wooden workbench

[beantins]

started making my workbench today, any one want to put pics up of theres so i can steal your ideas?? lol

[beantins]

suggestions appreciated also, thanks

[Defcon5]

What wood are you using? Are you buthchering other furniture to make it?

[beantins]

4x2 for legs etc, not sure wat to use for the actual work surface yet

[The Black Flash]

I used sheets of 1/2 inch MDF for the tops of mine, with several coats of polyurethane varnish on the top.

[beantins]

how many layers did u go for withe the mdf?? good job?

[DrDeAtH]

Use a bit of worktop.. at least you can then bolt things to it... vices, pillar drills etc....

and it's wipe clean...

[Simpo Two]

beantins said:

4x2 for legs etc, not sure wat to use for the actual work surface yet

6x2 running longways for the worktop, held underneath by more 6x2 running fore/aft on top of the legs. Top with (replaceable) hardboard and edge with oak.

That's how my father made his in about 1950 and I'm still using them

[The Black Flash]

beantins said:

how many layers did u go for withe the mdf?? good job?

Just one thick layer. I figured I could replace it if I ever needed to, but it's fine after a few years of abuse, including welding on it etc. I've got a pillar drill, a grinder and vices bolted to it, no problems.
Work top'd be fine as well.

[Milky Bar Kid]

I have a 3/8" thick aluminium sheet on top of an MDF sheet on my wooden bench. It makes things like welding on it so much easier, and it's always wipe clean. I doubt getting a similar sheet/plate would be cheap mind, but then mine was free from work as they didn't know they were binning it.

[The Black Flash]

Milky Bar Kid said:

I have a 3/8" thick aluminium sheet on top of an MDF sheet on my wooden bench. It makes things like welding on it so much easier, and it's always wipe clean. I doubt getting a similar sheet/plate would be cheap mind, but then mine was free from work as they didn't know they were binning it.

I originally planned to cover mine with metal sheet for exactly that reason, but never got around to it.

[soda]

I'm just about to build my own bench today, going to be a mix of scraps lying about. Couple of fenceposts, 4x2, 3x2, 15mm MDF and a few bits of random sized stuff from an old bed. I dread to think what it will end up looking like but at least it'll be strong

[beantins]

bench update

[beantins]

not great with computers guys sorry, that was meant to be a few pics, i think if you click the photo the rest come up??

[Milky Bar Kid]

Not bad at all sir! Although if it were my bench, I'd be tempted to double up with the top layer, but only because I have a vice bolted to my bench and I use it for making repair sections so it gets hit quite a lot. If you don't intend doing such things, then there's no real need!

[Simpo Two]

Nice and chunky. Have you screwed it to the wall too?

[4mo]

Big lawn is it

How many mowers?

[beantins]

i ended up laying 4x2 on its flat the whole way across, ply just for a smooth finnish, so should be quite strong