We've scored ourselves a workbench

@JudyEv (378656)
Rockingham, Australia
April 28, 2026 2:45am CST
When we moved here from our 15 acres, we had to downsize in a big way. Recently, someone in the village was offering a free workbench so we were quick to offer to take it off their hands. It was a bit tatty and the top was coming to bits so we bought a piece of laminated timber and have replaced the top. Vince has attached a four-pin plug so it will be quite useful for the few small jobs that we might want to use it for. Now that we’re down to one car, we are going to rearrange the garage a little and make a space where we were work.
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@DaddyEvil (172905)
• United States
7h
Moving from our last house to this house caused us to downsize drastically and we still had too much stuff. We took more to the thrift shop here in town and gave away a lot more stuff to various friends. What we still can't get in the house, we stored in the detached garage. Most of it we haven't touched since we moved into this house almost 10 years ago. We really need to go through everything in the garage and give most of it to the thrift shop so others can use the things we're just hanging onto for no reason. I'm glad you managed to get a workbench you could use.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (172905)
• United States
2h
@JudyEv I had all kinds of kitchen and cooking stuff but, like you, we had to let a lot of it go.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
It's quite tough really to have to downsize so much. We had such a lot of really useful tools and other items but we knew we couldn't fit it all in here.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (499638)
• Italy
7h
We also had to downsize in a big way when we moved here. Our garage is very large and we only have one car now. We add shelves and two cabinets so I can keep a lot of things in the garage.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
We will make better use of our garage once we sort it out properly. We're going to move some shelves and rearrange things better.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (206645)
• United States
5h
That at should come in handy.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
It will be ideal for the small bits and pieces we'll need it for.
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Toni
@toniganzon (76804)
• Philippines
6h
That's really useful.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
It's a good size for our garage.
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (55783)
• Canada
5h
That is the perfect smaller size work bench for your work area that you have.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
That's true. It's good enough for what we want.
LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (57)
• United States
5h
That's a very nice workbench
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
It's simple enough but it will serve us well.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (133595)
• Marion, Ohio
2h
It looks great.
rakski
@rakski (152649)
• Philippines
2h
that looks good. I am sure that will be useful
Fleur
@Fleura (34645)
• United Kingdom
7h
Something like that is so useful, trying to do jobs like that on a chair or the kitchen counter really isn't satisfactory.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378656)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
It will serve the purpose. Most of the stuff we need to do nowadays only needs a small workbench but you definitely need one.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (21974)
• United States
9m
Nice bench.
Shiva
@Shiva49 (28173)
• Singapore
1h
I get some bargains or even offered free. If it is useful, I take it.