In the past i have shared your ambivalence for the tool tray, and have finally arrived at a point of a conceptually similar but much less elegant solution. btw the video is "must watch" for anyone interested in a high performance hybrid work bench.. I go over the process of how i built the tool tray for my workbench. i talk about how to creat the tounge and groove with both hand tools and a router table.. The bench is made of box store pine (local home depo), i departed from the pans by adding a an extra 5″ behind the tool tray. this will allow me to set a chair on the bench when i am working on it. i also set the bottom of the tool tray into a rabbit and dovetailed boards onto the ends to hide the end grain..
Re: woodworking bench query 02-09-2018, 12:24 pm i embedded some t-track into the back side of my bench and use cam clamps to hold the tool tray in place (see pic in post attached).. This rock-solid workbench incorporates two vises a laminated top and options for a hanging tool tray or under-bench cabinet< p> project measures 72 long by 36 deep by 35. Today i finished adding a tool tray to my sjobergs bench. in some of the books that i read on choosing & or building your own woodworking bench, the writers indicated that about half of the people liked tool trays & the other half didn’t..
