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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Oklahoma
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This is my workbench. It is made of 2 - 2x12 boards so just 24 inches wide but almost 10 feet long, and I built a continuation on the end for my drill press. The cabinets are full of my "stuff". This workbench was built into the very small single car garage at my first house by a previous owner. That vice is rather small, and I wish I had a bigger one, but it is the only tool my maternal grandfather had that was worth me keeping. I have lots of tools from my paternal grandfather, and father, but just that vice from him, so it will stay.

I bought that house in 1982, so I have owned this workbench for 40 years now. I need to get into the garage and clean up the mess from the last project.

It is very stout. Back at that original house the driveway was a t a 90 degree angle to the street, and pretty steep. In snowy or icy weather I could not get up the driveway in my 914. I bought a boat winch for pulling boats onto trailers, and mounted it to the workbench. I had an anchor point in the concrete floor to put a pulley, and I could winch my 914 up the driveway and into the garage have a thawed out car in the morning to go to work in. It was my only car so yea, it was a daily driver.



This shows some of the workspace in the garage. I was using my lift and a "lowerer" in this photo to work on some electrical issues in the trunk and make it more comfortable for my back.
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49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!

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