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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely amazing, makes me want to rebuild my bench!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love the vertical drawer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Styxia 3 points 1 year ago

That's a real nice workbench, good work!

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice! Looks like a sweet setup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The castors are a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks very much!

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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?

[–] [email protected] 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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you have a link to share?

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It looks really nice :-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 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 :(

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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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