RE: DIY LAB Bench with Shelves

dragonstyne — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:06:55 GMT

Nice looking bench Peter.

It is similar to the ones I use for my outside workshop. They are strong and versatile.

Excellent work.

-Steve

RE: DIY LAB Bench with Shelves

shabaz — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:16:54 GMT

Hi Peter,

That's nice!!

Where was the tea break like all good builders though : )

I built a bench a couple of weeks ago so I've been there, but yours is a better finish. For the UK, I used the local B&Q garden centre, they have outdoor treated wood posts (for fences I suppose) that are about 90mm square cross-section (I only do metric : ). That made the legs, and and a load of hex nuts/bolts helped hold it all together, and for the top a combination of plywood for strength and

covered with wood for finish.

Mine was for the garage so it was smaller than the size of your bench though. If I was to do it again then either I'd find a better store (B&Q won't cut the posts, it has to be 225mm or more width) or I'd buy a table saw, and it would be useful in future too.

RE: DIY LAB Bench with Shelves

jw0752 — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:01:52 GMT

Peter that is a nice looking bench and clean like mine.

John