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01-01-2013, 11:50 AM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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Fisherman's Workbench
So, I don't know if this is the right spot for this thread, but figured I'd give it a shot. I'm gonna be starting the building of my fishing workbench for my basement in a few days. I have a basic design ready to go, but I'm looking for any ideas or pics of your work benches. Mine is gonna be about 8 ft long, and will have a bottom shelf, work top area and a peg board back with places for my Plano storage boxes and a top shelf for all my fishing magazines my wife has been trying to make me throw away. I'm gonna mount a rod drier motor on one end, but that's all I got so far. So any pics and suggestions would be very much welcomed!!
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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01-01-2013, 12:04 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I built the top and bottom framework of my benches first! Then I attach them to the wall getting them level and then I add the legs to support the outer frame work! I find it makes for a strong and stable work bench! Just my own way of doing things! 
I will try to post some pics later if possible. |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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01-02-2013, 09:34 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
I built the top and bottom framework of my benches first! Then I attach them to the wall getting them level and then I add the legs to support the outer frame work! I find it makes for a strong and stable work bench! Just my own way of doing things!
I will try to post some pics later if possible. |
This is exactly how I built my workbench... Cheap 2x4s, screws, black paint and MDF top with 3 coats of urethane... Rock solid....
There is no question I will never build drawers either.. These tool boxes have been fantastic.. Just make sure you screw them to the shelf then you can have all the drawes open at once with no worrries... |
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01-02-2013, 09:54 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Rolling bench
I am building, this week I  promise, a 2' x 2' by 4' tall rolling bench/table/pile everything here work area. Need something that I can use to place all the chit that is on the radial arm saw, table saw, and drill press. All small, even tiny stuff, that you need for just above every plug making move you make. I saw one in a magazine and the bell went on. I have some 3/4" plywood cut to size allready, including the wheels. I just have to pick up a few 2" x 4"'s. I m going to have a couple of side shelves that I will drill out for screw drivers, pliers of all types, and ofther small chit. It will have a second shelf that the drill will hang out on along with a couple of other hand tolls of the same size.
It may get done today, yup. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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01-02-2013, 10:25 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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PS- I used 2 by 4's for the legs....more than sturdy enough! 4 by 4's are over kill! 3/4" on the bench top and 3/8" on the storage shelf below is all you need! I have a 125 pound bench top drill press on top and its more than sturdy enough and it keeps costs down!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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01-02-2013, 10:27 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I also have a nice vintage piece of maple butcher block about 30" by 5 feet long and I think I am going to make a table out of it and use black iron pipe for the frame work!!! The maple weighs about 300 pounds!!!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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01-03-2013, 09:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
This is exactly how I built my workbench... Cheap 2x4s, screws, black paint and MDF top with 3 coats of urethane... Rock solid....
There is no question I will never build drawers either.. These tool boxes have been fantastic.. Just make sure you screw them to the shelf then you can have all the drawes open at once with no worrries...
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How many hours did you spend cleaning before taking this pic? 
Nice work! |
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01-03-2013, 10:11 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA
How many hours did you spend cleaning before taking this pic?
Nice work! |
Actually that was just as I was finishing up the shop. It hasn't been that clean since... Almost 4 years ago
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01-04-2013, 09:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marshfield, Ma
Posts: 2,150
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As for a workbench, mine looks good but it sucks for sitting down and working. It’s basically a concrete block slab. Ideally I wish I had a nice wood one that was more functional and had space underneath. When we bought our house there was a second basement from an addition that was not being used and I transformed it into a fishing/boat storage room. I typically use the wood work bench in my garage instead.
Here are some before & during pics of the room.
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-02-2013, 03:57 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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This is terrible but I got 2 embalming tables out of the dump that I use for my benches. They work great and I try not to think of how many bodies were on them,
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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01-03-2013, 09:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
This is terrible but I got 2 embalming tables out of the dump that I use for my benches. They work great and I try not to think of how many bodies were on them,
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Where did you find those?!?! Hey, whatever works!
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01-15-2013, 10:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Taunton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
This is terrible but I got 2 embalming tables out of the dump that I use for my benches. They work great and I try not to think of how many bodies were on them,
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The Formaldehyde will keep them impervious to rot and bacteria as well. People are dying to get on those things.
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
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01-02-2013, 01:16 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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I've been playing in my room redoing the decor and general cleaning out the sh*t from my shop, like trash, radial arm saw, cabinet, etc. He's what I came up with and thanks to Chris (Chunkah) even got a sink to rinse the saltwater off all my tackle.
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-02-2013, 05:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 324
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
I've been playing in my room redoing the decor and general cleaning out the sh*t from my shop, like trash, radial arm saw, cabinet, etc. He's what I came up with and thanks to Chris (Chunkah) even got a sink to rinse the saltwater off all my tackle.
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It warms my heart the thing is getting used!
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01-02-2013, 07:18 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Harbor Freight has an oak/4 drawer 5ft work bench on sale this month for
$129. Cost you more for wood let alone time building it.
I made up a nice bench with 8 drawers, with 2 Sears metal rolling tool chests and a 3/4 x 8' ply for top.
You can get the tool chests on sale for $99 each plus $30 for the ply and roll
it wherever you wan't.
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" Choose Life "
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01-03-2013, 03:24 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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If I ever took a pic of my workshop you guys would puke. I even hate it. Total mess but no time to re-org |
No boat, back in the suds.
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01-03-2013, 07:32 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justplugit
Harbor Freight has an oak/4 drawer 5ft work bench on sale this month for
$129. Cost you more for wood let alone time building it.
I made up a nice bench with 8 drawers, with 2 Sears metal rolling tool chests and a 3/4 x 8' ply for top.
You can get the tool chests on sale for $99 each plus $30 for the ply and roll
it wherever you wan't.
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Saw that - use one of those and a scratch and dent kitchen "formichael" counter top and you are all set (for the woodworking challeneged like me) |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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01-03-2013, 07:44 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Paul didn't you just build a nice new garage??
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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01-02-2013, 03:30 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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WOW!! Good stuff guys! Gave me some great ideas!!! Thanks.
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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01-03-2013, 06:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: guilford CT
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you guys are way too neat.....
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01-03-2013, 06:39 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobber
you guys are way too neat.....
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I didn't post BEFORE pics! |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-03-2013, 09:57 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobber
you guys are way too neat.....
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No kidding..... look like clean rooms.
I prefer to see the use of top and bottom rails in building a free standing frame, to which you attach the table top. Here is a basic overview.
How To Build A Low-Cost Sturdy Work Bench From 2x4's And OSB |
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01-03-2013, 10:25 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all
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01-03-2013, 10:46 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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Pallet racks work great!! Up easy, can be 12" long, adjustable, can hold 4000#,and as many shelves you need. Thats what I have for a bench and a fishing table one on each side of the building. Its a mess right now but I am going to miss them when I move, but they are for sale also.
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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01-03-2013, 09:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Melrose, MA
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Maybe I was lucky (or just cheap and poor lol) but everything in the workshop were hand-me-downs or stuff I found. I have an old pine table as a workbench with some cut offs of 2x4s nailed to the legs to jack it up to the right height. Got a couple big toolboxes with multiple drawers as handmedowns too. I did have to by the tools though. I need some pegboard...
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01-05-2013, 04:26 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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So when Piscator's mom said to him as a kid " Go clean your room ! ". He said " cool ".
Real nice room btw. Can't find a kayak in mine.
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01-15-2013, 05:23 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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bump
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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01-15-2013, 07:08 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Nice 
Agree on the white pegboard... |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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01-15-2013, 09:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marshfield, Ma
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Nice transformation!!!
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