hi all,
having lived in alot of different places (all rental) I've been dreaming of a good work bench for years and years. one that was the right height, didn't sway back and forth when I was cutting something in the vise and had space to organise all my tools and materials. Usual wishlist.
finally got off my butt towards the end of this winter's break and got started. Material is a mix of 4x4 fence posts, 2x4 from wherever and flat bits of wood that I've been squirelling away for the last year.
here's what needs replacing. It's not even really a work bench to be honest, just a bunch of shelving. It came with the house.
ten ton of stuff that was on/ in it
bare and nekkid
frame done. It's not entirely square, more a bit of a parallelogram, but good enough for the near sighted
rails installed and the first couple of drawers - thanks for the tip 3phaselightbulb! Got the 22" promark slides of Amazon for an excellent $60. Most expensive part of the build but well worth it.
also added a power strip, cut in half to make 2 sets of outlets. Each draw other than the ones above also has an LED light, more for the hell of it than any real practical benefit
frame installed, levelled and screwed to the wall
3/4" sub tops installed. Plywood on the left, pallet wood in the center and on the right. Also, new to me wood workers vise (Desmond of Ohio?) which will be a very useful addition.
I must have been too tired or excited to take pics before I'd filled it up, but here it is with the draw lights on and main garage lights off
I think the lights will be a bit of a gimmick as I can just slide the drawers out if I want to see what's at the back of them, but it was fun and didn't cost me anything other than some time.
main light on
anodising and electrolysis drawer
steel bits drawer. This one is the only one that's a little hard to open!
alu bits drawer
dead space in the corner now has a stand for my long and/ or round bits of scrap. Used a bit of 3" sch40 pipe from a building site dumpster dive and a 10ft long bit of 1 3/4" sch40 I picked up on the way back from work. That was an interesting few miles with it on the back of my bike, that's for sure.
now to use the bench to fix that rocker platform that turned out not to be fixed after all..