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SESD | So I have been looking at workbenches for the shop. Want your guys opinions . . .what you have . . . likes and dislikes, what you would do differently? Pictures welcome!
McTavish
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Winn rack
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EC IL | Benchmark....excellent choice, picked mine up at factory in Indy. Very similar to McTavish |
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Findlay, Ohio | We have the McTavish and really like them, they will build what you want and deliver right to you shop. |
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| Agstorm equipment custom builds some very nice ones. |
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Central ND | My vote is for the McTavish, I priced them all and there McTavish was the best bang for the buck imo. I don't believe winn rack or stor loc offered the upper cabinets which we wanted, we got everything pictures for about the same price as 2 12' floor cabinets and an 8' roller cabinet from winn rack and we wouldn't have had the upper cabinets
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Bristol, Wisconsin | We have Benchmark and love them excellent quality with SS tops picked up at factory also
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| What would that mctavish workbench cost ball park? I need a workbench like that one. |
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Northeast Louisiana | jd4930 - 1/10/2016 18:43
My vote is for the McTavish, I priced them all and there McTavish was the best bang for the buck imo . That's awesome. What system do you use to mark what tools in each drawer? |
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Central ND | They start at approximately $300/ft for the lower cabinet with the standard drawers, a little extra if you want some smaller drawers |
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Central ND | I just printed out adhesive labels and stuck them on the drawers |
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Mather, Manitoba | About $300/ft Canadian funds for the bottoms. |
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central Ia | Snap-On the only way to go |
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EC IL | Definitely recommend the stainless top, I really like it on my Benchmark |
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Central South Dakota | I'll recommend McTavish. Really, really like ours. The only thing I'll suggest is if you buy some pay the extra for the stainless steel top, it's worth every penny when you calculate out how many years you'll probably use the bench. |
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Livingston Co. Illinois | You won't be disappointed with Store-Loc. Can make any size or combo you want. |
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Shelbina, Missouri (NEMO) | I recommend the Stor-Loc over McTavish. I have both in my shop.
The Stor-Loc is much easier to divide drawers for small parts storage. It may have changed now, but when I bought mine, McTavish had no drawer dividers available at all.
The McTavish also uses the same drawer for all drawer heights. The only difference between a 4" drawer and a 12" drawer is the plate in the front to fill the gap. The actual drawer is always gonna be 4" deep. It's very easy for things to fall out of the drawers and get wedged in there. I had a bolt fall out of one of mine and I thought I was gonna have to torch the bench apart to get it out...
Billy
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Central ND | They do offer different drawer heights now as well as dividers that work very well, I will get some pics when I get to the shop. I hadn't really considered them since the last time I had looked at them they were a pretty basic design but we looked at them again per the advice on nat and they have made lots of nice improvements, the upper cabinets was another thing that swayed us, if you need or want them. |
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| Stor-Loc. I did a bunch of millwright and mechanical work for them when they first opened in Kankakee,IL. Outstanding quality product, very well made. Great people to work with. I believe they will make them in just about any arrangement and color you want. |
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lizton IN | I really like my Benchmark.
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Northeast Iowa | I would go with the winn rack benches. Very well built and will paint any color you want. They are expensive but they will last many years! |
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NW central IL | wow you guys have some serious shops. |
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| Where did you get your shop stool? Looks pretty heavy duty....I like!!! |
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Central ND | I believe that one is actually a Napa one, I will have to look again when i get back to the shop. |
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Northern IL | Jd4930 what kind of drawer slides are they using? Can you get a picture if them? |
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Central ND | It's a roller bearing on a flat slide, but yes I will get some pics when I get back to the shop, drawers are very easy to remove.
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Sw. Ill | Make one? |
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ECMN | Has anyone bought the drawer liners from McTavish? Are they heavy and worth $4.50 a piece? |
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N.C. Iowa | What is on the hose reals in your last picture? Air hose, electric cords? Where did you get them? |
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Central ND | They are reel craft, 300' of 3/8" air hose, 100' of 1/2" air hose, and 100' of garden hose
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N.C. Iowa | Thanks. How do you like the vacuum/blow gun that is hanging from the strut on the right hand reel?
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Newdale, Manitoba, Canada | Wow! Some pretty serious looking shop benches there! Ours is about 10-12' of wooden bench with wood drawers/cupboards. Honestly, though I find that most of ours ends up covered in "stuff" leaving about 3' each side of the vice for a work area. If I was doing it again, I would just have a short bench (4-5') built in and then have rolling cabinets/workbenches for the rest. Andrew |
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Northern IL | Thanks that's what I was looking for. It you get a chance can you shoot a picture of the back of the drawer? Just curious if that's an angle all the way across the back. |
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SESD | Thank you for all the pictures jd4930. Appreciate that! I really like the looks of those. If anyone else has pictures I would love to see them. |
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Northern IL | A sorry for al the questions but I've always been curious of other ways make drawer slides. What keeps the drawer from falling forward when the drawer is extended out? |
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Central ND | There's kind of a detent, you have to lift the front of the drawer up and pull out and then let it down to remove the drawer. |
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