Model-making bench from recycled wood

[johnpipe108]

I've had this problem of using the laundry-folding area as a workbench, and this is what it ends up looking like (on an indefinite basis!):



And that's one of the cleaner messes! I built a small workbench, that will get casters so it can be rolled away with the mess on it:



The top is from a recycled dresser, the panels are oak-ply drawer-bottoms from the same, and the frames are made from a string of recycled bed-slats! Standard tongue-and-groove construction was used for the frames, and everything assembled with pocket-screws (seen in the third picture with the bench tipped on one end, before inserting the rear-frame).

And a little tool-rack to go with it:



I'll be making some other bench accessories, such as bins, boxes, etc, as they present themselves in my imagination.

 

[ScottM]

John, nice setup. Used dressers, cabinets, table tops and other item can make for a very function workshop and save a ton of time and money.

 

[PChristy]

John - great job and great use of the recycling:icon_thum

 

[Gotcha6]

Nothing like thinking outside the box. Especially when the box is a dumpster!:icon_thum

 

[LeftyTom]

:icon_thum Nice set up, John. An idea would be a few smaller benches that are the same height. They can be rolled together to form a larger worktop, in whatever shape you need. :widea:

 

[MikeL]

Great job on creatively solving an issue.

After reading the title of the thread, I had hoped for a Weird Science creation. :banana: Who knows what I'm talking about?

 

[farmerbw]

John, nice bench from something that would have otherwise taken up landfill space. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

MikeL, I'm with ya on the Weird Science reference. It could have been a completely different beast!!! :rotflm::rotflm:

Brian.

 

[Robert Arrowood]

Cool there is nothing like recycling wood.Everything I make is from dumpster dive's:rotflm:.I'm in the process of trying to convert a table top computer stand into a laptop table for the bed:icon_scra.I'll post some pic's for some:help:.

For yours how about drop leaf ends:dontknow:?