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New York, east end of Lake Ontario | Looking for some ideas for new workbench in shop. Would be 14' long. love to see some pictures and ideas. I remember seeing some with toolboxes under the benches at some point on here, how do those work? |
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Boone, Iowa | Here is what I built. I used 1x2 square tubing for the framework and 1x1 square tubing for the door frames. I put 2x12 wood on top and covered it with the 1/4" steel top. The paddle latches came from Northern Tool and blue aluminum sheeting came from a local race car fab shop.
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WC Franklin Co., In. | I've seen guys use old bowling alley lanes for the work surface. Nice, sturdy surface that will take a lot of abuse except for torching/plasma cutting/welding. You can always buy several tool boxes and use those for the base and put a top on them, too. |
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Nevada, Iowa | I've posted this before so be warned it is old and repeated but there may be an idea or two you can glean. I had a lot of fun building it and have some pride in the project. If I were going to repeat the project, I would just make it longer. I have added a dedicated welding bench to the right side since the photos were taken and mounted a small metal band saw to the welding bench so the band saw jaws and the work bench are on the same plane. The entire work bench can then serve as the out feed table for the band saw. It's too messy to take any pics right now. lol.
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=302434&posts=1... |
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Findlay, Ohio | Try these, we have them and they are very well built.
http://mctavishsteelworks.com |
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Chebanse, IL..... | I read about a bench here on NAT a couple of years ago with NO vertical support legs. I liked that idea. We have one bench with legs & one without. The "without" is much easier to work around & when you drop something, you don't need to get a flashlight & broom. It'll be right there & not hiding under anything. Re. "strength", I'd say you could park a tractor on our bench. We used a laminate wood for the top. A very tight bench. Our supports are braced against the foundation wall...they won't move. Open this link to my photo album page & you'll see a bunch of photos of the bench under construction. http://imageevent.com/lukowphotos/workbenchnewshop 
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SESD | McTavish benches are sweet, Lil spendy but worth it. Some other good ones pictured here also. |
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SE Nebraska | I built one like this for my friend's shop.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126086
Just did 2 boxes in a straight section with a 4' set of doors between them.
The HF boxes are pretty good for the money. Usually $369 or $389 with coupon.
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West Central Wisconsin | Mine is wood framed with 4x4 corner posts and attached to the wall. The top is made of 2x4 on edge and I had a local steel shop put 2 bends in a 4x10' sheet of steel plate. One 2" bend for the drip edge and about 14" back. I counter sunk holes in the top and screwed it down with deck-type screws. Joe |
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Workbench ideas
