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Another shooting bench. Cheap, easy to carry, and fits in the car boot.

  • 01-09-2011 09:10AM
    #1
    clivej
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭


    B&Q's own brand Workmate was about €16.05, wood was about the house. Like a lot of stuff when your a DIY person. The top is 20mm MDF and about 14" x 36" With 3"x2" screwed on the back to clamp into the workmate.

    This is easy to put together and carry, fits in the car boot as it's small but still does the job.

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Comments

  • #2
    juice1304
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    thats pretty cool.:cool:


  • #3
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    this is an oldie but did it serve it's purpose?



  • #4
    clivej
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭clivej


    Idle hands put to work. 😊

    Cheap and works as good as any.



  • #5
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    ha ok. was doing a search for a DIY plan and came across it



  • #6
    Vizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Vizzy


    Here's one I made a few years ago. It is made from a single sheet of 8X4 ply.

    Goes together like a jigsaw and is very steady.

    It is also ambidextrous( you just flip over the table and put it together in a different way)

    I also did some modification to take a lot of the material out of the larger sheet sections and make the whole thing lighter.

    I cant find the file for the plans but I have full size plans in paper format.

    Fits behind the drivers seat in the car

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  • #7
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    I actually have a spare sheet lying about. If you could take a snap of the paper plans at some stage I'd appreciate it



  • #8
    Vizzy
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    Found the plans.

    Here you go.

    Dimensions are in inches.

    I think that my one is from a 19mm sheet of ply, but you might get away with 15mm.

    Best of luck.

    Shooting-Bench-Dimensions.pdf
    Shooting-Bench-Trim-Weight-Ideas.pdf


  • #9
    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,353 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Am absolutely hopeless at woodwork. This was my effort at turning a pallet into a coffee table

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    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • #10
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    Fair play thanks



  • #11
    schtinggg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭schtinggg


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121987373#Comment_121987373

    I have the same, but got a chap with a CNC to cut it for me. Rock solid.



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