Show us your workbench

Hello Tim,

Welcome to LJ

You can look at many types of workbenches if you click on projects and then on workbenches. There are many different types and styles.

Good Luck, John

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

I am entirely too ashamed of my workbench to show it off. It is built from used 2×4’s out of a local dumpster.

-- Sometimes when I am building something and it is out of square, I just bend my square.

My current workbench can be seen under my projects as “Garage Workbench”. Not pretty, or traditional, but functional.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

My profile has a pic of my workbench. Lots of options for building a bench. Good luck and welcome to Lumberjocks!!!

-- Pat, Colorado

Welcome to LumberJocks. If you look at my workshop or projects (the two that I’ve posted so far) you will see my ‘workbenches’ . As time and resources allow I will be modifying either of these or building one from scratch. There are lots of examples to look at here, enjoy!

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark

I have a virtual workbench that I am conjuring into a real work bench. You can download the current model here

and a real workbench for power tools. (click the pic to see the whole thing)

Make sure you understand how you do work and start with a bench to accomodate your style.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Well my bench is anything bu traditional but here ya go
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/7307

Jameel Abraham has a Roubo style bench build documented on his blog that I cant stop looking at. You’ll have to surf thru the past months blog entries to see it all but the tail end of it is here
http://oudluthier.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html

-- Use the fence Luke

My current workbench is my tablesaw…. Would LOVE to build a real bench.

-- Chris

If you run a working shop your workbench is like your forearm – another scar with every new build. bbqKing

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

Well, I just completed mine today

see the last picture of this blog entry

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/martin007/blog/6047

-- Martin, Gatineau, Québec

Well, I just completed mine today

see the last picture of this blog entry

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/martin007/blog/6047

-- Martin, Gatineau, Québec

My workbench is in the Workshop area of my profile. See if your library has a copy of The Workbench Book. You’ll get lots of ideas and inspiration from it.

-- Gerry

I work outside whenever possible.
My usual work benches are made from split logs on branch legs.
Currently I have one made from white pine (about 12 years old) and another made from sycamore (about eight years old).

A shaving horse is where I spend most of my time.

Assembly tables include a picnic table and a set of saw horses with barn wood planks for a top.

Oh ya, I do have an indoor set of 20 foot long built-in benches made from very old 2”x8” yellow pine lumber that I found in a barn. Sometimes the rain and snow drives me indoors.

-- Randy (P), rustic wood crafts, Morning View, Kentucky

Mine, soon after a built it a couple years ago”

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/830/medium/OakBench.jpg

White oak top, southern yellow pine base. I built it before I had a power thickness planer, so all the boards were hand planed and hand jointed.

Go

-- Go http://ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=730

I agree with Chicowoodnut. There are alot of pictures of workbenches on the site but before you build one, determine what types of projects you plan to build. I have built several over the years and I found if they are too big, they collect alot of crap. Too small or narrow, may not accomodate cabinets, etc. I found a bench 4’ x 6’ works the best for me. Of course, it depends on what your area will allow.

-- http://rusty@midohio.twcbc.com