Built in work benches, what have you done?

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That time is getting close for me. I am planning on 1 1/8" plywood for the tops with ledgers on the walls to hold it up & as few legs at the front as possible. I have a couple different vices to mount, etc.

Shelving above of course.

Got any cool ideas I can build in?
 
I just built my work bench against the wall. I wanted it stout because I never know what the future holds and I also wanted to mount my reloading press to it. I started with a 2x6 for a back rail and built out from there.
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Oh, and I made my top out of 3 pieces of 3/4 plywood. I screwed the first one to the framework, screwed and glued the second to that and glued the top piece on. I stained the whole shebang and then sealed the top with Min-wax poly.
 
Alaskan_TA said:
That time is getting close for me. I am planning on 1 1/8" plywood for the tops with ledgers on the walls to hold it up & as few legs at the front as possible. I have a couple different vices to mount, etc.

Shelving above of course.

Got any cool ideas I can build in?
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I'm working on a custom setup with pallet racking. Got the idea from this guy:



Here's part 2 where he adds the steel work surfaces

 
I saved all the wood from the waterbed kaze. Made a great work bench,and already stained. Just cost me some carrage bolts.
 
Mine are typical benches. But they are tough as rocks. 2X6 on flat with 5/8" plywood on top. Built to beat on!

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For Father's Day my wife bought me 3 PerforMax roller cabinets to take the place of 3 old junk prefab particle board cabinets. Btw... I had lots of fun busting them up with a sledge hammer ;)

Here's what I did to surround the new ones...

Because of how I mounted the lower wall-mounted 2x4s, I can stack boxes of nails, or smaller screw organizers, etc behind the roller cabs.

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For welding, I had a steel plate cut so that I could lay it on top of one of the roller cabs for small projects.

The plate just stays on top of the roller cab when it's rolled under the counter.

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Some good looking benches there guys. I built mine to be mobile. I'm always remodeling. Wheels on one end. I'm pretty sure I could set an A body on it.
 
The walls are insulated. 2" foam next to the cinder block outer walls with a 2x4 walls framed inside them with fiberglass insulation with new wiring & outlets tucked inside.

Painted 1/2" plywood on the walls so I can hang stuff anywhere I like.

The laser level is set at the height I want the bottom of the counter top to be at for tomorrow, so now is the time for any last minute cool ideas.

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If anyone wants to stop by with Molsen to help out, that is fine too. ;-)
 
I am a gotta have wheels kind of guy..... My bench is a 4X6 1/4 steel on Industrial Casters. Anymore bench than that and it just ends up getting junked up...... I want the mobility and the ability to work 360 degrees. With you doing Upholstery work getting 4 corner access may be helpful for you....

Just some food for thought......

JW
 
My upholstery shop does have movable benches & it is in another room.

This room will be the machine shop. Drill press, arbor presses, vices, taps, dies, parts washer, etc. No need for oil & guts on the upholstery this way. :)

The only 'wheels' in this room are securely mounted.

To the wall. ;-)

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Alaskan_TA said:
My upholstery shop does have movable benches & it is in another room.

This room will be the machine shop. Drill press, arbor presses, vices, taps, dies, parts washer, etc. No need for oil & guts on the upholstery this way. :)

The only 'wheels' in this room are securely mounted.

To the wall. ;-

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Lol.... I like everything on wheels. So I have no skin in this game.....

Good to hear you are keeping all that stuff separate. If things keep progressing for me with the car I will be sending you the buckets out of my 72 for a nice revamp....

JW
 
my walls are strong enough to support the legs of the benches, so I tucked them in,
to make more room and not trip on them.

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also high enough to store engines under.

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top plate is trimmed to keep from misplacing small parts out the back
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I have benches down both sides,
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and a smaller bench for a break area
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a shoe rack is handy for storing special tools
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