Nice to see somebody recognized stuff I get in my inbox! That cart idea that Alex Franke did, with the slide out panels that you can clamp down to a bench, is reall a nice idea! I totally know what you mean by more tools than storage space...
What about a 2x4 / plywood workbench with storage space underneath?
Mine is plenty unfancy, I screwed up on the leg length (I need to cut and install new legs so that the whole bench is taller!). I get lots of storage under there. I know it doesn't hide stuff away, but it does make tools easy to get to!
The ply is 3/4" B/C SYP from Home Depot ($15.00 back in 2002), the 2x4s are stud grade SYP, I used a total of 8 ($1.69 each these days). The corner connectors are Simpson Strong Tie and at $2.89 each back in 2002, for 8 of them, those were the expensive parts... All told the bench ran me less than $60.00. It has taken a heck of a beating over the years!
I think they were Poplar cabs, at the Lowes in Baybrook TX... (South side of Houston). No idea if every store has them... They are in the kitchen area, kind of hidden against the back wall.
What about a 2x4 / plywood workbench with storage space underneath?
Mine is plenty unfancy, I screwed up on the leg length (I need to cut and install new legs so that the whole bench is taller!). I get lots of storage under there. I know it doesn't hide stuff away, but it does make tools easy to get to!
The ply is 3/4" B/C SYP from Home Depot ($15.00 back in 2002), the 2x4s are stud grade SYP, I used a total of 8 ($1.69 each these days). The corner connectors are Simpson Strong Tie and at $2.89 each back in 2002, for 8 of them, those were the expensive parts... All told the bench ran me less than $60.00. It has taken a heck of a beating over the years!
I think they were Poplar cabs, at the Lowes in Baybrook TX... (South side of Houston). No idea if every store has them... They are in the kitchen area, kind of hidden against the back wall.
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