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Active Member 92 posts krjone01 Active Member 92 posts
krjone01

I have been without a permanent work bench for about three years now. A couple of trips to the land of Ikea and some persistence, here is what I have come up with. Finally completed this afternoon. Now to unpack the tools and start building some models. Never though I would miss the smell of Tenax 7R.

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Construction Details

The metal vertical shelving is from an "Edsal 30 in. W x 60 in. H x 12 in. D Steel Canning Shelving Unit". You can order them though Home Depot. They just do not carry them in the store. Think of them as an erector set, you don't have to put them together they way the picture is on the box.

The Ikea Parts used are:

  • ADILS Leg, Diameter: 1 5/8" Height: 27 1/2",  902.179.72  qty: 2
  • LINNMON Table Top, White, Size 59"x29-1/2" 202.511.39
  • BITRÄDE Shelving unit, White, Size 26-3/4"x53-1/8" 402.398.15

As sharp eye will note that the Ikea shelving unit is 3/4" shorter than the legs. So you have to add at least some 1x to the bottom of it to bring it up to the leg length. The legs have a foot that screws out for leveling. Since my basement floor is pretty uneven, I added some screw out feet and t-nuts to the bottom of the shelf as well.

Rather than use the "cardboard" back that came with the shelves, I cut a piece of white hardboard (basically masontine panel prefinished white on one side) to go on the back. After gluing and nailing that make the shelving quite strong. 

Anther piece of the hardboard is used as a spacer between the shelf and table top. Because I am using the shelf on its "side"  there is a small overhanging lip that keeps the table top from resting flat on the shelf.

 

Regards,

Kevin Jones

 

Kevin Jones
On30, HO, Unfinished basement, Lots of Wishful Thinking
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casenundra Regular poster 367 posts
casenundra

Office / modeling work bench

When my daughter moved out, I moved in. I ordered a u-shaped desk with bookcase  on line from Bestar. Got a comfy chair from Staples and some bright lights from MicroMark. This has been my man-cave for many years.  Right now I'm putting together some models for my N scale T-trak module.

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Rich S.

Home of the Here N There RR (N) (under construction)

One of these days I'll be able to run some trains!

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Jackh Prolific poster 2,038 posts
Jackh

@ Krjone

Great work bench. Got to ask what are the dimensions on those metal shelves on top and where did you find them? I'm always looking for a way to add better storage of stuff.

Jack
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tomd Active Member 91 posts
tomd

after a while it is hard to see the top

New workbench looks great, I like the large amount of vertical storage. 

I am about a year into my new workbench.  This is the modeling part.  I have another table just to the right, that is for my electrical work.

I have just started to add details to the end platform of the GEX 800003 twenty axle flatcar.


Now you are set up to do some serious modeling

Tom

 
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Jim at BSME Prolific poster 2,085 posts
Jim at BSME

What ikea unit

That workbench looks good, since I don't have one yet, can you provide the ikea model/catalog number so I can look into that for my space?

Thanks
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BR GP30 2300 Super User 685 posts
BR GP30 2300

My model bench

A pic or two of the model bench I built last year.

 
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krjone01 Active Member 92 posts
krjone01

Shelving

The shelves on top are Edsal 30 in. W x 60 in. H x 12 in. D Steel Canning Shelving Unit. I bought them years ago but you can order them through Home Depot. Counting the shelves I am guessing that I used two units, as I have 9 shelves and only 7 come in the box. They are over kill as far as strength but you can not find the cheap metal shelving anymore that was prevalent about a decade ago. Think of them as erector sets where you don't have to put them together the way they look on the box.

Regards,

Kevin Jones

 

 

Kevin Jones
On30, HO, Unfinished basement, Lots of Wishful Thinking
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krjone01 Active Member 92 posts
krjone01

Ikea Parts

The Ikea parts used were:

  • ADILS Leg, Diameter: 1 5/8" Height: 27 1/2",  902.179.72  qty: 2
  • LINNMON Table Top, White, Size 59"x29-1/2" 202.511.39
  • BITRÄDE Shelving unit, White, Size 26-3/4"x53-1/8" 402.398.15

I have added these and some more detail to blog entry.

Regards,

Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones
On30, HO, Unfinished basement, Lots of Wishful Thinking
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pipopak Frequent poster 894 posts
pipopak

My dream workbench

Posted at freerails some time ago, found in an ancient Popular Mechanics (?)20setup.jpeg 

Originally intended as a photo lab, but....

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Graeme Nitz OKGraeme Prolific poster 1,695 posts
Graeme Nitz OKGraeme

Heres Miine...

...I am a bit short of space so SWMBO said I could have a modeling area in our lounge. However there was to be no visible clutter when it was not in use. SO I came upp with a rolltop desk which modified with a folding light and an interior lining on which to mount my tools.

I put in a master switch (on the right) which turns off everything with one power outlet and a second power outlet in the knee space.

Ready for use.

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Light folded.

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Closed up to hide (most) of the clutter.

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Graeme Nitz

An Aussie living in Owasso OK

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Joe Baldwin Regular poster 158 posts
Joe Baldwin

Was as it is no more

My workshop fits under my layout.  I moved this year so this workshop and layout is in a 100K pieces in my new alas smaller basement.  Should have downsized before I built that railroad.  The computer and monitors were mounted on drawer slides so the whole system would slide back out of the way providing greater workspace.  The monitor and mouse moved to the under table drawer. 

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Joe Baldwin

Northern Colorado 

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Jackh Prolific poster 2,038 posts
Jackh

Thanks Kevin

Always looking for ways to improve the work bench. I'll have to see what's available locally and how I can adapt it.

Jack
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