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Add a Metal Cover to Your Existing Workbench

This sheet metal workbench cover is the first workbench upgrades you can make to your garage workshop, and it’s one of the wisest investments you can make to upgrade your garage. It’s easy to clean (just squeegee the oil into the gutter which drains down a hose into a bucket), and it’s heavy duty enough to handle heavy car parts. All it takes is some measuring and sketching and a trip to a sheet metal shop or a local HVAC shop and steel yard.

The whole thing assembles in less than an hour and costs a few hundred dollar. Skip the steel decking if you wish, but it does prevent the top from denting and provides a more solid work surface. Drop auto and small components on the metal workbench cover and blast off the bolts. The drip edge catches the oil spills and the metal cover prevents grease stains.

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Jack Stand Holder

Haven’t you tripped over your jack stands enough? Build this brain-dead–simple garage storage project and get them off the floor. If you have a lightweight floor jack, add mounting hooks under the holder. Screw a two-inch PVC coupler onto the side of the rack and a two-inch cap on the wall near the floor for the handle.