Thread: Solid-Core Door Workbench - WIP

Forgot to add the pics and when I try 'Edit', 'Go Advanced', nothing happens, so I can't get to 'Manage Attachments'????

Here they are: -

Now I just need to bring the rest of this mess up to the same standard, then find some way of fitting in a table saw, thicknesser/planer and router table. A table saw with a router wing is one possibility I'm considering to save space. Might need to buy a tiny garden shed for the mower, bike, line trimmer etc yet.

not enough sawdust in your shed Steve.
What ya going to do about it?

My goodness me Steve,
That's one clear well stored shed/workshop...
Well at least compared to my mess shop.
The bench has come up a treat....very well done.....all worth it.
Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by _fly_

not enough sawdust in your shed Steve.
What ya going to do about it?

Been busy remedying that situation all afternoon, sanding and cutting out tyres.

All the same, there's never much sawdust in my shed - I clean regularly to keep the air clean and run the dust extractor or vacuum cleaner whenever possible.

Originally Posted by crowie

My goodness me Steve,
That's one clear well stored shed/workshop...
Well at least compared to my mess shop.
The bench has come up a treat....very well done.....all worth it.
Cheers, crowie

I thought it was a mess. And it's only that neat because I had to re-arrange everything to fit the new bench. I still need to set up a pegboard or two and some shelving.

Yep, I'm more than happy with the finished bench. Cost a quid, but it should last my lifetime and then some.
(Total cost was about $750, all inclusive.)

Wow thanks for the pics of your shop Steve. Now I can put it all together. Vote from me on getting the shed and "ALL NONWOODWORKING STUFF" out of the shop. The bike could possible be hung from the ceiling. Thats where I had my wifes until I realized she never rod it and I put it in the attic. All my lawn stuff is on the back covered porch until I build a storage building. I also have a large attic space above the garage I layed down plywood on to store more junk.

The only problem with removing all the non woodworking stuff is inevitably you fill it all up with woodworking stuff and it gets full again! Oh well.

Love you bench. Now you got me wondering how much mine ways I may have to set the scale under each end of legs and see if I can get an approximate.

Looking forward to the peg walls and shelves and all the tools you mentioned.

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Wow thanks for the pics of your shop Steve. Now I can put it all together. Vote from me on getting the shed and "ALL NONWOODWORKING STUFF" out of the shop. The bike could possible be hung from the ceiling. Thats where I had my wifes until I realized she never rod it and I put it in the attic. All my lawn stuff is on the back covered porch until I build a storage building. I also have a large attic space above the garage I layed down plywood on to store more junk.

The only problem with removing all the non woodworking stuff is inevitably you fill it all up with woodworking stuff and it gets full again! Oh well.

Love you bench. Now you got me wondering how much mine ways I may have to set the scale under each end of legs and see if I can get an approximate.

Looking forward to the peg walls and shelves and all the tools you mentioned.

Bret

Howdy Bret. A small garden shed is in order, I think, for the bike, mower, line trimmer, leaf blower etc. I'm rapidly running out of space. The smallest ones only cost a couple of hundred dollars.

The bike could be hung from the ceiling, but it's a bit on the heavy side and I'd need to lift it up and down daily. I ride it everywhere. It would also hang a bit low and be partly in the way. There are beams in the garage ceiling that would stop me raising it too high. I already have chipboard on those beams, too, with more crap stored on top. All of my remaining electronic gear.
The bike's an electric, so has the added weight of battery, motor etc. as well. Cheap to run, though, and no license or registration needed.

The final bench weight is pretty good. No way will it move unless I want it to, especially with the extra stuff stored on the shelf.

That's right I forgot it was electric. I bet that thing is fun to ride. It looks like you have quite a bit of plywood left is that for your shelves? Also are the walls just brick or do they have insulation. I have brick but it is on the outside I bet the brick makes it a bit challenging to attach stuff on the walls you have to use concrete anchors?

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

That's right I forgot it was electric. I bet that thing is fun to ride. It looks like you have quite a bit of plywood left is that for your shelves? Also are the walls just brick or do they have insulation. I have brick but it is on the outside I bet the brick makes it a bit challenging to attach stuff on the walls you have to use concrete anchors?

Bret

I got rid of my car and bought the bike 3 years ago. Haven't regretted it at all until lately. I need to travel further and carry bigger loads now that I've taken up woodworking, so I'll buy another car over the next couple of years, after I get the rest of my equipment.

No insulation in the walls, just solid single brick. So far, I've been using existing holes and poking screws in them, but there are so many that it won't hurt to add a few more for the shelves. (I'm renting, so can't make too many obvious changes without permission and I have to make all shelves etc removable for when I move, not soon I hope. Been here 6 years now - it's a 2-bedroom unit, a half-house, so space is a bit limited.)
Yep, I'll use small concrete anchors for attaching the shelves. I have a drawer-full ready to go.

That leftover ply will be for the shelves, a clamp rack, jigs etc. It won't last long. I couldn't squeeze the benchtop and shelf from one sheet, so had to buy one for each. Altogether I have about a full sheet left over.

