Workbench Back Panels

A workshop bench fills its drawers with the tools used inside a service ticket and runs out of space for the tools used between tickets; the tools that hang on a wall. Cable cutters, chainwhips, large bottom-bracket sockets, frame-prep handles, the tools that are too long for shallow drawers and too useful to bury in deep ones. The Unior Workbench Back Panels (990B) mount behind a 2600-series bench to give those tools their own vertical surface; perforated steel sized to accept the Unior tool-hook system.

What they do

The back panels turn the vertical space behind a bench into hangable tool storage. Tools mounted on the back panel sit at the mechanic’s eye level when standing at the bench, visible at a glance, and reachable without leaning over the work piece. The perforated grid accepts standard tool-hook hardware; the panel face takes magnetic strips, label tape, and printed reference cards.

Specs and sizing

The back panels are sold as wall surfaces rather than as bench-frame components. To complete the install, pair with the matching back panel supports (see below) and order the right number of panels for the bench size:

• For 1500 mm (5-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, plus the 1436 mm back panel (item 625654).
• For 2000 mm (6.5-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, one middle support, plus two 952 mm back panels (item 625652).
• For 2500 mm (8-foot) bench tops: one left support, one right support, one middle support, plus two 1202 mm back panels (item 625653).

The support brackets bolt to the bench frame at the rear; the panels slot into the support brackets and stay in position without floor anchors. The modular sizing means a shop expanding its bench from 1500 mm to 2500 mm can re-use the existing supports and just add another middle support plus two new panels.

Specs

• Material: perforated steel; Premium PLUS sheet metal stock.
• Finish: Qualicoat-standard powder coat.
• Mount: bolts into the Workbench Back Panel Supports (sold separately).
• Tool-hook compatibility: standard Unior tool-hook hardware.

Shipping note: the back panels are available via special order and are not included in the free-freight program. Contact us for details.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče since 1919, and sponsors professional road and mountain-bike race teams. The back panels are part of the same in-house manufacturing chain as the bench frames they bolt to; the dimensional match between the support bracket bolt pattern and the bench-frame rear isn’t something a re-badged generic pegboard reproduces.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A back panel earns its place when the bench’s drawers fill with daily-driver tools and the long, awkward-shape tools start migrating to the bench top. Once the chainwhip and the bottom-bracket socket move to the wall, the bench top stays clear of between-job clutter. Our broader workshop-layout guide covers the vertical-vs-drawer storage decisions and the tool-hook layout that compresses tool-reach time: How to set up a professional bike workshop →