Man of Honour
I have a corner of my garage that was once semi-useful but has been transformed into a crap collection area. I want to repurpose it and install a sturdy workbench that will make best use of the space and give me a useful working area. For those of you who have made your own workbenches, your tips, tricks, lessons learned etc. would be most appreciated.
As you can see from the pictures, there is currently half of a shelving unit which was being used as a workbench. It wasn’t very good because it is too shallow and due to the metal construction it would rebound and bounce back when I was doing any hammering. I’m going to pair it up with the other half and use it as another set of shelves at the other side of the garage.
I was hoping to build the bench into the corner in an ‘L’ shape, maybe using the smaller part of the ‘L’ on the left to install the bench grinder or my vice.
So what materials should I use for the frame and the top? I hated the shelving unit because the metal construction meant there was no give or absorption when I was hammering, meaning it would rebound back and cause stuff on the bench to jump around. I was thinking that a sturdy wooden frame secured to the floor and wall would have enough give in it to absorb energy. Thoughts?
Considerations:
Thanks.
As you can see from the pictures, there is currently half of a shelving unit which was being used as a workbench. It wasn’t very good because it is too shallow and due to the metal construction it would rebound and bounce back when I was doing any hammering. I’m going to pair it up with the other half and use it as another set of shelves at the other side of the garage.
I was hoping to build the bench into the corner in an ‘L’ shape, maybe using the smaller part of the ‘L’ on the left to install the bench grinder or my vice.
So what materials should I use for the frame and the top? I hated the shelving unit because the metal construction meant there was no give or absorption when I was hammering, meaning it would rebound back and cause stuff on the bench to jump around. I was thinking that a sturdy wooden frame secured to the floor and wall would have enough give in it to absorb energy. Thoughts?
Considerations:
- Power is only available at the moment to the right of the area.
- The garage walls are single skin. They are not on the windward side but some minor moisture ingress is to be expected.
- My current set of fixed tools will be a bench grinder and a vice. I may get a bench drill if the need arises.
Thanks.