workbench needed

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scrwright

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2,602 posts

189 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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I have a 3.8m wall in my new mancave I want to fill with a workbench. Will do everything from car spannering, woodwork through to electronics on it.

Looked at the machine mart stuff & it looks flimsy & cheap. Any recomendations for off the shelf workbenches that are in the hundreds not thousands?

Ta

Simpo Two

85,149 posts

264 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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I built my own for about £100 and it will last longer than me.

NewNameNeeded

2,560 posts

224 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Hijacking slightly but are there any flatpack-style chunky wooden workbenches out there? Heavy duty but pre-cut so I just need to assemble?

Trevor450

1,740 posts

147 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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I've just picked a pair of workbenches up from a farm sale for £18 the pair. I've tidied one of them up with some plywood and it is good to go. I wasn't going to pay several hundred for a flat pack timber one and was contemplating building my own until I saw the sale just up the road.

Pre-tidy up. Sheet of ply on the top and I've lined the old drawer holes with ply as well and added a shelf at the bottom.







Edited by Trevor450 on Saturday 8th November 13:54

loughran

2,731 posts

135 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Axminster do workbenches..

http://www.axminster.co.uk/workshop-equipment/benc...

But if I had nearly 4 meters to fit out I'd be designing and making my own. Woodwork at one end, metal work at the other, rock solid construction with some drawers and some cupboards. I'd use 5x5" for the legs, apron along the front and back for rigidity and 25mm MDF for the top which could be replaced when knackered.

A bit like this one but bigger and better and with more legs.



Making it yourself allows you to choose exactly how you want it to be. Nice project to have.

I'll just chuck this in for inspiration.... the workshop bit starts at about 6 minutes. biggrin

http://vimeo.com/57909173

dogbucket

1,200 posts

200 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Probably too much but I picked up a Bott Cubio 2m bench off a seller on Ebay who sells off Bott seconds. I think it was half price so around £600, but is a serious bit of kit weighing in at around 170kg.

Like this, but mine has wheels and drawers in the middle.



Bought a matching roller cab to complete the professional garage look (in my shed..)

scrwright

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2,602 posts

189 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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ohhh, nice. Would prefer steel cupboards & draws that lock. Wonder if I can get 2 or 3 draw units to use as bases to put a 50mm solid wood top on and stainless clad part of the wood too.

Gazzab

21,061 posts

281 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/04/04/how-to-ma...

I made this. Kit avail in screw fix.

allegro

1,132 posts

203 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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A 4m kitchen worktop could be a cheap and practical solution with the right frame/legs

scrwright

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2,602 posts

189 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Won't be making my own, thinking of this type of sealey bench at the mo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131251497496?_trksid=p20...

scrwright

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2,602 posts

189 months

Friday 14th November 2014
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Got carried away & bought a cabinet to be one 1/2 of the workbench. Off to see local fabricator to make up a frame for the other 1/2 and deck it with some hardwood planks


NewNameNeeded

2,560 posts

224 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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What is this and where did you get it from because I need to have a shiny one of my very own!

scrwright said:
Got carried away & bought a cabinet to be one 1/2 of the workbench. Off to see local fabricator to make up a frame for the other 1/2 and deck it with some hardwood planks

scrwright

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2,602 posts

189 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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search ebay for USProtools, arrived today, its very shiney smile Service is good from them, I got a load of cabinets off them, 1 small item was missing and they are sending out on an overnight courier for me. Cabinets themselves don't appear to be cheap tat, nice feel to the draws & well put together.
Decided it will live under the bench the blacksmith is making up for me, will be handy to have a pull out unit for extra space to rig up my RC planes on in the middle of the garage.

RichB

51,434 posts

283 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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scrwright said:
Got carried away & bought a cabinet to be one 1/2 of the workbench. Off to see local fabricator to make up a frame for the other 1/2 and deck it with some hardwood planks

That's nice, looks almost too good to mount a vice on and start bashing stuff around on but then I know that's what a bench is for.

XCP

16,876 posts

227 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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I made mine out of 15 quids worth of reclaimed softwood. Sacrificial MDF top and a vice from Axminster. Total about 50 quid. It may not be pretty but it will outlast me.