ORIGINAL: crossman
ORIGINAL: saramos
Here's a shots of my garage workshop. I made a free standing island buildboard. The base is two metal shelving units, and the buildboard is a torsion box made of MDF and pine. It's topped with 16 guage cold rolled steel, which is tough on the pins, so I use magnets instead. Two walls of cabinets are made from MDF, birch ply and poplar. Total cost for the cabinets was about $600. I put those foam floor tiles down, makes for comfortable standing. I've added lots of tools since this photo. Also included is a small air conditioner, a space heater and an automatic ceiling vent. I'll have to clean up a bit and take newer photos.
Scott
Scott,
Can you us some details on the buildboard? I have thought about doing something that would free up the table saw. Occaisionally, I need to use for cutting wood.
Thanks,
Chuck
I used two Gorilla brand shelving units that I already had as the base. For the top, it's constructed with a sheet of 3/4" mdf on the bottom, a 3/4" sheet of MDF on the top, and pine 2" x 2" in a 2 foot grid on the inside. The whole unit is banded with 1 x 4 pine which is set just a 1/16" taller than the top sheet of MDF. This makes a perfect recess for the steel top. I also had to cut some 2' x 4' x 1/2" mdf spacers for the top of the shelving units as the posts extend above the shelf by about 3/8". I got the steel from a local metal supplier. It came in a 4' x 10' sheet, and they cut it to size for an extra couple of bucks. I also scribed a 1" grid on the steel top. It does require some maintenance as cold rolled steel will rust. Luckily, humidity is pretty low in Los Angeles, so I only have to wax about once a year. Basically, I buff out any rust and wax between builds.
Scott