Home made work bench

[Northeastfarmer]

sick of working on the floor...who’s made their own?

 

[multi power]

I made my own, surprised what it actually cost but suits my requirements

 

[Bobthebuilder]

easy enough done with some scaffold boards or some box section and steel plate if you want a metal 1

 

[J 1177]

Me, 3x3 inch angle iron legs and frame, thick steel plate on top, timber lower floor, sides and back made of 6mm plate and 6mm double doors on the front that I can lock for keeping the grinder and power tools in. Oh and a fortis vice at one end

 

[robs1]

Have made several and need a new one for our new workshop, we always use 6 x 3 timber for the top, steel is too noisy to bash for my tender ears, we will add a small bit of plate at one end to fix a earth wire for the welder on this one tho.

 

[kmo]

Did my bit for elf and safety and made a bench by taking the blade out of one like this

 

[David.]

However you make it, I suggest a top that resembles a swiss chalet roof, otherwise you always end up filling the flat surface with stuff, and then working on a tiny area around the vice, which will inevitably be loaded with metal fillings and discarded grease encrusted pto shaft UJ caps.

 

[Adeptandy]

However you make it, I suggest a top that resembles a swiss chalet roof, otherwise you always end up filling the flat surface with stuff, and then working on a tiny area around the vice, which will inevitably be loaded with metal fillings and discarded grease encrusted pto shaft UJ caps.

When did you see my bench

 

[Adeptandy]

Moving mine, so it’s tidy [emoji23][emoji23]

Sheet if 6mm plate for the top, 2 legs 75mm angle & 2 channel with 50mm angle around the bottom to stop the legs splaying

 

[Deutzdx3]

made some thing similar to this with a solid top. 8x4 5mm plate top. Plan was to put a mig under it and a tool box but went straight to work. 40mm box section butt welder together. Cast iron wheels on the bottom. Wheels are great but the floor has to be decent or wheels want to go in different direction. ‍

 

[Robert K]

One of our metal benches with offcut storage underneath

 

[TripleSix]

8x4
6mm top
I think the frame is all 50x50x3

 

[davieh3350]

You can't have too many benches!

 

[Renaultman]

However you make it, I suggest a top that resembles a swiss chalet roof, otherwise you always end up filling the flat surface with stuff, and then working on a tiny area around the vice, which will inevitably be loaded with metal fillings and discarded grease encrusted pto shaft UJ caps.

you've seen my bench then? Workshops abhor an empty flat surface

 

[deleted user 837354]

I'd sooner have a wooden top with metal edges- I think wood is nicer to work on and won't ping or damage parts if you drop or tip them by mistake.

Not ideal for welding though obviously.

 

[FarmerD89]

One I started making all finished now mind.... £180 in 80x80 x5mm box for legs and frame 1”x2” back frame for board. And 6mm plate top.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

8x4
6mm top
I think the frame is all 50x50x3

Looks good...I have plenty of 50 x 50 in stock I’ll have a go....what’s the height of yours off the floor? I’m 6’4 so might have to be higher

 

[Blue.]

I've always threatened to make one on a single post car lift,adjustable height would be grand.

 

[exmoor dave]

Made my bench from a forklift mast (just the main section, not the telescopic section)

Put legs on it, 4x2 box.
Bought 2 identical vices, mounted them on sliders that are a tight fit on the forklift mast,
So the vices can be positioned anywhere along one side of the bench.
Works a treat

 

[Pan mixer]

My main bench is 3 feet square, half inch steel plate top on robust steel legs with a decent vice.

There is limited room for collecting stuff between jobs, it is big enough for most jobs and I have a 12 foot by 5 foot angle iron trailer top for making gates and things, easy to clamp stuff to and easy to push out of the workshop to turn stuff over with the forklift.

Works for me.