OK, show us your ugly work benches.....

Ugly at times, but cleaned up here.

Workbench    Click on the underlined phrase for a slideshow.  Click on Start slideshow upper left corner control panel.    My sweetheart.

Neat and clean workbenches need not apply.  S'posed to be ugly, ugly it is.  After I tidy it up beautifully it takes roughly five minutes for it to get back to looking like this, apparently its natural state.  Remember Pigpen in the Peanuts strip?  Mine is the Pigpen of workbenches.

Pete

I have found those plastic sliding parts bins have been invaluable!

Well here is mine. What a mess but I have made some changes since this picture was made.

Just built this, hasn't been used for any train related stuff.....yet.  What I like about it is that the plywood is the train platforms my dad and I used for years at my parents house.

Just a friendly suggestion for folks with plywood (or other raw wood) workbench tops:

I placed masonite (tempered hardboard) on top pf my workbench, and varnished it. It is only held in place by some 3/4 inch brads. The masonite then takes all the punishment. When it gets beat up enough, then the old piece is easily replaced. My first top lasted over twenty years.

Great suggestion, mine isnt actually finished...need to add a back splash and then top the plywood

OK, this workbench has seen 40 years of myself and my two sons, and my daughter, too. It has seen everything from model airplanes, cars, trains, etc., to a rebuild on a 4-speed Ford top loader transmission.

Gary F.

Like I said before, I can't really call it a "work" bench because obviously no work gets done here.

But I know EXACTLY where everything is.

Rick

My work surface is a mess

Alex

OK, you asked for it...

Rusty

I haven't seen one good set-up yet. Most of these, you can't put your legs under the table. Others have very little lighting, & some are so cluddered you have no room to work on a train, and most don't have a test track. That's the uggly truth, sorry.

  Well,There are a couple of good ones. They are johngg1 & wmwalker.

OK I'm game, here is my work bench. My test track is on the floor behind me.

Wish I had an ugly workbench. I usually do my work on an unfinished portion of my layout, which at this time is most of it.

Thats funny! Me too!

Years ago I purchased a used steel office desk to use as a train repair station. It even has built-in outlets which I am told were originally for a typewriter and adding machine.

I do all my fine work at this desk.

I have a traditional workbench for other work, train and non-train.

My working arbor press is mounted on a wooden base, which is clamped to the traditional workbench using Jorgenson Hold-on Clamps. I also have a vise on a wooden base. Had a grinder set up the same way but it went defunct and is gone.

The hold down clamps come in handy for all sorts of purposes. They mount on a stud that retracts into the bench top, leaving an unobstructed surface when needed.

...a place for everything and everything in its place...

my train room/shop, bench and work table...on the opposite wall is my 30" x 72" carpet top O27 marx train layout...

howard...

Here's my area.  I believe I know where everything is

I think we need a pole on this.

My toy train workbench when working on the dynamic test stand.

A flag pole or a fishing pole?

Hey, some of you guys are too neat to qualify. We are looking for UGLY benches....and I see a couple of ones that qualify.

Keep them coming....unless they are good benches!

Greg (mine has been topped-easily!)

Still looking for my tape measure, but I found my drill!

I can clean up enough for a picture too.

This is a neat phase.

I like the history of this one.  I bet you can even name what project at least 80% of those paint marks were for.

No, no, no John! The idea was not to clean up and show the good work benches.

The title says it all. You can't win any prize with that one in this contest. 

Nice try though!

Greg

Well, it happened that was the state it was in when I spotted this thread.  Believe me, I don't clean it up for every project.

I can not believe the looks of Lee's workbench. I would of thought that with all te beautiful work he produces that his work area would resemble a surgical suite or something from Nasa.

OK hears my future spot to fix trains and build things for the layout.after I clean all the mess from winter.

I would love to, but I lost my camera somewhere on the workbench.  If I can find it tonight, I'll snap a shot and post an update

r0d

BTW, Lee's work bench is just fine, you can still see the TV set.  I know I have one somewhere; if I can find it, I suspect my camera is somewhere nearby - like things attract

That's funny.....I thought it did look like something from NASA!!!!

And, Scot.......we may have a winner!!!!!!

Keep posting guys. Also, visit the ugly layout thread.

Greg