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This took me about 2 months longer than I thought it would take due to work and other crap that came up. I was planning on doing this in 2 weekends, but that turned into 2 hours a weekend for 2 months. But it is finaly done thank goodness.
I needed a good workbench to mount all the tools I would need for building my gocart. So, this is what I came up with. It is 12' long from end to end and 2' deep. It is made of 2 x 6's with a 3/4 MDF top. The top is comprised of 3 sepearte panels 4' wide for ease of changeout when I break one. (when, not if) The supports, legs and crossmembers are all 2x6's with two 3/8 diameter bolts at each intersection in a different plane for sheer strength. They are then bolted into the floor and wall so the bench doesn't move when I beat the crap out of it.
There are 3 sets of 4 outlets (all 20 Amp with GFCI and water protection) with one set being switched at the far end by the garage door. ( 12 outlets, 12 feet. works out nicely) The other 2 sets are on all the time, and are located in the top of the workbench. The workbench is powered by a 100 amp J panel under the workbench. There are currently three 20 amp circuits, 2 for the outlets and one for the lights. I can add a bunch more if need be. Runing the electrical from the main box, and inside the workbench is what took most of the time.
So far, there is 8' of 1/4" pegboard on the wall (I have another 4 feet to mount. haven't gotten time yet) wich provides storage space for some of my larger and often used tools I bent a $80 level leaving it leaning on a wall, and I don't want it to happen again
) In addition to this pegboard, there are 4 sets of storage bins hanging on the wall for some of my smaller stuff, and a few larger bulk bins for some of the larger stuff. If you are wondering, the lower set on the front wall has 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, and 1/2" bolts from 3/4 to 4" in length every half inch. The set above it has all my electrical connectors (such as space terminals, soldering stuff, etc) the one on the side wall top has smaller hardware like #8 and #10 screws, bolts, etc, and the one under it is larger electrical stuff mostly. There is also a rack up top for longer stock up to 10' along with wirespool storage.
In addition to that storage, there is an 8' door on the front of the workbench that folds down to allow Large tool storage under the bench so my metal and wood saw, grinders, etc have a home.
Mounting the tools on the top of the workbench took some thought. Iw anted to be able to securly mount the tools tot he workbench, but allow movement ot different locations. So if i needed to cut a 16' 2x12 in half, i could just move the saw to one side of the table. I came up with the idea of mounting 3/8 captured nuts inder the benchtop so I could mount the tools wherever I wanted to. The holes are hard to see in the pic because my camera sucks, but the letters denote what can be mounted in the holes. So "S" means Saw, "G" means grinder, "D" means drill, etc.
I needed a good workbench to mount all the tools I would need for building my gocart. So, this is what I came up with. It is 12' long from end to end and 2' deep. It is made of 2 x 6's with a 3/4 MDF top. The top is comprised of 3 sepearte panels 4' wide for ease of changeout when I break one. (when, not if) The supports, legs and crossmembers are all 2x6's with two 3/8 diameter bolts at each intersection in a different plane for sheer strength. They are then bolted into the floor and wall so the bench doesn't move when I beat the crap out of it.
There are 3 sets of 4 outlets (all 20 Amp with GFCI and water protection) with one set being switched at the far end by the garage door. ( 12 outlets, 12 feet. works out nicely) The other 2 sets are on all the time, and are located in the top of the workbench. The workbench is powered by a 100 amp J panel under the workbench. There are currently three 20 amp circuits, 2 for the outlets and one for the lights. I can add a bunch more if need be. Runing the electrical from the main box, and inside the workbench is what took most of the time.
So far, there is 8' of 1/4" pegboard on the wall (I have another 4 feet to mount. haven't gotten time yet) wich provides storage space for some of my larger and often used tools I bent a $80 level leaving it leaning on a wall, and I don't want it to happen again
) In addition to this pegboard, there are 4 sets of storage bins hanging on the wall for some of my smaller stuff, and a few larger bulk bins for some of the larger stuff. If you are wondering, the lower set on the front wall has 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, and 1/2" bolts from 3/4 to 4" in length every half inch. The set above it has all my electrical connectors (such as space terminals, soldering stuff, etc) the one on the side wall top has smaller hardware like #8 and #10 screws, bolts, etc, and the one under it is larger electrical stuff mostly. There is also a rack up top for longer stock up to 10' along with wirespool storage.In addition to that storage, there is an 8' door on the front of the workbench that folds down to allow Large tool storage under the bench so my metal and wood saw, grinders, etc have a home.
Mounting the tools on the top of the workbench took some thought. Iw anted to be able to securly mount the tools tot he workbench, but allow movement ot different locations. So if i needed to cut a 16' 2x12 in half, i could just move the saw to one side of the table. I came up with the idea of mounting 3/8 captured nuts inder the benchtop so I could mount the tools wherever I wanted to. The holes are hard to see in the pic because my camera sucks, but the letters denote what can be mounted in the holes. So "S" means Saw, "G" means grinder, "D" means drill, etc.
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