show me your work bench and i will show you mine LOL

hi Y'all

i wanted to show you my workbench i built for my shop. i'm not much of a woodworker, i prefer welding steel together. just seems to work out better for me. clamp it, zap it, paint it, done.

anyhow, my shop workbench measures 10'x3' and is 3' tall i used 2" square thin wall tubing for the legs and the frame , and 1" square tubing for leg cross tie stiffeners and table top supports. this sounds cheezy thin, but is plenty strong. the workbench has 5 legs, the one in the middle is at the back leaving a 10 foot span open across the front.

i also bought a piece of 1/16" thick 4'x10' steel sheet from my local metal supplier. i asked them to have it bent in a brake for me before i picked it up. i wanted the first 2" lengthwise bent 90 degrees down as a smooth front edge, and the 10" on the other end bent 90 degrees up as a backsplash. the 1/16" thick table top is plenty strong as well, because of the framework under the table supporting it. the metal top is only tack welded at each end, but didnt need to be as it was pretty heavy and would probably have stayed put by itself. i also set the height so my tool box fits perfectly underneath.

i also used some 2&1/2" thick wall tubing "think truck reciever hitch tubing" and made 3 recievers i welded these to the workbench framework. i made a reciever base for my vise and bench grinder to slide into these. there are holes drilled into the outer tubing, nuts welded to the outer tubing over the holes, and screws on the bottom to pin the vise or bench grinder in place so the vise and grinder dont move when you are using them. i did this so i didnt have these 2 things permanently attached to the bench, they can be attached to the workbench in 3 different locations when needed, or removed and gotten out of the way when they are not needed. the set screws to lock the vise and bench grinder arent shown from the angle of the pics.

i also used some 1" square tubing and made 2 shelves i welded attached to the back of the workbench. these are 1'x 10' each and as you can see store everything from my shop manuals, to my stereo, and misc crap.

this took some time to make, and i am very proud of how it all came together. i have some other future plans for it including one of those long industrial outlet strips, and running a compressed air manifold line to it with short hoses for workbench use.

maybe this can give some ideas to others who are getting ready to build a workbench, or even wanting to modify theirs

show me your workbench i just showed you mine LOL
matt