Building a workbench.

[J_N30]

I'm going to build a work bench tomorrow and am thinking of using 3x3 fence posts as legs with some 4x1 timber to build the shape/support.

Has anyone built their own workbench, what did you do?

 

[foxhole]

Mine was built completely from spare timebr 4x2 uprights and frame, mdf top and base, three draws from old kitchen unit and mounted on 4inch locking castors. A couple of double sockets [from desks in the office] mounted on one leg for convenient power source as have a grinder on one corner used mainly for sharpening tools.Metal working vice on one side and woodworking vice on the other.

 

[Dave54]

With benches, generally the heavier they are the better, depending on what you're going to use them for. 1 inch sounds light for the top to me. I'd want 2" thickness if possible. Just in case I ever had to hammer on it. . .

I'd cover the top with hardboard or something as well. Easy to change when it gets grotty.

 

[Alarm]

Mine is 4 x 4 timber legs and frame with two 18mm sheets of ply (had it spare).
Various compartments from off cuts at back to wall for screws nails ect ( in old jam jars for size sorting).
Sockets along the side, out of the way of damage.

 

[Dave54]

Recycling and using what you've got is a good idea. I've got a "proper" beech woodworkers bench I made myself, from when I used to make hardwood furniture. When I wanted drawers underneath it though I rescued them from an old sideboard and cut them down to fit.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I made mine out of sleepers and telegraph poles, 4x4's, that's a workbench made for Nancy boys!

 

[Alarm]

I made mine out of sleepers and telegraph poles, 4x4's, that's a workbench made for Nancy boys!

LOL

 

[Dave54]

I made mine out of sleepers and telegraph poles, 4x4's, that's a workbench made for Nancy boys!

Yeah I heard they were having trouble with the train tracks up that way. And the phones!