Garage bench ideas - Chat Forum

Re: Garage bench ideas

coynie09 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:08:47 +0000

This is mine built out of 4x2 frame then 1.1/2x6 planks then 15mm plywood on top
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Re: Garage bench ideas

SiB — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:46:04 +0000

Just this weekend finished using kitchen worktops as shed work surfaces, very solid when used in conjunction with 4 x 4 legs. Just ask a kitchen fitter to keep an eye out for some for you.

Re: Garage bench ideas

tinsy — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:45:16 +0000

I made a bench, it works fine it fits nicely, but I have tidy bench envy still.

Re: Garage bench ideas

bristolbiker — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:31:39 +0000

Made mine out of 2" box, welded up into three frames. It's got to fit into a very tight U-shape position, so the two side went in first, then the centre section slide in. Top and shelves from (IIRC) 3/4" marine ply cut to shape and rests on top (can't move in any direction because of the walls. When the top looks tired/is covered in paint, oil etc just take it off and buy a new sheet ;-)

Re: Garage bench ideas

TooTall — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:23:48 +0000

Two of these:

Trestles

One of these (or cheaper if you can find it):

Worktop

Screw a couple of lengths of timber to the underside of the worktop and there you have it - a very robust workbench, at whatever height you want, that you can move anywhere and cut to any size.

Re: Garage bench ideas

beaker — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:16:12 +0000

I acquired my workbench through work. It was an MOD wood working bench and I swapped for two bacon rolls and a box of cakes. It is really really heavy though. I need to sort the tool board next. More pictures please.

Re: Garage bench ideas

deadlydarcy — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:30:16 +0000

Love the fire door idea. Bodge-tastic (meant in the most complimentary sense of course) :-)

Re: Garage bench ideas

seadog101 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:49:04 +0000

Sorry, no photo.

Friend was replacing their kitchen. Helped them out by taking all their old cabinets and a bit of work surface. Wasn't a perfect solution, but helped with garage storage no end.

Re: Garage bench ideas

CountZero — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:12:22 +0000

There are two work tables at work, that I could almost kill for, had I somewhere that could take them. They're typesetting 'stones', that hot metal type was set into forms on. The legs and frame timbers are all around three inches square, with a top made from cast iron with a machined flat top. Can only be moved with a pallet truck, I reckon each one must weigh around a quarter of a ton. Fantastic things to work on, but they go rusty if you sit on them, or splash your tea, in about five minutes!

Re: Garage bench ideas

mikewsmith — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:04:11 +0000

Basic wooden frame and an old desktop screwed to it. Then some thin ply up the back for a tool board.

Currently using doors as office desk and that is a good cheap idea. You can always put some 4mm ply on top for hard wearing if needed. Just make sure you can wind the vice in and out fully and is stable enough to hit things on - again consider a covering for main hitting area.