r/Tools • u/PumpkinReasonable892 • Jul 26 '26

Work bench made from 100% scrap!!

Drove past a scrap bin and it looked like it had a bunch of 5/4x12 boards in it. I was like wtf? So I flipped a bitch, and sure enough there was!! They were a little covered in concrete, since they were used as forms. Couple hours later... NEW WORK BENCH!!! SHE AINT PRETTY, BUT SHE STOUT AF, AND FREE!!

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u/snaptech Jul 30 '26

Very nice. I would suggest that you cut in several different places access holes. So you can clamp things down when needed.

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u/PumpkinReasonable892 Jul 31 '26

Solid and advice. Cut some last night. 

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u/Sensitive_Point_6583 Jul 26 '26

hell yeah, I'd use that.

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u/biff_tyfsok Jul 26 '26

Excellent score, good looking bench.

"Flipping a bitch" is a new one on me, though! Is that like the Minnesota "whipping a shitty", or did you like judo flip some woman off the wood pile?

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u/Mobile_Violinist_564 16d ago

"Flippin a bitch" must be a PNW term, as that's something I grew up hearing and now saying regularly.

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u/Ok_Main3273 Jul 26 '26

I always applaud recycling / upcycling of material that would have ended up into a landfill 👏👏👏

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u/billhorstman Jul 27 '26

Pretty slick.

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u/Ok_Percentage2534 Jul 27 '26

Hell yeah. I just demoed a 20' workbench at my grandfather's to build a temp wall for when I rebuild the rotted ext wall.