This is one of the workbenches in the garage of a house I'm buying. It is over 101" wide by 55" deep. It has these huge lined (galvanized) pull out bins underneath and three large drawers. Not sure what it was originally used for. I can't even reach to the back.
Firstly, I know this is rough in places. I built it. I have a long list of DIY projects to do in our new (well, been here 1 year) house. I cleared enough space to be able to build this, and it felt a bit of a luxury while other jobs wait, so I went for fast over beautiful. Maybe for Workbench 3.0 I'll get planned all round wood (doubt I'll ever have space for a planer) and do some proper joinery.
The key things are the top is flush and I now have room to use my bigger tools in my garage (UK single garage) properly.
This houses:
- Table saw
- Storage for table saw jigs
- Compound sliding mitre saw (which is frankly too big) that folds away
- Router table
- Storage for the fence
- Vice
- Bench top drill press (stored underneath and brought on top when needed)
- Extension lead for the electrics, with the cables routed and pinned to the workbench to keep them out of the way and safe
It has retractable caster wheels (that are a pain to steer on my wavy drive and unlevel garage floor, but it is mobile).
I do have some finishing touches to sort out (namely route in the mitre slot extensions for the table saw, and route out the fence tracks for the router table).
I also need to think about dust collection and how to best address that with my shop vac + cyclone bucket.