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mcraenz

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#1522466 29-Mar-2016 20:36

This is my standard methodology:
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/workshop-and-workbench-update/
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/milling-machine-bench-and-workshop-update/

Torsion box design is extremely strong.

For this kind of design I get my wood from Hill lumber in East Tamaki. WAY cheaper than bunnings.
Triboard for the top is excellent, bought from trademe from a place out west Auckland at very reasonable prices because the only have non-standard sizes.

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#1522561 30-Mar-2016 08:15

My security software warns me not to visit either of these pages due to 'known harmful content'

mcraenz: This is my standard methodology:
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/workshop-and-workbench-update/
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/milling-machine-bench-and-workshop-update/

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#1522568 30-Mar-2016 08:42

MikeAqua:

My security software warns me not to visit either of these pages due to 'known harmful content'

mcraenz: This is my standard methodology:
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/workshop-and-workbench-update/
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/milling-machine-bench-and-workshop-update/

No problem here (Win10/Chrome/Edge/IE).

It would be nice if security software generating (probably) false alerts could give a bit more detail about what the supposed threat is.

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#1522580 30-Mar-2016 09:01

Tried again and the security software no longer objects ... go figure

Seems like a lot of effort for a work bench - unless you need a dead level surface.

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#1522701 30-Mar-2016 11:14

mcraenz: This is my standard methodology:
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/workshop-and-workbench-update/
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/milling-machine-bench-and-workshop-update/

Torsion box design is extremely strong.

For this kind of design I get my wood from Hill lumber in East Tamaki. WAY cheaper than bunnings.
Triboard for the top is excellent, bought from trademe from a place out west Auckland at very reasonable prices because the only have non-standard sizes.

That is an awesome workshop and bench.

And torsion boxes are cool. If it's good enough for an airplane wing, it's good enough for a bench.

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#1522704 30-Mar-2016 11:31

MikeAqua:

Tried again and the security software no longer objects ... go figure

Seems like a lot of effort for a work bench - unless you need a dead level surface.

Trying to visit the page at work I get

Your request was denied because of its content categorization: "Technology/Internet;Suspicious"

I have seen it before and thought of linking it to this thread, then I thought that it may put you off as it is so good.

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#1522716 30-Mar-2016 11:56

mcraenz: This is my standard methodology:
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/workshop-and-workbench-update/
http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/home-diy/milling-machine-bench-and-workshop-update/

Torsion box design is extremely strong.

For this kind of design I get my wood from Hill lumber in East Tamaki. WAY cheaper than bunnings.
Triboard for the top is excellent, bought from trademe from a place out west Auckland at very reasonable prices because the only have non-standard sizes.

That's one ngarley workbench! Overall, one ngarley workshop!

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#1523155 31-Mar-2016 09:59

Photos of the easy design referred to above. Workshop is a bit of tip at the moment!

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#1523192 31-Mar-2016 10:49

Heres my bench - pardon mess

Its two sheets of 600mm wide particle board glued together with gorilla glue and screwed.
It has a edging and I made a box frame underneath so i dont have to have any legs in front.

http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=fce865b

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#1526346 5-Apr-2016 13:54

Nice, thanks everyone. I have salvaged some scrap 2x4 timber from the house renovations the landlord is doing to our rental and my brother in law had a bunch of pallet wood so I am using that for the top. Will just need to sand it smooth to get rid of splinters. Will just be a freestanding bench with a vice so I can work on house and car projects. I may brace it to the wall if needed. So nice to finally have a garage again so I can have a small workshop.

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