub, almost taking my hands off.

I've resolved myself to coexist with the slobbish pygmys, and offer stale pizza crusts in exchange for free, unscatched passage through the garage/shop to "borrow" tools.

 

While cleaning my garage over the past month, I decided to take a break and build a cabinet for my wood lathe. Actually, this was my way of making a bigger mess and avoiding cleaning

Essentially, it's going to be a 4'high, 6'long, 9" wide cabinet at a right angle to the rest of the workbenches along the "fake" wall I built seperating the two garage bays. The end of this lathe stand will be anchored to that wall, and of course, attached to the floor so it's reasonably stable.

Here is the front panel on the sawhorses, with the internal ribs/shelves/structure being test fitted for doweling and gluing:

http://frederic.midimonkey.com/yard/...d/IM001663.JPG

Doweling is kinda fun. Screwing MDF panels as I've found out is a no-no, if you're attaching to the edge. Guarrenteed split. Dowels and glue. A little more progress:

http://frederic.midimonkey.com/yard/...d/IM001667.JPG

And the internal structure is complete:

http://frederic.midimonkey.com/yard/...d/IM001668.JPG

The next step (tomorrow, if I have any time) is to rotozip out the openings on the large panel these ribs/shelves/structure are glued to, and then dowel and glue on the back panel, flip it on it's bottom, and bolt it to the large plywood wall you see in the right of the picture. In the last two pictures, you are looking at the bottom. The top is open at this point because I won't be using MDF, but instead, maple if my buddy comes through with a couple of 1" pieces. If not, I'll make the top out of MDF and put a piece of steel on top to prevent excessive chipping along the edges.

This strange looking thing will make more sense once it's upright and installed. Essentually the six smaller "cubbys" are going to have cabinet doors in front of htem, and the larger, 2'3" space to the right is going to be "blind" as it will be blocked by the cabinets/countertops I haven't installed yet, along the wall.

Essentially what I'm doing is making workbench "protrusions" into the garage bay, making "workstations" so the tools are more organized. Metal tools towards the front of the garage, wood tools towards the middle, and parts/metal/stuff storage along the opposite wall. And before I install this cabinet I have to remember to hump the engines I have at the back of the garage to the front of the garage, because once this cabinet is installed, anything large behind it becomes permanent!

 

Apparently my ISP blew up. ONce they get my server farm back online, the links I've posted will work.

Cheers!

 

Stuff happens!

 

Yep.

Anyway, I saw your post about posting links instead of pictures... I'll do so on the garage forum going forward. I never worried about it because the pictures on my my server, on my bandwidth, which I pay for (T1). No cost to FTE. And normally it's up

Anyway, I'll post links, I just wanted you to know *why* I wasn't doing so.