Simple Workbench Plans

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With this workbench plan even a beginner can build a workbench strong enough to concur a Five-viii engine!

Time

A full twenty-four hour period

Complication

Beginner

Cost

$51–100

Introduction

Use this uncomplicated workbench plan to build a sturdy, tough workbench that'll last for decades. It has drawers and shelves for tool storage. It's cheap. And fifty-fifty a novice tin can build it in one day.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Forest glue

Does your current workbench consist of two sawhorses and an old door slab? It's time for an upgrade! There are hundreds of workbench plans out in that location, only not many of them phone call for plywood. Plywood makes a flat, stable work surface, and it doesn't need to exist clamped, glued or planed. And it can easily exist replaced if information technology gets too beaten up subsequently years of abuse.

You lot get a workbench plan that's:

  • Uncomplicated enough to build on a Saturday
  • Like shooting fish in a barrel enough for a beginner
  • Strong enough to hold a 5-8
  • Tough plenty to last a lifetime

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Project stride-by-step (9)

Step 1

Cut the Plywood Parts Perfectly Straight

  • Cutting the shelf elevation first and utilise the factory-cut edge every bit a guide for your other cuts.
    • Pro tip: Mensurate the distance betwixt the saw blade and the border of the saw base plate, and marshal the shelf summit that same distance away from your cut line.

Step 2

Frame the Drawer Compartment

  • Drill one/8-inch pilot holes through the frame back and into the plywood drawer dividers.
    • Pro tip: If you skip this pace, you're guaranteed to divide the plywood.

Cutting List and Diagram

For the names of the parts and their dimensions, come across the Cutting List.

The Cutting Diagram shows how to cut ane sheet of iii/4-inch plywood. The second three/4-inch canvas is much simpler: just cutting lengthwise to yield parts C and D. Cut the drawer bottoms (J and K) from a 4 10 iv-foot. sail of i/4-inch plywood.

Footstep 3

Add the Top and Bottom to the Drawer Compartment

  • Install the bottom start.
  • Mark the locations of the dividers, and clamp everything in place earlier predrilling and fastening.
  • Install the acme the same way, just don't forget to add the drawer guides get-go.


Step four

Screw on the Legs

  • Square upward i side of the leg and fasten it with one spiral.
  • Square up the other side of the leg and fasten with 2 screws.
    • Pro tip: Double-cheque the outset side before driving in the last screw.

Step 5

Install the Shelf

  • Set the shelf on spacers to hold it in perfect position.
  • Screw through the legs just as you did with the drawer compartment.

Stride 6

Encompass the Plywood Ends with Screen Mold

  • Nail on the screen mold with 1-1/4-inch brads.
    • Pro tip: Start with the long sections first, and utilise the scraps on the shorter ones.


Step 7

Build Unproblematic Drawers

  • Gum and clamp the front, back and sides together first.
  • Blast on the bottom.
  • Nail the sides to the front and back.


Step 8

Apply the Finish

  • Sand down the rough and abrupt edges.
  • Finish the workbench with a combination stain and polyurethane. (Nosotros like Minwax PolyShade.)
  • After one glaze of the stain/polyurethane combo, add a couple more coats of regular polyurethane to the work surfaces.
  • Apply an actress coat or two to the lesser of the legs so they won't wick upwardly moisture from your garage floor.

Pace 9

Attach the Hardware

  • Adhere the drawer pulls.
  • Install the spiral eyes/drawer stops after y'all insert the drawers.
    • Note: You may need a small screwdriver for leverage on the last few turns.

Originally Published: September xxx, 2020