Ive just built this bench,













I've got a chippy mate making me some draws to go underneath, but wondered if anyone has any good ideas/things they wished they'd done when doing theirs?

 

I wish I'd attached mine to a bigger feckin garage...

Them welds have bit n nicely..

 

Lol a garage is never big enough mate,
yeah makes a nice change welding decent metal better than welding car up!

 

Having done this as well but not to such a grand scale, my observations are;

The lower horizontal sections, I would not have fitted them as it makes sliding stuff in and out from under the bench a fiddle but as you are going to have drawers and or a lower shelf it probably doesn't matter.

If the garage is not heated be weary of using kitchen cupboards. I did this, they got damp and fell off the wall

Bolt the fucker down to the floor


But really nice work there I'd be chuffed to bits with that.

 

little update my mate made up the draws, he's done an awesome job!







Have loads of storage space now

just need to sort the handles, am thinking of this



or some cheapo spanners?

 

That looks bob on.

 

Very nice! Would love to have a go at making something similar. Can I ask what the rough build cost is with the materials etc?

 

Cheers boys!

I reckon it cost me around 500 quid and tbh its a bargain as I spend 300odd on a wanky thing from machine mart

 

Looks really good that

 

looks smart that does matt

i've got a metal table smaller than that and i can't shift the fucker and it's only made of angle iron so even thgouh you may want to bolt it to teh floor, it'll probably survive longer than the building it's been put in

 

Those handles look a bit wonky!!

 

Piss off its your eyes!

 

well done thats a braw strong bench you made

 

Looking good Matt!

I'll enlist your services soon for mine!