Workbench thread

[PAUL LANTUCH]

My well organized Chaos.

 

[JT Kinney]

This is my work bench. The top is made from floor boards from an old barn. (hay loft). They were ripped to a width of 3", and stacked in edge.Used almost a gallon of glue, and 2 lbs. of screws to hold it all togather. Yep, thats a statue of me in the corner. My wife sure does good work even made me look good....

JT

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

Guys, your benches belongs to the museums, so cleeeen!

 

[Frank P]

here s my new corner in our new workshop.. still immaculate today...

 

[Les Riddell]

my space

this is my humble spot.

 

[Steve223]

Heres my little corner where i do my engraveing

 

[Mario Sarto]

I have reorganized my engraving place quite recently - now i have a lot of room to place all the very important and fundamental tools

 

[Wildwire]

Thanks to all that have contributed to the work bench photos and ideas. This newbie now has more to think about in developing a good work space.

 

[Steinar Fosback]

This is my humble and not so tidy goldsmith/engravers bench. If you look closely you might see my music studio too. :big grin:

 

[Willem Parel]

So let me join in, here is my place.

 

[John B.]

Nice setup. Willem.

 

[Mike Fennell]

Thanks for bringing this up again, Sam. While I am repairing the tornado damage, I am also designing a new work area, and the photos have given me a many ideas. My present setup is a little too small and cluttered. The new one will be be bigger and even more cluttered.

Mike Fennell

 

[griff silver]

my setup

I like it but i still need a turn table! the last pic is how my shading is progressing!

 

[monk]

portable scope/ ball vise/ light/ de magnatizer & space for some junk storage. made from old bed frames, a piece of well casing, and an industrial lead screw & nut. all this stuff formerly on my bench, now conveniently in one compact and quite stable unit. can be moved quickly to any place needed. i cut this apart 3 different times and re-welded it to get it "just right". is all steel for stability.

 

[Martin Strolz]

Here is my studio, a small room with good light from a north facing window. The bench is attached to the walls and very sturdy. I have a very small air compressor only, as I use my Graver Mach only very, very rarely. Now I also have a scope which I only find useful for small lettering or detail work. It quickly can be set up on both places. The far more important thing in the second picture is my sound system with fine electronics and speakers. My wife is using the second seat occasionally for gold smithing and the scope is very handy for stone setting. 95 percent of my work I do with the help of an optivisor only and I like to restrict myself to a quite limited number of tools. The last picture shows the kind of food I eat when I take a short brake.:big grin:

 

[Mario Sarto]

Hello Martin, always asked myself, how a man can do this wonderful work. Now i see, it needs a spartan workplace and a lot of room for thoughts!

... The last picture shows the kind of food I eat when I take a short brake.:big grin:

This kind of food demands a break - i tried it, impossible to engrave while eating such things, especially under the scope.

Regards, Mario.

PS. Viele Grüße - ich übe fleissig!

 

[tundratrekers@mtaonline.n]

Very clean Martin.Do you also do your hammer&chisel while seated?Thanks,God Bless,mike

 

[ETHELBERT]

really like the idea of a gutter for your gravers so they don't fall off table. I'm going to copy that idea..thanks for posting

 

[Scratchmo]

Griff inspired bench.

I've had much nicer workbenches in the past, but never one in such a nice location. When I open the windows on a nice day, it feels like I'm sitting on my front porch. I just finished this based off the design Griff did a few posts back. I really like it since I've always had higher benches that required tall stools. This is much better for my legs and back. Thanks for the tips everyone. Very useful thread.

 

[Ed Westerly]

Here is the engraving corner of my shop. There is also a lathe corner, a mill corner and a workbench/sink corner. The stand is hand built using two sizes of square tubing, one inside the other, with a t-handle screw tie down that allows me to raise and lower the height by about 20". It has a turntable top, which the ball vise sits on. This is makes it much easier to keep work centered under the microscope.