Steve,

I went out to the shop to try and weigh my bench. I couldn't even lift one end of it off the ground. So I got out my floor jack and jacked up each end and weighed them seperately. One end was 221lbs and the other 253lbs. One side of the drawers has more tools in it. So with tools that bring the grand total to 474lbs. No wonder I can't move it. I suspect it weighs close to yours without the under cabinets and tools.

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Steve,

I went out to the shop to try and weigh my bench. I couldn't even lift one end of it off the ground. So I got out my floor jack and jacked up each end and weighed them seperately. One end was 221lbs and the other 253lbs. One side of the drawers has more tools in it. So with tools that bring the grand total to 474lbs. No wonder I can't move it. I suspect it weighs close to yours without the under cabinets and tools.

Bret

Wow. That's heavy. With tools underneath, mine would be about 400lbs, (182kg), I guess. I can just barely lift one end if I use my back.

Gee it's nice after the old bench. The old one moved if I simply leaned on it too hard.
With the other equipment and the extra lighting, it's a pleasure to go out there to work now.
I'll need a big fan for Summer, though. It gets to over 45C, (113F), without insulation, once the bricks heat up.

Wow 113*F. And I complain when mine gets to 84*. I have a 8000 btu A/C mounted on the ceiling and venting through the roof and out a soffit. I also have 4 fans in each corner of the shop circulating air and my air cleaner moves alot of air as well.

Our summers here generally get into the triple digits from about now until the end of August. Although the last 10 days we have had low 90's and it has rained everyday. I have gotten about 7 inches of rain at my house. Last summer it didn't rain for like 80 something days straight as well as being in triple digits that long. I know its nothing compared to you guys but I myself do not like the heat mainly because I am a sweat hog!

I insulated my attic with r30 insulation and radiant barrier on the aluminum garage door. 2 of the 3 walls are insulated by being connected to the house. I sealed all the electrical boxes and around the garage door with silicone trying to make the garage as air tight as possible. I also reset the garage door opener to close a little harder and press the door closer to the frame.

I recently bought me an IR thermometer and for the last 2 weeks I have been searching out hotspots in the garage. The garage door faces west so I get the evening sun coming through. I am going to reinsulate the garage door with 3/4" polystrene foam with the radiant barrier glued on facing the door.

I also found that my a/c even though venting outside is radiating alot of heat. About a 110* at the back So I am currently building a plywood box to go around it that will be insulated with r13. I found that with my IR thermometer. I also found my attic door is radiating about 130* of heat from the attic so will be making an insulated door for that as well. With my a/c turned on in the morning and left running all day it will stay around 80* until 5p when it gets to around 84* and I call it quits. The A/C also removes about 1 1/2 gallons of water during its run time. So that helps as well. I bigger A/C is not in the cards right now so I thought maybe I could do some more insulating that wouldn't cost as much. I really need about a 12,000 btu unit for my garage but there are some many other things on the shopping list before that.

Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Wow 113*F. And I complain when mine gets to 84*. I have a 8000 btu A/C mounted on the ceiling and venting through the roof and out a soffit. I also have 4 fans in each corner of the shop circulating air and my air cleaner moves alot of air as well.

Our summers here generally get into the triple digits from about now until the end of August. Although the last 10 days we have had low 90's and it has rained everyday. I have gotten about 7 inches of rain at my house. Last summer it didn't rain for like 80 something days straight as well as being in triple digits that long. I know its nothing compared to you guys but I myself do not like the heat mainly because I am a sweat hog!

I insulated my attic with r30 insulation and radiant barrier on the aluminum garage door. 2 of the 3 walls are insulated by being connected to the house. I sealed all the electrical boxes and around the garage door with silicone trying to make the garage as air tight as possible. I also reset the garage door opener to close a little harder and press the door closer to the frame.

I recently bought me an IR thermometer and for the last 2 weeks I have been searching out hotspots in the garage. The garage door faces west so I get the evening sun coming through. I am going to reinsulate the garage door with 3/4" polystrene foam with the radiant barrier glued on facing the door.

I also found that my a/c even though venting outside is radiating alot of heat. About a 110* at the back So I am currently building a plywood box to go around it that will be insulated with r13. I found that with my IR thermometer. I also found my attic door is radiating about 130* of heat from the attic so will be making an insulated door for that as well. With my a/c turned on in the morning and left running all day it will stay around 80* until 5p when it gets to around 84* and I call it quits. The A/C also removes about 1 1/2 gallons of water during its run time. So that helps as well. I bigger A/C is not in the cards right now so I thought maybe I could do some more insulating that wouldn't cost as much. I really need about a 12,000 btu unit for my garage but there are some many other things on the shopping list before that.

Bret

I bought an AC for the house, but the shed has no heating or cooling. (Sun and wind.)

I remember last year's Texas Summer. It was too much for another friend of mine - he uprooted and moved to Canada. (At the end of Summer, when it was too late.)
He's a mad fisherman, so he's happier now, surrounded by 3 lakes.