Work Bench for the Man Cave....

[bplipschitz]

Solid core fire rated wood doors make for a nice flat heavy work surface.

Especially when they're free.  Got one from my SIL across the street.  The doorknob hole make a handy place to put a parts catcher, end o the shop vac, or a tube leading to the trash can underneath.

It's a great benchtop.

 

[bmiller]

I'm coming over.  Every time I see a clean workshop, I start making a mess in it. 

I'm not anal about it but really try to keep it clean and organized. There's always some type of hot work going on. That doesn't pair well with a messy shop.

There's a guy I know here in town that does some very high end metal work, he puts out a large volume. I go over often to use some of his industrial stuff. His shop is immaculate, cleaned after every days work. When the cold saw is used the floor around it is mopped.

 

[Marcjsmith]

Especially when they're free.  Got one from my SIL across the street.  The doorknob hole make a handy place to put a parts catcher, end o the shop vac, or a tube leading to the trash can underneath.

It's a great benchtop.

i got mine free as well,  from work.... trimmed the knob hole off.  got a total of 4 doors.   they can take one helluva beating...

 

[Jules]

I'm not anal about it but really try to keep it clean and organized. There's always some type of hot work going on. That doesn't pair well with a messy shop.

There's a guy I know here in town that does some very high end metal work, he puts out a large volume. I go over often to use some of his industrial stuff. His shop is immaculate, cleaned after every days work. When the cold saw is used the floor around it is mopped.

Often, when I was working, I ended up in the switchgear room or electrical room.  It was my happy place because there was so many different tasks to perform.  I always kept those rooms spotless.  For one, nothing to trip on, but also because it made the work flow smoother, with less frustration.

But for some reason, at home, I wait until I can't work before cleaning up.  Lately, I've been reminding myself I need to treat the workshop the same as if I was working. 

 

[sledracr]

 at home, I wait until I can't work before cleaning up. 

Heh.  Mine's like that, but probably a step (or seven) worse.

At the end of sailing season I pull stuff off the boat and put it in the workshop.  On the work-surfaces, until I run out of room, and then in (arguably) neat arrangement on the floor.

Then, over the winter, my workshop seems to become a dumping ground for all the empty boxes from stuff that has arrived from Amazon, Fisheries, etc, etc.  Plus junkmail.  Plus magazines I don't have time to read.  plus-plus-plus

By the time spring rolls around, my "workshop" is basically a recycle bin, head-high with cardboard flotsam and junkmail flyers, and the sailing stuff I really want to get to somewhere near the bottom of the pile.  It usually takes a solid weekend to excavate the area, clean up the workbench and get the space back into usable shape.

I'd post a photo (it's almost that excavation-time-of-year), but... how would I live with the shame of my dirty secret being exposed for all to see?

 

[SloopJonB]

Often, when I was working, I ended up in the switchgear room or electrical room.  It was my happy place because there was so many different tasks to perform.  I always kept those rooms spotless.  For one, nothing to trip on, but also because it made the work flow smoother, with less frustration.

But for some reason, at home, I wait until I can't work before cleaning up.  Lately, I've been reminding myself I need to treat the workshop the same as if I was working. 

Electrical rooms need to be clean & tidy - they can kill you.

Wood and/or greasy work, not so much.

 

[Jules]

Electrical rooms need to be clean & tidy - they can kill you.

Only after they turn the power on.  Most of the work I did in them was before they were powered up.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Hate to be a contrarian (okay, I live for it), but you might consider a prebuilt bench. 

Sam's Club features the Seville line of work benches, tables, cabinets, etc. They're incredibly well made and sturdy. Plus, they go up in mere hours and look great. At $210, their six foot workbench comes damn near to the material costs alone.  I outfitted my man cave with pretty much all Seville. Very workable. Plus, as a Sams Club Premium member I waited for a sales event, and they were drop-ship to my door for freeeeeeee.

https://www.samsclub.com/p/72-inch-workbench-height-adjustable/prod22000197?xid=plp_product_1_7

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Electrical rooms need to be clean & tidy - they can kill you.

Can't count the times we left the electrical room spotless, only to come back and find the Maintenance Supervisor <spit> had converted it into a storage room

 

[Slick470]

here's mine. made it from scrap and leftovers from a house renovation.   It hasn't been this clean since either.

 

[bmiller]

Hate to be a contrarian (okay, I live for it), but you might consider a prebuilt bench. 

Sam's Club features the Seville line of work benches, tables, cabinets, etc. They're incredibly well made and sturdy. Plus, they go up in mere hours and look great. At $210, their six foot workbench comes damn near to the material costs alone.  I outfitted my man cave with pretty much all Seville. Very workable. Plus, as a Sams Club Premium member I waited for a sales event, and they were drop-ship to my door for freeeeeeee.

https://www.samsclub.com/p/72-inch-workbench-height-adjustable/prod22000197?xid=plp_product_1_7

How long does covid live on that chinese worktop?

 

[VWAP]

 

[Rushman]

27 minutes ago, VWAP said:

This might be a good addition to solve my outdoor needs

 

[warbird]

This unit is $16 for each end $16 for a pair of rails and $8 for the shelf. Welded steel, snap assembly. The 8 footer attached wood be just a few $ more stand alone.

 

[Rushman]

View attachment 354046 This unit is $16 for each end $16 for a pair of rails and $8 for the shelf. Welded steel, snap assembly. The 8 footer attached wood be just a few $ more stand alone.

I do have a bench like that, 8 foot long and wider on wheels... cost closer to $500 all up here in Aus

 

[SloopJonB]

Only after they turn the power on.  Most of the work I did in them was before they were powered up.

Scariest place I ever was was the main transformer room at the data center I managed.

When a big piece of electrical gear sounds practically like an idling railroad locomotive I don't want to be anywhere near it.

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

No Nitro (yet). Running low on stock at the moment. Got 1 Pilsner. 2 Ipas a Porter an APA and an Elderflower Ale on Tap. Going to use the lock down to get kegs on the rest of the taps. 

i have the kegging equipment but not the kegerators ( long story)  but have a  rye pale ale and an irish extra stout bottled..  picked up supplies  for and ESB, Modelo Negro, and a porter  to brew...  some i'm set for a few weeks..

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

There's workbench threads on Woodworking Talk and Sawmill Creek that have been going a long time.

I bought a workbench and added drawers and it's the one I use most.  This was taken just after I finished the drawers (I use it on workbench threads because it's rarely that clean)
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But I built a workbench for the garage out of construction lumber a few years ago.  It's a great place to start if you don't want to drop a grand or more for serious workbench.  This thing takes a fairly good beating.  I later moved the lathe on top permanently and the bench handles the vibration well.

only 30 chisels?  amateur 

 

[Jules]

Scariest place I ever was was the main transformer room at the data center I managed.

When a big piece of electrical gear sounds practically like an idling railroad locomotive I don't want to be anywhere near it.

A picture of a data center I worked on, laying out all the conduits.  We started at 9' deep and worked up to 18".  There was three of us laying out where every bank of pipe ran, the turns and elevations.  

 

[peragrin]

What brand are those saw horses?

Home Depot husky toughbuilt.  https://www.homedepot.com/p/TOUGHBUILT-Adjustable-Height-25-32-in-and-Width-39-9-45-9-in-Steel-Sawhorse-and-Jobsite-Table-1300-lb-Capacity-TB-C700/205870356

Lots of places have variations of them.  The set I got have adjustable height, lower flaps so you can rip sheets of plywood mostly vertically, as.