Finally Got Around to Making More Storage On My Work Bench

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Little by little my beast of a mobile work bench in coming together. I call it my Lineman Work bench because I made it out of used materials from the old powerlines. I posted a while ago about how I built it Here, Here and I added a Router Table Attachment. It sits on a set of castors so I can move it easily around the garage. 3/4 of it has a smooth wood top and hopefully soon I will buy a piece of steel to cover the rest for welding. My vice mounts to it and I have a bunch of other plans for tool storage, battery chargers, 120v outlets and all kinds of other stuff I haven’t thought about yet.

My garage does this thing where it will be clean for a week then a tornado comes though and it a complete disaster again… tools and random stuff everywhere!!

After struggling to find tools and make my way through the chaos, I finally found that thing called motivation and got to cleaning and organizing. After 3 hours things didn’t look much better than I started. Shaking my head, I just kept at it. It’s like putting 100 pounds of sh… stuff in a 2 pound box.

I managed to give this fuel tank to my buddy that took up all the space under my workbench. Back when I upgraded my fuel tank in my truck from a 16 gallon to a 38 gallon in my truck, I accidentally ordered the wrong one. It so happens that it had will fit in his 1972 ford. AWESOME!! Now I have space available for all my 120 volt power tools and battery operated tools. Get those bad boys out of the cupboard and tool bags for ease access!!

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The initial plan was to put expanded metal underneath the table but I decided to go with some 1/4 inch plywood. It’s a lot cheaper and I have some laying around. With the welded cross brace in the middle it should be able to handle quite a bit of weight.

I figured the best way to get this plywood in there would be in two pieces. I measured and notched out for the legs and trimmed it down to span halfway across the opening.

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I left the ends long so it is supported by a piece of metal that connects the ends of the cross brace.
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Cut another piece dang near identical to the first and Ta-Da I’ve got a nice storage area under my work bench
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Time to load it up with tools! Most of my 120 volt corded tools stay in the boxes they came in. They stacked nicely on the one side. I have a couple corded tools that were given to me so they don’t have a nice storage box for them.

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On the other side all my battery operated tools and a couple corded tools lay in there pretty nice. It may look like a pile of tools but it’s actually organized chaos.
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Now that looks a million times better than when the day began. I couldn’t see the top of the table or the table along the wall. Tools, car parts, wood, steel, rubber tubing, wiring… CRAP EVERYWHERE!!

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Now that things are cleaned up an organized, I can actually walk through my garage and work on stuff. All is well again in the Splatts Garage… Until I start another project… and Tornado Splatts strikes again

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I have this thing now where I make myself clean the garage before I go buy any kind of new tool. About half the time I find what I was going to buy!

That’s funny because I found a dial indicator that was still in the box it was delivered. Never been opened. I order it when I was rebuilding my transmission but never had to use it.

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A few years ago, I spent a couple hundred bucks buying new blades for all my saws. During my shop clean-up, before starting new woodworking projects, I found brand new blades I already had for about 75% of them!

DAHAHAHA I’ve done that exact thing. “I’m not sure if I have these and if I do I don’t know where they are… better buy some more” Then you end up with a lifetime supply. LOL

😎😉🤜 that is one cool, on of a kind piece of DIY awesomeness! :)

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Hopefully I will be able to do all my DIY projects without leaving the table. That’s the goal anyway 😉