My son and I built this simple work bench. 3.5’ high. Top is 4.5 ‘ x 2.5. I’ll build a slotted shelf for the back and to hold parts and tools. Rough but functional.
My son and I built this simple work bench. 3.5’ high. Top is 4.5 ‘ x 2.5. I’ll build a slotted shelf for the back and to hold parts and tools. Rough but functional.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
you can put carpet on that and it will be a great bench.
you will definitely want some kind of pad at the very least. I have one of Stew mac's bench pads. I need a neck rest of some kind, I got a neck caul which is ok for working on bolt necks when they're not on the body. But my Gibson and Epiphone with the set necks need something to support them to work on, or I have to hang the neck off the bench.
"Live and learn and flip the burns"
Nice! That’s a sweet little workshop space you have there.
it’s nice to have the natural light but consider some bench lighting. The new LED lights are the bomb!
Thanks, guys. I do plan on lights, LEDs for sure, and I have a bench pad and neck pad on the way. I'm also going to put something down on the carpet in case I go nuts with soldering.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
Very nice.
I have to get around to building something myself - neck rest especially - I have a shelf I currently use that works, but |I need something to stabilize the neck.
|I do have some ideas about that though...
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I have been schlepping around a large drafting table that we used to use when we had the plumbing business. It makes a great workbench. I have a Dunlop neck stand that works pretty well, too.
"We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness." Mark Twain
Harbor Fright sells an excellent wood woodworkers bench. I have one in my office.
https://www.harborfreight.com/60-in-...nch-63395.html
I came so close to buying one of those, but I really wanted to have wheels so I could move it around. If I have a large enough space wherever else I end up living, I'll be looking at one of these again.
as it turned out, the 52" length of my bench was serendipitous for my room. I couldn't have planned it any better.
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I cut mine specifically for that nook in my room. My recording / wotever desk is moved to the middle of the room and the monitors in a triangle of 4'x4'x4x. It's been hell trying to do repairs and maintenance on that desk taken up necessarily with gear and misc.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison