gunnyr
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For many years my workbench was a torsion box top on a pair of Norm Abrams inspired sawhorses. In 2009 I decided to upgrade to the Heavy-Duty Workbench in ShopNotes 89. It was billed as a sub $100 weekend project that would last a lifetime. I can promise that the initial build was parts of several weekends and evenings!
As a result of my van accident I needed to 'reorganize' (actually I needed to CLEAN) my garage a bit to keep the tools that normally live in my van. My garage is, like many others, attached to the house and has never had a car parked in it. Lawn tools have long been moved to a shed in the back yard to make room for tools and bicycles.
In truth, my workbench has been in some sort of build state since I started it 15 years ago. As part of this current garage clean up I needed a place to store odds and ends from my van. I decided to finish a several year old drawer project on the right end of the bench and add a shallow drawer left over from a kitchen project underneath it. I actually finished those little projects! I should mention that a Shaper Origin followed me home from IWF early last month 8).... So I decided to use the Origin to create recessed drawer pulls on the incomplete drawers and the new, bottom drawer. I'm very happy with the results and learned a little about the Origin along the way.
As I finished up last evening I took a picture and thought I'd like to see how the bench has changed over the years and have posted the pictures below. I then thought it would be interesting to hear and see how your benches have evolved over the years.
2009, shortly after initial completion.
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2014, added the center bank of drawers
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2018 I started the drawer project on the right had drawers, you can see one of the drawers on the bench that was initially designed to hold my MFS400/700. I had added a 2 deep Systainer Drawer on the left end, as I recall I promptly lost a Systainer in the back.... [huh]
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2024, the drawers on the right were completed and the bottom drawer added.
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As a result of my van accident I needed to 'reorganize' (actually I needed to CLEAN) my garage a bit to keep the tools that normally live in my van. My garage is, like many others, attached to the house and has never had a car parked in it. Lawn tools have long been moved to a shed in the back yard to make room for tools and bicycles.
In truth, my workbench has been in some sort of build state since I started it 15 years ago. As part of this current garage clean up I needed a place to store odds and ends from my van. I decided to finish a several year old drawer project on the right end of the bench and add a shallow drawer left over from a kitchen project underneath it. I actually finished those little projects! I should mention that a Shaper Origin followed me home from IWF early last month 8).... So I decided to use the Origin to create recessed drawer pulls on the incomplete drawers and the new, bottom drawer. I'm very happy with the results and learned a little about the Origin along the way.
As I finished up last evening I took a picture and thought I'd like to see how the bench has changed over the years and have posted the pictures below. I then thought it would be interesting to hear and see how your benches have evolved over the years.
2009, shortly after initial completion.
[attachimg=1]
2014, added the center bank of drawers
[attachimg=2]
2018 I started the drawer project on the right had drawers, you can see one of the drawers on the bench that was initially designed to hold my MFS400/700. I had added a 2 deep Systainer Drawer on the left end, as I recall I promptly lost a Systainer in the back.... [huh]
[attachimg=3]
2024, the drawers on the right were completed and the bottom drawer added.
[attachimg=4]
