Thread: A new shed - maybe

Wrecked Sprinter didn't eventuate - well it's still wrecked but the owner has decided to rebuild.
With the money I saved, I went out today and bought some timber to build benches in the shed.
A few sheets of particle board flooring (red tongue, 25mm) for the top and a stack of MGP10 90 x 45 for framing. Legs will be 90mm x 90mm treated pine.
Plan is to end up with 2 benches, 3600mm x 600mm at a height of about 1000mm - a convenient work height for me when standing.
I also got a few sheets of 25mm MDF to build a office desk/work bench. It's heavier than I remember, each sheer weighs in at about 77 kgs so it's going to stay in the van until I have visitors who can help me get it out

Geoff if anything like the bench Nz_carver bought off you I look forward to the result but at 3600 thats a long bench and beats it by 1400.

Have a Merry Christmas

Nothing that flash! No drawers or shelves, just a work surface.

Something like this but without wheels

Good set of lockable wheels I fitted 2 of these to the old bench Geoff Utility Plate Type Castors, furniture castors | Richmond Wheel and Castor Co and/or dropstops floorlocks Richmond Floor Locks - lockable foot, step on floor lock, load immobiliser, trolley stopper

Nice drawing

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Nice drawing

Thank you. I stole it from the Sketchup warehouse .
I was going to draw my own, honest, but Sketchup doesn't run under Linux.

Not sure about the wheels. At 3.6 metres long and around 100kgs it may be best built where it's going to live!

The workbench takes shape!

I spent about 30 minutes setting up the Triton and making sure it was square before cutting up a stack of 90x45 MGP10. Measure twice cut once? Measure once would be a good start! I cut the cross pieces to exactly 600mm and then realised that the sheet of particle board flooring is actually 900mm wide
Looks like I'll have to make a second, narrower bench.

so who else measured twice and still cut one piece 8mm to narrow today should have been 120mm wide not 112. Fixed with and edge piece Just a workmate type top out of melamine so no major loss.

Its going to be long Geoff lots of storage and bench space. maybe the 600 wide should form a T bench or L

900 or 600 what's the difference in a foot.

50% wider!!

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Originally Posted by Christos

900 or 600 what's the difference in a foot.

900mm is a bit of a stretch to get at stuff right at the back but I'll manage.
It means I can leave a lot of clutter on the bench but still have room to work.
I like the idea of having to tidy up less often

A bit more progress on the bench,
I managed to get one sheet of flooring out of the van, glad I didn't have far to go to the shed!

Frame for top made and screwed together with coach bolts. The board is set in to the pine frame so there'll be a solid timber edge on all sides.
Tomorrow the legs, 90x90 treated pine, 6 off 900mm long. Once that's done there'll be a rail at about 400mm from the ground with (possibly) another sheet of flooring on it.

All this so I can assemble the mill and route out the case for the CNC controller.

Funny Geoff just recalled you when at your old place asking the question "How do you cut a large sheet of MDF" in the space you had back there. Now look at you surrounded by more space than you can poke a stick at.

Looks good

It's surprising just how fast the space is beginning to fill!

Actually it mostly due to not being able to get things 'sorted out'. I'm hoping the bench will be a good start. Next will be a smaller one for the lathe. After that it's back to the need for an engine crane or a girder trolley for the overhead rail.
The toolboxes I bought before I left Sydney are still separate and need to be stacked one on the other. Then I can wheel them out of the way when not required.
If I put the mill on the new bench, then I'll have a stainless steel trolley that will need a new purpose - it had the mill on it in Sydney.

I've also found a new problem - sawdust!. In Sydney I either did the woodworking on the back lawn - no cleanup required or in the very small workshop area which was quick to vacuum. In the larger, fairly breezy area of the shed, it gets blown everywhere. I put drop cloths over the tool boxes today which helped a bit. Perhaps I need to add a cyclone to the list of jobs - or just concentrate on the metal work instead,

Maybe need to do woodwork outside or partition an area for the metal work, lathe, mill and cnc.

Now what was that about extra sheds