while I was at a Harbor Freight parking lot sale several months ago,
I spied a wooden workbench still in the box - the box seemed to have been through
some rough times. it appeared to have been dropped and tossed about.
it had the original plastic bands on it so it had not been opened to check for damage.
$50 seemed a bit high for a "Pig in a Poke" - so I offered $25 and they helped me load it !!
the first photo is how it is on the showroom floor. (sorry, I forgot to take photos of the bench prior to repairs).
basically, it had some broken joints, split this and that, minor stuff that some screws and epoxy couldn't fix.
I started this project with my daughter in mind (she is 45) for her very own personal woodworking/crafts/hobby station.
she is an avid wood artist and has had a rough life and has never had a chance to have her own "stuff".
all the tools are mine - that will go with the bench as a Christmas present - Heritage Pass Down thing.
basically, I took this broken bench project, made a box frame for the pegboard and two fluorescent lights under the top.
routed some grooves for the 3/4" recessed T-Track. I have all the hardware for the hold-downs.
made the small inclined carving desk out of scrap wood for when you need to get your work off the flat table. (3/4" pegs on the bottom).
I want to put a double bolt Moxon Vise on the left front with wood screws and all wood hardware.
I will enclose the back and left end and make two cabinet doors to close it all up.
clamps and other long objects will store under the drawers on the right.
I still need to finish the top finial/balastur rail for the sides, stain and varnish to match the rest of the project.
I am open to any and all suggestions on how to tweak it and make it more user friendly.
the pegboard area is only 46 x 20" .... of course I could make it 5 feet wide and 8 feet tall and it still would not be big enough.
I have cut 6" off the legs as it was just too tall to be comfortable so putting wheels or castors on it is not in the picture.
I am trying to keep the size down to accommodate her basic hobby necessities. (she can fine-tune it to her needs).
she has other steel shop-type tool cabinets in her garage. this is a piece of furniture for inside her house that will see plenty of use.
(yes, we do limited "clean" woodworking projects in our living rooms).
I am tossing around a vacuum system box she can use with the Foredom Tool as it kicks up quick a dust storm.
that evolution might just have to be taken out to the garage - not a very "domestic friendly" piece of equipment.
what other "nice to have" additions would you include ???
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I spied a wooden workbench still in the box - the box seemed to have been through
some rough times. it appeared to have been dropped and tossed about.
it had the original plastic bands on it so it had not been opened to check for damage.
$50 seemed a bit high for a "Pig in a Poke" - so I offered $25 and they helped me load it !!
the first photo is how it is on the showroom floor. (sorry, I forgot to take photos of the bench prior to repairs).
basically, it had some broken joints, split this and that, minor stuff that some screws and epoxy couldn't fix.
I started this project with my daughter in mind (she is 45) for her very own personal woodworking/crafts/hobby station.
she is an avid wood artist and has had a rough life and has never had a chance to have her own "stuff".
all the tools are mine - that will go with the bench as a Christmas present - Heritage Pass Down thing.
basically, I took this broken bench project, made a box frame for the pegboard and two fluorescent lights under the top.
routed some grooves for the 3/4" recessed T-Track. I have all the hardware for the hold-downs.
made the small inclined carving desk out of scrap wood for when you need to get your work off the flat table. (3/4" pegs on the bottom).
I want to put a double bolt Moxon Vise on the left front with wood screws and all wood hardware.
I will enclose the back and left end and make two cabinet doors to close it all up.
clamps and other long objects will store under the drawers on the right.
I still need to finish the top finial/balastur rail for the sides, stain and varnish to match the rest of the project.
I am open to any and all suggestions on how to tweak it and make it more user friendly.
the pegboard area is only 46 x 20" .... of course I could make it 5 feet wide and 8 feet tall and it still would not be big enough.
I have cut 6" off the legs as it was just too tall to be comfortable so putting wheels or castors on it is not in the picture.
I am trying to keep the size down to accommodate her basic hobby necessities. (she can fine-tune it to her needs).
she has other steel shop-type tool cabinets in her garage. this is a piece of furniture for inside her house that will see plenty of use.
(yes, we do limited "clean" woodworking projects in our living rooms).
I am tossing around a vacuum system box she can use with the Foredom Tool as it kicks up quick a dust storm.
that evolution might just have to be taken out to the garage - not a very "domestic friendly" piece of equipment.
what other "nice to have" additions would you include ???
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