New to me work space

[Milan]

Just starting a new space for the bikes.
Should be finished by summer

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[JBeasty]

Awesome! I get almost as excited about construction projects as I do bikes!

[85RZwade]

Gotta have a surface to beat on things, right? I have been toting lumber home from work for weeks to use in my shelving and now workbench projects; one nice thing about working at a tractor dealership is all the crate lumber that is available...free.



I read somewhere that if you're going to build a workbench, it's best to overbuild it. Or maybe I made that up.





I'm told these posts are Eastern oak; I don't know, but they are super dense and heavy. Should support two-stroke twin engines adequately.

[SoCal250]

That's going to be a burly workbench!

[RustyRD]

sturdy might be an understatement, the new addition I am sure will be awesome. What will the dimensions be?

[Acme Moto]

Cool shop and thanks for sharing your progress!

[lawnboy]

any plans to insulate and sheet rock for those PNW winters.

[85RZwade]

Thanks guys; I would  to insulate and sheetrock the place (I do know a sheetrock professional  ), but it's not in the budget. Maybe someday, but I have thought about a little wood or pellet stove...if I stumble across one cheap. I do have the aforementioned source of free pallet and crate wood, but not a lot of room to store a firewood supply.
I'm still beavering away at the bench, and hope to have some substantial progress to show soon. The weekend is coming!

[dgorms]

Ahem......hint taken Wade! 

[85RZwade]

Trying out the work surface lumber...yep, that'll do, donkey. 

[85RZwade]

A little progress:





Very little!

[pdxjim]

Get some insulation and drywall up in there Wade.  Otherwise it'll be hot as hell in the summer and cold as ballz in winter.

Buy the materials, beer and pizza, and be Dennis' gofer.

You know you'll regret it if you don't.

[85RZwade]

Marketplace yielded a nice find:



And I think we've figured out it's destiny:



add a couple of shelves and the cordless tools will all have a home, charging station included.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Nice  

[85RZwade]

Another marketplace find; listed as a shop box, it turned out to be a shop FOX. My idea was to eliminate some things from my newly-built workbench.



In addition to a bench grinder and vise, I have a drill press and belt sander crafted by the talented (and deceased) father of an old friend. They use 24 VDC army surplus motors, powered by a converter that turns 120 VAC to 24 VDC.



I made a top for it, then mounted the converter inside the box



A portable workstation that can roll out into the sunshine (yes, we get sunshine here)!