Pete:
What I have done is use three bathroom vanities (from Home Depot), placed
together, and put in a three quarter stained plywood for a top. For the
other work bench, I framed a bench using two by fours, used standard size
doors from Home Depot, 1/4 inch thick white sheets for the sides, and again
three quarter inch plywood for the top. Of course, I put shelves in both
closed benches. I like the closed bench to keep stored items clean. My
friends say it looks better than most kitchens. The white surfaces for the
doors and the bench sidings make it easy to wipe down.
Please bear in mind that I have limited wood working talents, but the above
worked out OK for me. Just take a look a Home Depot or equivalent and see
what you can modify for your use
Martin
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>I'm seriously sick and tired of my messy garage. I'm ready to do some
>serious work in there to create a suitable mechanikin' environment, with
>good bench surfaces and storage shelves. Trouble is, I'm not really a
>carpenter. Nor do I have carpenter's tools (no... really?).
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>My question is, does anyone have any slick, simple, STURDY and
>easy-to-build ideas for constructing shelves and workbenches? Or, does
>anyone have any cool internet resources for same? I've visited the
>"Ultimate Garage" website (www.ultimategarage.com) and it's cool but hey...
>I'm not a millionaire!!
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>I've got a 22 X 24 foot garage and two cars. Currently I have absolutely
>NO built-in shelving. I would like to sheetrock the interior walls, paint
>the floor with gray epoxy, and build shelves and benches, and install
>decent overhead lighting. Somehow. I don't even know if I can do it,
>skill-wise.
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>Any economical yet effective ideas would be tremendously appreciated.
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>Pete Chadwell
>1973 TR6
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