Workbench envy...

[matt]

Lord Nibbo's workbench workbench was, I believe, probably the most envy inducing on this site. And then there is those handmade expensive ones too. Well, they've both been eclipsed...

I spent a whole six hours, yes 6 hours (most of which was spent searching through the wood store for parts) making my new bench and it cost me exactly £0. I had the good fortune to move in to a home where the previous owners thought that the main bedroom should have "exposed" beams.:roll:

You'll notice that it is well glued and has some good joints done to it before I got bored/nervous about discovering buried nails. At one point I got my square out but quickly put it away again.

Ta da..............


:lol:

 

[big soft moose]

nice - mine cost about the same , i must post some pics ( two frames of oak fence rail - recovered bits after a car crashed through a fence, some mdf out of a skip, and a chest of drawers off freecycle)

 

[Max Power]

Excellent result Matt. Fancy workbenches are all well and good (and I am guilty of going down this route) but its what you make on them that counts

 

[matt]

I find it's amazing how much time I can spend making "quality" workshop stuff with my wife standing behind me, hands on hips, tapping her toe.

 

[jimi43]

Isn't it really fun when you get something useful for nothing!

Mine actually earned me money....I was being paid at work for the two oak doors I took out....of the skip!

Like you..I was able to design it exactly as I wanted it...not how somebody in some far fetched clime thinks I wanted it.

Nice one mate!

Jim

 

[Willis]

I always make mine out of old worktops I take out of old houses and old fence posts, mind you my workshop looks like a mix of fashion from the 60s, 70s, 80's and even a very small piece of 2010 granite!

It resembles something from a "changing rooms" makeover but free!

 

[mtt.tr]

I always make mine out of old worktops I take out of old houses and old fence posts, mind you my workshop looks like a mix of fashion from the 60s, 70s, 80's and even a very small piece of 2010 granite!

It resembles something from a "changing rooms" makeover but free!

Same sort of style here lol