your work bench

[Dr. Cranky]

Very nice works space, Jon. I hope you also have a chair with a back so that you can give your back a rest.

[robertw]

I have a strange work bench. The further I get into the project the work bench surace begins to disappear and sometimes it's a real race as to whether the project will be finished before the work space totally disappears and when the latter happens I'll even have trouble finding what I was working one. LOL

[Keef]

this is what mine looks like now that ive moved

stash storage after my cabinet ended up being a mangled casualty of moving

[1272148]

A few months ago if someone had looked at my bench they would have seen a pile of half finished projects that ranged from one week to several months old. However after looking over my bench I found that I really didn't want most of the stuff I had, so I cleared everything out, one could say that there was a mass exodus of model kits. I had to sell most of the kits I had and the rest of them went to the trash, the only kits I kept were my complete collection of John Bogosain and Tom Daniels show rods and my Jimmy Flintstone resin mad monster kits. My parts box origionally spanned a closet full of boxes and parts, however after realizing that I could sell them on eBay I got rid of them, they sold for over two hundred dollars. My collection of boxes (most of which had cars still in them, I placed those on craigs list and let them go for over a hundred and fifty dollars. The most obvious problem is my dicast collection that has been building up for over fifteen years in my back room. I still havn't sold any of those, but I plan on selling them on craigs list due to the fact that it would cost over five hundred dollars to ship.

[Tommy Kortman]

I hope this is in the correct section. For this "On the Workbench" thread is actually about...the Workbench.

I have recently decided to convert a spare bedroom into a new work shop, so I though I'd document the process with some Photos. I hope you will enjoy the ride.

First up is site prep. I cleaned an vacumed the new work site.

[Tommy Kortman]

Now that the "site" has been prepped, I brought in some of the proposed furniture for a "Dry-fit" as it were. First up is the Main Work Bench.

The Main Work Bench is a 30" x 6' Samsonite plastic topped table.(from Lowes) I have added a pine wood top to it. The top was added because I hated the sound of a hobby knife rolling across the table. Plus it's a bit more functional. I was going to seal the wood top with urethane, but I liked the unfinished wood much better. It just says "work bench" instead of furniture. I also routed the top edge to make leaning against the edge while working a bit more comfortable.

Here you can see the routed edge a bit better. While I had the router out, I carved out a pocket in the top to accept a 12" x 18" marble cutting board.

The board sits flush with the wood top and I use it as a surface plate during construction. It has made it a little easier to get the chassis square. In the future I plan to replace the marble with granite, because I have been told that it is more durable. The marble will scratch quite easily with an X-acto. I have sealed the edges with white tub and tile caulk to prevent tiny peices from disappearing into the seem.

On the right side of the main bench is a plastic set of shelves. (also from Lowes) It can hold std Revell boxes 2 deep front to back. It will be the "Staging Lanes" for future builds.

On the left is another Samsonite table. This one is 24" x 48". It will be used for that extra space that you always seem to need. I am not adding the extra wood top to this unit.

OK, that's it for tonight. Hopefully more tomorrow.

[crazyjim]

Good start, Tommy.

[jonno356SC]

Your bench is too clean, Jon. Is that one of those magnetic strips on the wall? They look handy.

Thanks guys. CrazyJim, yes, that is from MicroMark.

http://www.micromark.com/magnetic-tool-holder-20-inch,7096.html

Enjoy!

[2002p51]

If there is a competition for the messiest, I'm in!

[JamesW]

Here's my new area. It's on one wall of our bedroom since we lost the third bedroom when we moved last week.

Kit storage in the walk in closet just outside our bedroom.

[AzTom]

Here's mine, A 10' kitchen counter top on two tool boxes.

[gtx6970]

What work bench, I have a 6 ft long by 2 ft deep L shaped wood area covered with various model pieces parts paints and tools , I haven't seen this thing called a 'work bench' in years.

Although I do occasionaly get to see an area that resembles wood about 18" by 18" from time to time .

[BOSWELL891]

Here's mines, a card table in the storage space underneath the stairs. Its a lot more messy now.

[Haubenschild]

Here is my workbench from a couple months ago

Here's my other " Workbench " or Work shelf

[Chuck Most]

Remember the trash compactor scene from Star Wars? That's pretty much what my workbench looks like at any given moment.

[Hippie]

Here's mine:

Used to do model train stuff and the layout is now a shelf...

and the photo both area:

Thank god my parents are carefree.

[Tommy Kortman]

Ok, as promised, I have a few more photos to post tonight. When we last left off, I Showed you the surface plate. Since I have used this bench before, I know that I need to raise the work surface height. I was experiencing some iritation in my shoulders and upper back that was coming from leaning down to the work surface. I did not want to go with a shorter chair, so I went in the opposite direction and raised the table height. In order to do that I built risers.

These risers are made from a 4" x 4" x 4" cube of pressure treated pine (it's what the store had when I built them) that is attached to a 6" x 6" x 1" pine base plate. The upper corners have all had a radius routed onto them.

This shot shows a little more detail of one of the risers. The pocket in the top was made with a paddle drill bit. The diameter is just a little larger than the diameter of the table leg. I did this so that the table could not slip off of the risers. Since these risers were made for a different house, and that floor was not exactly level, 2 of the pockets were drilled a little deeper to compensate for the previous floor. I will adjust this depth by filling the pocket with some 2-part 5 minute epoxy. These particular risers are for the side table.

This riser shown sitting on top of the main work bench is for the main bench itself. The notch in the back was so I could clear a previous radiator pipe.

I am filling the risers with epoxy now, so hopefully I will have some photos later of them installed.

Thanks for watching.

[rmvw guy]

I just cleaned it off between builds, forgot what it looked like under there. lol Here also is a sneak peek at my latest build, a "50 Chevy Pickup. I will take a break tomorrow with my two Grandkids coming over to spend the day. May find time to work on 5 1/2 year old's Corvette with her. (Don't forget the half).

[AzTom]

WHOA!

You don't want to spill any paint thinner by that water heater.

Nice Truck

[rmvw guy]

WHOA!

You don't want to spill any paint thinner by that water heater.

Nice Truck

Thanks, yeah you are right, if you look close I have a can of thinner right on the edge of the bench. I like living on the edge a little bit but, thanks for pointing that out. See this forum is good for a lot of other things. Thanks again AzTom.

[signguy2108]

Here is mine. It shares an office with the sign shop cutter. Clean at the moment. It's fun to see where other people work on their hobbies.

[southpier]

for this topic & Workbench Saturdays, too, i have to say the big elaborate rooms are nice, but the little 2' x 2' spots have heart.

[jaydar]

for this topic & Workbench Saturdays, too, i have to say the big elaborate rooms are nice, but the little 2' x 2' spots have heart.

i am lucky enough to have a large room about 18' x 14'. My actual work space is about 3 x 6.

joe.

[prostockmania]

here is mine, 8 x 11 room, full attached bath(not shown), but my models still spill over into my bedroom, lol

Edited June 28, 2012 by prostockmania

[camarofreak82_427]

wow them are impressive, i have hardly any workspace at all lol. everything i do pretty much gets done right here