What's On Your Workbench?

[ctmullins]

Thanks man. One of my greatest fears is that after I’m gone, my wife will sell that bench for $75 at a garage sale.

Perhaps you could bequeath it to your mortician, and be embalmed upon it?

 

[RichterScale]

Thanks man. One of my greatest fears is that after I’m gone, my wife will sell that bench for $75 at a garage sale.

Dude!! I'll send you my number! Tell her to call me,...I'll give her $100 for it!
I'll even say nice things about you!

 

[Gary_M]

Perhaps you could bequeath it to your mortician, and be embalmed upon it?

Hahaha!! Now that would be very fitting. Put the casket on it. Honestly, nobody in my family would be surprised.

 

[Gary_M]

Dude!! I'll send you my number! Tell her to call me,...I'll give her $100 for it!
I'll even say nice things about you!

Three fiddy!

 

[TerribleTim68]

Thanks man. One of my greatest fears is that after I’m gone, my wife will sell that bench for $75 at a garage sale.

Isn't this the old joke about race cars and guitars? "My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell it for what I told her I paid for it."

 

[RichterScale]

3 hundo and I just won't say bad things.

Three fiddy!

 

[Gary_M]

3 hundo and I just won't say bad things.

Sold!

 

[Gary_M]

Isn't this the old joke about race cars and guitars? "My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell it for what I told her I paid for it."

Exactly!

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Thanks man. One of my greatest fears is that after I’m gone, my wife will sell that bench for $75 at a garage sale.

Lol , you can't take it with you.

 

[Gary_M]

Lol , you can't take it with you.

True, I'll bet it weighs 400lbs!

 

[/\/\3phist0]

True, I'll bet it weighs 400lbs!

It would make for a good Viking pyre though!

 

[Gary_M]

It would make for a good Viking pyre though!

Holy crap, I'm totally doing that.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Holy crap, I'm totally doing that.

I'm a man with a sick sick imagination





Glad it's not just me

 

[dwizum]

I'll keep an eye out for your obit and make sure she gets at least $80.

 

[RichterScale]

I'll keep an eye out for your obit and make sure she gets at least $80.

I already bought it for $300.
Now you just have to out live both of us.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I started modeling a workbench. Does that count?

Still a few things to add, like a leg vice and an end vice. I'm still highly torn between a split-top or a traditional top. I like the idea of a spilt-top so you can then install a stop-gap. If you want to take it a step further (because like Diamond Dave says, if a little is good... ) you could build the stop-gap so it raises up and becomes a planing stop as well.

This is mostly an exercise for me to understand all the pieces and even get material count out of it. You can buy plans online, you can watch a ton of YouTube builds, but I like the cheap method of just modeling it myself. The advantage of having a job that literally places me in front of 3D modeling software all day, huh? Oh yeah, the fact that I've literally had nothing to do for 6 hours of this work day helps too.
I'm glad I'm salary!

 

[RichterScale]

Is that top made out of (16) 2x6s?
That's like 3 grand!

 

[TerribleTim68]

Is that top made out of (16) 2x6s?
That's like 3 grand!

Yessir! That's why I said @SlingBlader's workbench is worth like $6,000! Well, I said that earlier this week, it's probably worth more like $6,357 today.

 

[RichterScale]

And it will cost $1200 to fill up your truck with gas to go pick up that $3k in 2x6s.

 

[Bruce Johnson]

Another way to make a cool workbench is to buy a mechanic's tool cabinet with the casters and rolling drawers. Or two. The build an overhanging wood bench top on top of it (them). From Harbor Freight or Craigslist, you can probably get a tool cabinet for less than the new lumber to build the legs and base of a traditional wood bench. And lots of storage space for....tools!