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Building A Studio On The Cheap: Cheap Jewelers bench

I mean really cheap. Like $30 cheap. Stay with me now because this is really complicated.

1. Buy cheap flat pack 3 foot high shelf.
2. Mount cheap jewelers bench pin to shelf.
3. Build super simple dust catcher out of some old bike spokes some wood and some garden weed barrier.

Done!

Here are some pictures so you can see it in all its glory.

The dust catcher can be undone to dump the dust out, or to get at stuff under the top shelf. The supports for the dust catcher are made of two old bicycle spokes, and some wood that are held to the bench with twine and rubber bands. The three levels provide ample space for me to set things, and the bench pin is right at eye level if I move my computer desk chair all the way down. The lamp provides spot light when needed.

I have made dozens of projects on this set up and it works very well. Total cost, about $30 for the shelves (from target no less), the garden weed barrier used in the dust catcher was free from a friend, and the spokes came out of an old tire on my bike I had destroyed. The wood was cut off the ends of the magnetic tool holder to make it look nicer and square it up…so really total cost was about $30.

You don’t have to have a fancy bench to make fancy stuff. One day when I start selling my stuff for hundreds of dollars a piece I might go buy a big heavy desk with all the features…but till then this little guy does everything I need.