I've been wanting more bench space in my shop for some time now. I seem to change up my shop every year or so, trying to make my 185 sft more efficient with the tools I have and need for more bench space.
I recently decided that I'm not going to be finishing my own guitars any more as I have some good local options, this has freed up the far corner of my shop where my spraybooth and fan where located. I decided to make a U shaped bench, inspired by Shane's found in this thread
My bench isn't quite as big as Shanes but pretty close. I'm 8 feet along the long run of the wall and the peninsula comes out 4 feet to the vise mount (thanks to Todd Stock with help from Woodie B in this thread), then the vise mount sticks out 8".
The deep inside corner of the bench will house my new gobar deck, which will spin so I can access all sides.
There are 16 large drawers total (that you can see) and on the left side of the peninsula are two cupboards with adjustable shelves. Right at the end of the peninsular will be 4 drawers that can slide through either side. My plan is to keep set up tools there as well as my barbells for the new binding jig. Just above those drawers on either side will be a 2 socket plug for easy access when routing, drilling, sanding....
I'll post a few more pictures the next time I get in the shop and it's all organized. I did have to move a bunch of stuff around but once again, I feel like I've got more room to move around in my shop (always important) and also have gained 2 new bench surfaces and more storage than before.
) that very weekend. It has been awesome to have the full width of my bench!
