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Took a few weeks and minimal costs... EVERYTHING fits!

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[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely amazing, makes me want to rebuild my bench!

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Styxia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's a real nice workbench, good work!

[–] em2@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was it all custom plans? If you have any plans or progress pics to share, post em please! It looks great.

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] em2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thank you!

[–] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I love the vertical drawer.

[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow very cool! How do you use a fence with that router setup?

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a little opening that i can screw the fence into. It's a little limited, but i built it so the router easily pops out of i need more flexibility.

[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Nice! Looks like a sweet setup.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The castors are a great idea.

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It moves so easily! Probably one of the more expensive parts of the build, $20 a wheel lol

[–] closure1170 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks very much!

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the vertical slide out. I've been working on my own workbench design and some iterations have something similar for my saws.

[–] DavidP@toast.ooo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Slick! I like the inclusion of the router. Shop vac could do double duty on its dust collection.

What router plate is that? Is there a lift?

[–] Late_Settler@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How's the height?

It might just be the angle of the image but it looks a bit on the low side for my aging back.

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

37.5". Naturally, you could adjust the plans accordingly :)

[–] christiannils@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It looks really nice :-)

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

How much did this cost is supplies? Looks great though!

[–] socialgaff 1 points 1 year ago

Love getting to see what people do when building workspaces for themselves. This looks rad!

[–] oxideSeven@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There were plans for this online somewhere right? I almost made this same one! It's so good!

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you have a link to share?

[–] oxideSeven@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't. I'll try to look around tomorrow maybe I saved sometime in a bookmark. I just recall almost building this same thing. May have been from a YouTuber.

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very nice bench! My only concern is the drawers are a bit open to letting dust in, I probably would have added some 1/4" plywood around the back/sides of the drawer section if possible

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah i kept it basic, and you definitely get some on the side with the saw. My solution is to put bigger things on that side that can get dirty. The other side holds smaller tools and the dust is really minimal over there.

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough man. Looks good! I need to make an outfeed table for my table saw and a miter saw station. Finally moved into a new place with a shop that's bigger than my old one a few years ago. Had to get rid of most of my benches except my main one when I put my stuff in storage

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was in the same boat. Had a huge shop with a 16 foot table until i moved about 4 years ago. So this table was a way for me to store a lot of my stuff in a much smaller space.

I still miss that big shop :(

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, that's a massive table! Bummer you had to downsize.

I was in à 10'x16' uninsulated, unpowered shed in Alaska (ran an extension cord and learned which combination of tools would trip the breaker). Now I have a 20'x20' two car garage (at least, most of it, have a freezer and water heater and HVAC), and it's fantastic. Ran a bunch more outlets in it on multiple circuits when I bought the house a few months ago, so I never have to worry about tripping the breaker again.

[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That sounds glorious! I'm sharing a garage with my wife's car lololol. Better than nothing :)

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