Floating Work Bench

 

In today’s DIY shop build video.. I’m going to be walking you through a two part series in which I’m going to show you how I maximize my garage space by building a custom wall mounted workbench that is not only foldable on demand but also doubles as a convenient detachable work surface to placed anywhere within your garage dwelling.

The key to any successful floating workbench lies in the design, strength and rigidity of the folding hinge and rather than creating them out of wood as most creators on YouTube will show you I opted to took a trip down to Amazon to see what was available and where I was able to locate a pair of  polished steel retractable hinges that incorporated a simple tab release feature that collapses the hinge closed.

The hinges as stated by the seller are rated for 500 lbs. and so far they seem to beholding up quite nicely for my needs. If I need to ensure that more support weight is needed I just simply drop the folding legs down which gives me the additional support for pretty much any of my jobs.
 
Additionally, for this build I also ran down to my local big box home goods store and picked up some 1/8th inch angle iron, a few sticks of 1 ¼” square tubing in both 48 and 78 inch lengths and some 1/8th inch flat stock all which will be needing to build our custom table frame that will support the 3/4 inch sanded plywood countertop.

With very minimal welding skills and a light duty welder purchased from Harbor Freight I took to fabricating the custom frame for my folding wall mounted workbench. See how that project came out below and be on the lookout for part two if this build series.

Product Shown In this video:

Neodymium Disc Magnets, Powerful N52 Rare Earth Magnets - https://amzn.to/3439cMK

Neodymium Disc Countersunk Hole Magnets - https://amzn.to/31Oa8lq

Folding Shelf Brackets 20 Inch, 2pcs Heavy Duty Stainless Steel - https://amzn.to/3iLhaOu

M-D Building Products 59477 1-Inch by 96-Inch 1/16-Inch Wall Thickness Square Tubing - https://amzn.to/3kNZl3q

M-D Building Products 60871 3/4-Inch by 3/4-Inch by 1/8-Inch by 48-Inch Angle - https://amzn.to/3iLiG38

 Kreg SML-C2-250 Pocket Screws 2-Inch - https://amzn.to/2E799o4

Kreg SML-C250-50 2-1/2-Inch - https://amzn.to/30VsWzZ

Kreg SK03 Pocket-Hole Screw Kit in 5 Sizes - https://amzn.to/2PWF1yE

LIFETIME 80387 4-Foot Commercial Adjustable Folding Table - https://amzn.to/33Z8znq

Floating Work Bench

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