Page 5 of 5
Re: What does your workbenches look like?
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:17 am
by JPG
P89DC wrote:Here's mine, it's a Shopsmith from the early 90s. Had a choice back then, either a Sawsmith or Workbench. Made the right choice! The Harbor Freight Tool cabinet and chest are full of hand tools such as hand planes, block planes etc. I know, I'm supposed to make a beautiful solid wood tool chest suitable for the cover of Fine Woodworking...Maybe someday but I pulled this shop up from the studs to insulated/vapor barrier/dry wall/texture/paint. Rebuilt a SS 500 from a box to a shorty (all new bearings even the motor)
It's time for projects!
How can you get any work done on the bench with all those tools lying around?
I like steel cabinets. Far more gooder than what I might make.
Re: What does your workbenches look like?
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:35 am
by P89DC
I had too much empty space in the HF drawers so I indulged in some new Narex chisels. They're all getting sharpened. The top of the HF cabinet is a perfect sharpening station.
Re: What does your workbenches look like?
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:40 pm
by RFGuy
JPG wrote:P89DC wrote:Here's mine, it's a Shopsmith from the early 90s. Had a choice back then, either a Sawsmith or Workbench. Made the right choice! The Harbor Freight Tool cabinet and chest are full of hand tools such as hand planes, block planes etc. I know, I'm supposed to make a beautiful solid wood tool chest suitable for the cover of Fine Woodworking...Maybe someday but I pulled this shop up from the studs to insulated/vapor barrier/dry wall/texture/paint. Rebuilt a SS 500 from a box to a shorty (all new bearings even the motor)
It's time for projects!
How can you get any work done on the bench with all those tools lying around?
I like steel cabinets. Far more gooder than what I might make.
I like steel cabinets too. Maybe I am paranoid, but I have to contend with subterranean termites here in AZ. At least with steel cabinets that touch the wall and floor, I don't have to worry about the critters coming up and getting into a nice wood cabinet that I built. One of my future planned shop projects is to move things around a bit and build a tool wall to hold some of my Shopsmith accessories for easier access, but also chisels, squares, etc. to be closer to me. I intend to make a nice wood tool wall, but plan to mount it off the cinder block wall with spacers to protect it from the termites here. They really love to get into stuff in the garages here unless you keep the ground flooded with Termidor.