[zukenutter]

Today I built a workbench for the garage and got my shit organised… Finally.

Bought some ColourBond colour match paint to match it to the roll-a-door.
Sorry no pics during construction but here is the plan. Also no pics of my usual shitty looking welds, although they are getting better and the new gas/gasless mig is awesome compared to the old budget gas less mig.



The finished bench minus overhead shelf yet to be sourced



Organised containers for the random shit that gets collected along the way and usually ends up thrown in a box and forgotten. You know the leftovers that you think "It'll come in handy" then you forget you have it and buy it again

[Jezza86]

a day. wow. wish we had shops herethat sold things and stuff. nice work!

[zukenutter]

It was only three hours of the day including paint. Great to final have a decent workbench. The bench top and lower shelf came from my last bench.

[klutched]

Awesome! I need to build myself one. What did you use for the bench top?

[zukenutter]

The bench top is one that my father in law knocked up a while ago. Mixture of laminex kitchen bench and stainless sheet. Just stuff he had left from construction jobs.

[steve]

Looks good, and hidden behind the shelf system. You've run out of bench space though!

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Organised containers for the random shit that gets collected along the way and usually ends up thrown in a box and forgotten. You know the leftovers that you think "It'll come in handy" then you forget you have it and buy it again

I've been doing the same thing, using ice cream containers, I have to eat a lot of ice cream to get them

Besides the overhead shelf, you could make another narrow shelf underneath the overhead one, so put more little containers?

edit. or a whole skinny shelf system at the back of the bench... you can never have too many shelves

[zukenutter]

steve wrote:

Looks good, and hidden behind the shelf system. You've run out of bench space though!

That's actually the gate into the backyard, bench is in plain view when the rolladoor is open I was still sorting crap when I took the pic, bench top is almost clear now

steve wrote:

I've been doing the same thing, using ice cream containers, I have to eat a lot of ice cream to get them

I used to have the random stuff in any containing that I could find but with me "Out of sight = out of mind" so I splurged on some good Woolies containers. Really nice being able to see at a glance what I've got.

steve wrote:

Besides the overhead shelf, you could make another narrow shelf underneath the overhead one, so put more little containers?

edit. or a whole skinny shelf system at the back of the bench... you can never have too many shelves

I hadn't even thought of adding an extra shelf and it would be so easy, thanks for the idea Steve.
I had thought about a slide out "L" return at one end just to add a little more bench space. Also I may add some doors to the front just to tidy it up a bit.

[steve]

Radio goes on the skinny rear top shelf , and add an overhead light under the top roof type shelf for those night projects?

[zukenutter]

I'll have to have a scrounge around for some sort of lights, surely I have something laying around. The car will do for the sound system

[royce]

Simple and fast bench how to

[Pubic]

Looks to have been sponsored by Bunnings.

[missmyljdaze]

I have a ripper stainless steel topped workbench, 4.8m long x 600mm deep, stainless steel backboard 400mm high, with old bar fridges for cupboards underneath.

150mm offset vice bolted to a 6mm x 600mm x 600mm steel plate [café type shade umbrella stand] half way along the bench, drill press on a separate bench on the right hand side.

All built out of discarded stuff from a hotel I used to work at.

all hiding somewhere in my shed



stephen

[zukenutter]

Hardest part of having a bench is keeping it clear of crap so I can use it

[Dan85]

I love making stuff for/in the garage. Here's one I did and it's been great. Sorry for the link to the other forum. http://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com ... ?tid=20903

[sideways]

zukenutter wrote:

Hardest part of having a bench is keeping it clear of crap so I can use it

My bench is about 7m long and I still have to make space so I can work on stuff.

[zukenutter]

Dan85 wrote:

I love making stuff for/in the garage. Here's one I did and it's been great. Sorry for the link to the other forum. http://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com ... ?tid=20903

Nice job, how high is the bench top?

sideways wrote:

zukenutter wrote:

Hardest part of having a bench is keeping it clear of crap so I can use it

My bench is about 7m long and I still have to make space so I can work on stuff.

Mine is covered in crap again but I'm glad it's not longer, would be more to tidy up each time.

[Dan85]

It's just over 900mm

[zukenutter]

Got a decent vice, never again will I feel my vice is inadequate

[rexhunta]

this is my little portable welding table ( have also got a 2800x600 workbench with a big vice and shelving on the bottom.

It's all Bunnings Rack-it except the top that is 1.6mm Mild steel sheet. Has an adjustable vice on the corner. I have overhung the sheet, so the top works out to be 1500x1300, the actual rack-it is the 1200x600 sections, then i just welded some wheels on the bottom to spin it round the shed. The big mig has it's own stand/wheels etc, so next to each other it's pretty good. ( just need to grab some more formply to make a better shelve for the bottom from work. )

[just_cruizin]

Btw, supercheap have a recall on those grey axle stands

[rexhunta]

Even if I bought them more the 5 years ago? Got a link please?

[just_cruizin]

Google search

http://media.supercheapauto.com.au/sca/ ... Notice.pdf

Non compliant design so age does not matter

[zukenutter]

rexhunta got me thinking about a moveable bench for steel work so I'm re-purposing the old bench I had under the house. Hopefully I'll have time to finish it today.
Adding some weight to the base to make it more stable.



Fencing paint for the top and self



Already in use, better get it finished

[Toomanycars]

This is my bench.. 3500mm x 950mm..The shocks were new wrx struts with king lows..pic is a few years old.

[zukenutter]

Fluros over the top, nice! break them often? I would.

[Toomanycars]

15 years so far and haven't broken one. It hangs on a chain so it can move if I hit it and I have done that many times..Can never have too much light, unless you are try to sleep...lol..

[zukenutter]

Job done

[Toomanycars]

Cool.. I like the casters... You can take the entire bench and tools to your car...lol..

[4x4xzook]

looking at making one out of old pallets.
see what i can come up with.

[pete_79]

4x4xzook wrote:

looking at making one out of old pallets.
see what i can come up with.

Just knocked up this one yesterday.
It's just a potting bench for the misses doing all of her gardening stuff.

The timber started it's life about 80 years ago screening off under an old Queenslander in Gin Gin. I got it off a mate when he was renovating the old place and used it to make a small deck and set of stairs in the back yard. The deck got ripped down early last year so I could build the new shed.

I guess is re-re-purposed now.