As above. I've just built a garage and am now coming to the part where I am kitting it out. I've got plenty of 6x2 left over from the roof joists and am going to build a custom workbench and was looking for inspiration, so let's see them please

 

Not mine

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article...Bench&A=112200


http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_112992/article.html


Ive one wall with a workbench most of the way along it. Just simple 3x1.5" timber with a kitchen worktop on top.

It's very sturdy, and there's so much junk on top of it it's totally unusable as a bench lol

 

Yeh same they all start out as a work bench, now I work off the floor lol

 

you have floorspace too ? lol

It's a bit like my bench...although I do have room to walk from the garage door to the drivers door of the car.

Which is ridiculous really, as it's a pretty big garage lol

Although they cost money, second hand catering stuff can be good and come in various shapes and sizes of stainless steel.

But a simple wood bench with a kitchen worktop on top is very sturdy, and the kitchen worktops very sturdy too.

 

Oh I've got a massive workshop so room ain't an issue just sensible workspace is lol

 

My workbench is pretty small, just 70cm deep and abouth 200 cm wide, and its pretty high, so i have a high chair from a bar with a cozy soft sitting to sit and relax while working on the workbench. I do have a redicoulus heavy steel frame made from 3 inch gaspipe and some steel box profiles, so i have a shelf and a cabinet below the workbench!

My dad has one witch is a meter deep and about 3 meters wide, also a very heavy frame, but also a very sturdy wooden top, about 6 cm thick hardwood, so you can hammer whatever you want. I can hit the workbench so hard the walls start to shake, and it just gets a little dent.i have put a large piece of full rubber conveyorbelt on top of it, also on the floor where you stand, to prevent stains and such.

Next project is to coat the floor, but there has to go a lot of equipment to be moved, two lathes, a xyz mill, welders, cabinets, the workbench, you name it...

Remember youll need a sturdy frame and you dont want to worry if you destroy your top if you miss a blow with your hammer!

 

Here's mine,
Just kitchen worktop sitting on a single and double cupboard.

 

nice tidy man cave there what size is that approx ???

 

It's 12 foot x 17 foot. It was the hay barn at the end of our stables but i kept moaning that she had 6 12 x 12 stables and a 12 x 24 barn, so i blocked some of the barn off and extended it 4 foot making me a garage.



It's not quite so tidy at the mo, i have 2 engines in there, my track tyres and loads of gear as i'm doing a new bathroom!

 

I'll get a picture tomorrow, but we have a wooden bench, 4/5ft long by 2 ft wide, next to that is the lathe, then pillar drill. One of the sides has old kitchen units etc, sink, racks for books/manuals, the other just has a few shelves and power tool cabinet.

Not much room with 3 bikes, my Escort, a couple of engines etc

 

Heres mine, garage isnt finished yet so im sure i will add more at some point:

 

pic of my work bench when i first built it , All stainless steel worktops and shelves
bench made out of three and four inch timber left over from the garage build

 

Nevermind the bench...I wish I could see my floor like that ! lol

 

Lol
It dont look like that anymore