Built me a new work area!

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After the ****flood........time to make things bigger and better. My dad came out today and we built a few things.

Workbench - 2x4 Basics Workbench Kit, made 8ft wide, 32" deep. MDF upper, lower and mid half shelf. SOLID kit!

Shelves - 2x4 Basics shelf kit (2 kits). 8ft wide on this one too. MDF top....not enthused with that, I should have done 2x4s. Oh well, nothing is going on the top anyway.

Both have a 1/2 in strip of metal epoxy'd to the front (3 on the shelving unit, 1 on the top of the workbench). Magnets will be used to keep orders, well.........in order. :D Organization is KEY!

Total time to build the two.......considering that we were taking our time - about 3 hours. Enjoyed the time with my dad - we work well together.

It wasn't the cheapest project......by any means, but WELL worth the time, effort and materials.

Ok, enough chitter chatter, here's some pics of where I'll play with YOUR headlights!! :********:

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Awesome! Haha.


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Very nice! Hopefully in a few weeks, there might be a set of 3rd gen tail lights on that bench!

Sweet!

Tomorrow all of my "stock" gets moved into here - right now....all I have sitting there is a set of brand new 07-08 headlights and fogs. They are going to be getting the royal treatment SOON! Gotta get caught up!! Not having an area to work for 2 weeks has really REALLY made me want to slap a ho.

Awesome! Haha.

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Nice man!

TY!

Looks good JJ. Hope it works out well for ya. :)

Oh it will!

So far, only thing I don't love is that it is a little shorter than my last one. But, I need to go get me a bar stool to sit on while I'm working. I did all the others standing........time to relax. :D
 
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no ****.........even though I have enough of it on my own - I want a nice cushy stool! :D
 

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That is indeed a nice setup and work area. What is that under there, a quad 4' t5?
 

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Get an art/drafting stool. Way more comfortable than a flat top style stool. We got them for our older and larger sales staff because they couldn't stand and no conventional stool would uh handel the load.

I am curious how solid that bench is. I need to build something to but my ammo reloading press on.
 

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Great upgrades there. The more room will deff make it easier on you working on those lights.
 
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That looks awesome man.

Awesome work area!

looks awesome!!!


TY!!

That is indeed a nice setup and work area. What is that under there, a quad 4' t5?

Sure is. I can't fit two 4 footers side by side (unless I hung them by a chain, which I didn't want to do) - and I originally purchased 4 3' dual T5 lights.......little boogers, but I ended up returning them for two reasons - 3' bulbs.....harder to find, and they needed to be hard wired. I didn't feel like doing that........lazy.

Get an art/drafting stool. Way more comfortable than a flat top style stool. We got them for our older and larger sales staff because they couldn't stand and no conventional stool would uh handel the load.

I am curious how solid that bench is. I need to build something to but my ammo reloading press on.

I'll look into that!

The bench is VERY solid. There is a cross brace under it as well. I was quite surprised at how solid it is. You could definitely put a fat chick or 2 on top of it.

Great upgrades there. The more room will deff make it easier on you working on those lights.

Hells yeah! My old work area was 3' shorter (same depth), and I had NO shelves. I have about 3x as much pegboard now too.
 

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That looks great, wish my work bench looked like that in my garage.
 
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Its not too hard to build (pretty damn simple) and the cost isn't that bad.
 

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good job, now that you had some practice wanna do mine? lol,
 

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now all you need is a track hoe and a garage door so you can pull your truck in to work on it...
 
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