In alt.home.repair on Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:16:43 GMT "Edwin Pawlowski"
posted:


"Ed Hayes" wrote in message
.. .
I would like to purchase a workbench for my garage.
I have a 6 foot space that I will use.

real tools, and not afraid to
use them, Buy a few 2 x 4's, sheet of 3/4" plywood, and get some use from
the tools you want to hang. You may also want to see if they have any
damaged flush doors for sale cheap. They can make good bench top.

Maybe I should have looked harder, but I bought a new door. An
outside door of course, the inside doors are hollow. Because I'm only
5'8", it's a tiny bit harder than I would like to lean over the bench
to turn the light off, at least if the band saw is in the way. I
should have put the switch by the door anyhow, I think.

Somewhere I had found some steel legs. I use those at the ends and
have an old dresser in the middle, with 2 or 3 pieces of 2x4 stacked
up to support the bench in the middle. Storage in the drawers, in
front of the 2x4s and behind them. And behind the dresser for things
rarely used.

Meirman
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