Thread: Show off your workbench

my work benches are now saw stools as the proper benches are covered in crap.

Am I the only one who just drops stuff on the bench thinking I'll clean it up later.

I still have the planes on the saw table.

G'day,

No problems Wongo, later on this arvo.

Here is mine.

Very funny Felder.

That workbench costed me next to nothing and served me very well for almost 3 years.

This should give you some idea . I'm a scrounger and have a lot of trouble throwing anything out.

Enter at your own peril.

Here are the links to mine which I posted 18 months ago. The surface is still as good as when done, except there are few more things on it at the moment.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...chmentid=13052

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https://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...chmentid=13053

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https://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...chmentid=13051


Peter.

My workbench is a quick and dirty number knocked together from structural radiata pine. It occupies a position along one wall.



We moved into our current residence about 3 years ago and I built the bench soon after. It was not intended to be a temporary bench but it is also not intended to be my permanent bench, if you know what I mean. One day I want to build a "proper" bench and this current bench is teaching me about all of the things that I would want to incorporate into the design of the so called proper bench in order to make my woodworking easier.



Although it is a bit rough around the edges my bench does the job. It is very solid and does not exhibit any racking. The boards I have used for the top are 45mm thick and there is quite a bit of bracing underneath.

On one end of the bench I have installed a woodworking vice. This is an Irwin Record No. 53ED quick release vice. The wooden jaws I have installed on the vice are too wide. Racking prevents me from using it to clamp things at the extremities so when I install it on my so called proper bench I'll do it a bit differently.

You can see from the pictures that I have drilled a line of dog holes in the bench top. Beneath the dog holes I have screwed another layer of 45mm pine so that the holes penetrate a 90mm thickness. I use a pair of Gramercy hold fasts, a Veritas wonder dog and a couple of home made wooden dogs in conjunction with the dog holes for various work holding tasks.





One end of my bench has been allocated to the only two pieces of real machinery that I have to aid my woodworking, my drill press and my high speed grinder. I do have a few other power tools; a router, a circular saw and random orbit sander and a couple of power drills; but the drill press and the grinder are the only tailed tools I have that aren't portable. When I build my next bench I will have to find a new home for the grinder and the drill press. My proper bench will be a dedicated work surface, not a place to mount machinery. Maybe when that day finally arrives and construction of my proper bench begins, one of the cars will have to give up its spot in the garage so that I can increase my woodworking real estate.

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G'day,

OK, here's my benches.

I've got two:

• the real workbench: which I commence working at about 3-4:00 onwards every arvo; and

• the working hours workbench: next door to the above bench but seperated by a place called BrandHOUSE (the offical office for my business)

I've cheated, these were taken a couple of weeks ago, although the real workbench has changed very little. Basically what's on it has moved position as I work between it and two doors masquerading as temporary workbenches while I work on my hand tool cabinet.

What interests me is the number of people who have their benches up against a wall or in a corner (yes, I'm talking about you Waldo ). I suppose it's a matter of necessity for people who insist on keeping their cars indoors but don't you find it a pain in the rear end having to turn things around all the time?

G'day SilentC,

Good points.

Yep, turning things around can be a pain, but the benches I've worked at have always been against the wall, so I don't know any different - which in turn gives wall space behind the bench.

My bench also ended up in the corner, as when we bought this place I had to think ahead of what I wanted to put in the shed (9mx7m) and what had to fit or go into it down the track, ala office.

Chances of permantly moving SWMBO's car outta the shed: nil.

Mine: more and more likely, and in the event that I do so. A TSC-10HB will take up the space and maybe another bench, to aleviate the problem of room of needing another bench.

I suppose I've been lucky to always have room for an island bench. It's just so handy to be able to work from all sides. For example, cross cutting in the vice. I can clamp the wood in the vice, walk to the far side of the bench (what is against the wall in your case), and cut with the offcut to the right, which is more comfortable and better for sighting the layout lines for me.

Originally Posted by rat52

...............Am I the only one who just drops stuff on the bench thinking I'll clean it up later..............................

Nope

My benches (2@ 2.4m x 1M & 2@ 1.8M x 1.2M & 2@ 1.2M x .9M) are always covered with "work in progress"

Mirboo,
where do you get the Gramercy hold fasts from and are you happy with them?

Mick

Finished it a couple of weeks back. Was a cruddy old steel framed storage rack my cousin cut down to workbench height and rewelded. Bolted on a thick pine top, filled in the sides, added some doors, used the old top for the backboard, painted it all purple and tada! ... a girly bench!