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Old 06-21-2004, 08:42 AM
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I just installed 16' of cabinetry along the back of my garage (See "Garage Mahal"), and installed a formica counter top. The cabinets are "Mills Pride" from Home Depot, and are what I consider "rental home grade", or in my case, "garage grade". Not too expensive, but not entirely cheap, either. I used mostly 36" wide by 36" high (with the counter top installed). They go together easily, and they look great. You get the added advantage of having all of the hinges and stuff pre-drilled and aligned, and the drawers are easy to put together.

One other thing that I did is I build a mobile work space with some 5/8" plywood, wheels and pipe. It has storage down below, and a large workspace on top. The wheels allow me to move it in and out of the garage, or over to the house ---- where ever I need to work. I builtd this because after I installed all of the cabinetry and counter top along the back of my garage, it just looked too nice to start drilling holes in it to mount my bench grinder and vise. So, This mobile work bench (which, incidentally, was designed with a top just large enough to rebuild a Jag IRS...) can also have my grinder and vise temporarily installed with bolts and wingnuts. I'll probably put a steel or aluminum sheet on top of the mobile work bench sometime soon (other projects with higher priority, you know.)

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