Show us your workbench

Workbench? What's that? My workbenches are a couple Black and Decker Workmates next to the car!

 

We just redid our bench and added all new T-8 lights. The 4' X 4' section that sticks off the main bench is movable with adjustable feet. we did that so we had a stable base to put a ladder to reach the parts that are stored in the rafters. It also allows us to have a big enough area to work on the doors on the 51 without having to set them on the floor. we added the polishing station / wire wheel in a screwed up location and the bench stock / cleaning stuff on the other side

 

Running out of room

 

WOW! Check out those pictures!

Jerry
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I keep a few 3/4" x 2' x 8' plywood strips around. have saw horses with 2X4 notches, that way I can set up the bench next to what Im working on and it forces me to put things away when Im done.

Im working on a bench now. want 3 sections 3' x 3' that clamp together with differnt tops (steel, carpet, wood) and wheels. that way I can have one large bench or un clamp them and roll them to where Im working. (bought all my wheels, looking for some angle iron scrap and a nice steel plate to start fabbing it)

 

I just hung 10 extra cabinets to hold all my crap.....now I have less room than I did before. Where did it all come from?

 

I never thought of this. That is one hell of an idea. I always wanted to do one with a scissor lift on it so I could get some elevation at rod runs. I will have to put this on my list.

 

this thread makes me feel like less of a derelict.

 

work benches against walls are shelves. my bench is on wheels and stays in the center of the room, forces me to keep it clean.

 

Here are mine. They arent clean like this now. I had em cleaned off when I put up the magazine covers. I should have taken a picture of what was behind me, I could barely move.

 

i like the drawer fronts.

 

This is only clean, because I wasn't fully moved into the new space yet. It's not that open now.



HRM2K- you have the BEST wallpaper!

 

Here's the metal framed one I built...




and my old Beach rolling bench...

 

i always admire how interesting my tool mess is, even the debris piles i sweep up; panoramic views of my shelves;etc.
i have a lot of tables that my father gave me, that he salvaged from somewhere else, and ive had them for many years now; the other day i was thinking of all the work that was done on them, and how cool they look now, and why. i love it.

 

drawer pulls are awesome ^

 

My dumpy garage and benches.

Your Pal, Gary

 

That's a real hack saw you got there! Don't see them too much any more.

Jerry
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You and me both. I need to take one day this weekend and clean out the garage to the walls and start over.

Too much winter accumulation of stuff that didn't get hauled back to the proper shed or pitched out.

I like your Garage/shop G Anderson, It has a lot of neat equipment, is clean enough to work in safely but shows that you actually work in it and it isn't just a display area for nifty equipment that you have collected.

 

Here is mine,I have storage space for fasteners ( 25 years Body Shop Collection ) under the work surfaces so I gotta keep it as uncluttered as possible

 

I like the hidden storage bins under the counter top. As long as there aren't too many cylinder heads or transmissions on the bench that would be a great system to have. Glad to see you've meet your '34 Ford grille shell guota.

 

Hey, a clean workbench never won no races!

 

My work bench is a piece of plywood over a garbage can . I found out if it has a flat surface it will hold stuff for ever . I did however build shelf's that you can't find a engine block on .

Fun thing is looking at all the interesting stuff piled on the bench pics !!!!





This is in there some where !!!

 

Now's this is a place I can work in! There no work being done in a clean workshop!
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Yes,I used to find those throw away 33 & 34 Grilles and fixem and have them plated,I can still fixem,but now I can't afford to have them plated

 

out with the old



in with the new

 

Its great to know that I am not the only "messy" person out there. Ity seems all I do is sweep up grinding dust, its every frickin where, in every drawer, and on every horizontal surface. I ain't cleaning it up till I stop making grinding dust...

Outlaw

 

Here's mine!

 

I have two benches. The small one is 4x6, has a pair of camel bumps, my dis-assembled FE heads, the front bumper and re-painted brackets and COMPLETE heater and ducting from under the dash of my chevy II, as well as dozens of small underhood and grill brackets that have recently been re-painted, bunch of assorted hand tools and taps, ect. I'll will probably clean it off once it collapses under the accumulated wieght...

 

I cleaned the front 2/3rds of my workbench last week, found some tools, parts, etc that I'd been missing. It's like an archaeology expedition every time I do it.