Projects Finally after 2 years...got a work bench...

Ll .....sturdy and ready to go.....let's see yours....picked this wood up from a friend , was a queen size bed...now it's a queen sized bench....

 

Added some gussets so it's square...looking for a bench vise..

 

Madillac is wondering , any hambers in Houston want to assist on this chop....let's have at it...

 

I have a work bench but it's buried under a pile of junk! HRP

 

I have a work bench it's buried with junk to,so i started using carts now have 5 of them. LOL

 

You wont be able to find it a week

 

Bought some steel layout tables from a business that was closing, 1/8" top, 4x10, (2) 5x5, added wheels to one of them. Bought them for scrap price, couldn't have afforded them otherwise. Cost more to get them loaded than the tables.

 

My work bench is a former military, wooden desk; I even have a vice bolt to it, it that sturdy! Plus it has 5 drawers.
I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

This is one my son made this winter it may look light duty but it can hold a an engine block with out a problem made it with some left over 80 20 butcher block top and made the custom bottom brackets on our cnc table I think we have less than a hundred dollars in it.

 

My work bench is 24 feet long, now I call it a storage bench. Have to clear it off every time I need to work on something.

 

When mine gets cluttered, I build another one.......................

 

Portable workbench/welding table we have up at the garage. 1/2" top makes a sturdy work surface.

 

If I posted a picture of either one of my work benches, you would see there is no way to get any work done on them! I really think the term work bench is an oxymoron! Joe

 

I'm surprised I had a pic of mine and it doesn't have that much on it.. it is on wheels however so I can move it around to suit what I'm doin or clean under it.

 

So happy to hear it is just not me that cant find the workbench surface !!!

 

I like the wheels , you can pull it out , find lots of goodies you dropped back in there and of course tidy up....

 

Amen to that. I had a pallet with a 1 inch plywood top laying on my frame that is on saw horses for a work table but moved it over on a pair of real saw horses so I could work on the frame. Somewhere in the back of the garage is a stainless topped work table that I bought through GSA auctions that has a couple of drawers in it that is supposed to be my real work table.

 

My welding table/ work bench. 1/2" plate.

 

Now..that's a table / workbench ....what's 4 x8 sheet of 1/2 steel plate weigh ?

 

Love that greenish-brown (or is it brownish-green?) color. Do you know what name it is? Brand?

 

I got a work bench that is currently being used as a storage shelf.......

 

about 650lbs not including all the 3x3 angle bracing and 3" schedule 40 pipe legs. I put an eyebolt in the center so I could move it with my hoist. its definitely not going any where!

 

My Metal Work/ Weld bench weight is around 900 pds , I welded trailer Jack's with wheel
( wheels off of grocery cart ) so I could move it around in my shop with ease

 

Worked in one machine shop part time, doing cylindrical grinding. They had a big layout table that was a full 4' x 8' sheet of 1" aluminum. Do the math, it weighed around 450 lbs just for the top alone. One day I come in... something was different...
Q: What happened to the big aluminum table?
A: It got turned into a job.

 

I'll tell you what I tell my students. Figure it out ! A square foot of 1" plate weighs 40.8 pounds.
The formula for surface area is L x W.
Easy peasy.

 

I'll take a look when I get home. I know I used "all surface enamel" from Sherwin Williams as it was leftover from some work we did in our kitchen.

 

Cactus1, from the looks of your garage/workbench,
you must have OCD...

 

Haha! Maybe a little bit? It's actually more of a mess now that I'm building my next project. That picture was right after I completed the bench and wall last winter so it wasn't broken in yet. Now it looks like we've been there 20 years .

 

a little over $100 Harbor Freight's is a solid deal