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Workbench advice

  • 06-02-2013 2:46pm
    #1
    tmk27
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi - Can anyone recommend a good workbench for DIY at home? I'm looking for a good durable one as a gift. I need my kitchen(table) back!!! :)
    Thanks!


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  • #2
    North West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭North West


    Hi tmk27
    Would you have a go at making one yourself?. Work benches are hard to find and expensive enough. Are you handy ? I made this one myself very simple but I can add to it as I want. Attached see plans, materials needed, took me one hour and cost me €65. Have a go you will enjoy it.
    NW


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I see you want to give it as a gift

    Iedepot.ie used to sell a good wood work one for about 170 or so.


  • #4
    tmk27
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭tmk27


    Thanks NorthWest. It's to be a gift for my fiance, but he did also mention, a few times, building his own. So thanks a mill for the plans.
    Thanks too DaCor - I'll have a look at that website.


  • #5
    slpower01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭slpower01


    I would recommend NorthWest's bench, I use a similar size bench that I made out of 2 x 4 and some 18mm melamine that I had sitting around. For me it was perfect size for bench top tools. I put strips of timber on the back of the melamine to hold it in place and then I leave the frame outside.... It means If I want to use a mitre saw, router table, table saw etc... I dont have to dig out their stands, I just put on the top and its ready to use.

    Im sure if you go into a timber suppliers with measurements of timber they will cut it slightly bigger for you so you can load it all in the car, give him the plans and give him a project to make. Half the fun is building stuff yourself :)


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