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• Bre's tip on getting the store to cut the wood works over here in the UK too, homebase and B & Q stores are often able to provide this service for you here.

  Danny
  http://orionrobots.co.uk/blogs/dannystaple

  Posted by: danny@orionrobots.co.uk on July 12, 2006 at 9:56 AM

• does this table stand pretty sturdy? i mean, does it wobble at all? I want to build it but not if it starts getting all loose on me as i use it.

  Posted by: chasinjah777 on August 19, 2006 at 11:26 AM

• Bre, you really must get your act together. These dimensions are SO WRONG. First, you must cut the last 2x4 by 9 inches, not 6. I currently have a bow legged work bench. Second, the plywood must be shortened. The back panel must be shortened by 3", the shelf by 6". Or did you not see the Google sketch? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I was very excited to discover the podcast, but now I see that it is completely unreliable.

  Posted by: axman664 on September 6, 2006 at 6:12 PM

• Hi Axman664, I'm looking at my bench and you're right, you need to cut off 9 inches, not 6! Luckily, that's an easy fix, just cut off another 3 inches... It wouldn't be as easy to fix if I had said to cut off 12 inches! I'll make the adjustment in the post. Thanks!

  Posted by: Bre on September 6, 2006 at 7:06 PM

• I've been reading the MAKEzine for a couple months now and hadn't run across the workbench project. I knew it would be a great project for me, so I gave it a go today. I'm happy to report that it went awesome! The Google Sketchup program and file were a really big help. Two words of advice....pilot holes. At first I tried drilling straight through two pieces of 2x4 and I would end up reaming out the head of the screw with about a ½ inch to go. The materials only cost me about $27 at Home Depot....a bargain for a great bench and experience. I posted a picture of me and my bench on Flickr. Thanks MAKE and Bre.

  Posted by: DWilson77 on November 28, 2006 at 6:56 PM

• I've been reading the MAKEzine for a couple months now and hadn't run across the workbench project. I knew it would be a great project for me, so I gave it a go today. I'm happy to report that it went awesome! The Google Sketchup program and file were a really big help. Two words of advice....pilot holes. At first I tried drilling straight through two pieces of 2x4 and I would end up reaming out the head of the screw with about a ½ inch to go. The materials only cost me about $27 at Home Depot....a bargain for a great bench and experience. I posted a picture of me and my bench on Flickr. Thanks MAKE and Bre.

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/88923453@N00/

  Posted by: DWilson77 on November 28, 2006 at 6:59 PM

• I finally took the plunge and made this workbench. I have always wanted my own workbench but could never find one that I really liked. I have never made anything with wood before so this was a very exciting project for me and it only took 3 hours. Thanks Bre for bringing this weekend project to us :)

  Posted by: robert.carson@gmail.com on December 9, 2006 at 2:59 PM

• I had a go at this over the weekend Bre. I think it turned out really well and it was very enjoyable. The sketchup was really handy too. Thanks! I posted a picture on Flickr here:

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/44932659@N00/360153088/

  Posted by: StevenKempton on January 16, 2007 at 7:53 PM

• I built two of these 8' benches and put them into an 'L' in the corner of my garage. The directions and Sketchup files were easy to follow. Thanks!

  Photos here:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeoff/sets/72157594528900118/

  Posted by: Tomballpkr on February 10, 2007 at 10:33 PM

• Great post and a great bench. I knocked it out in about 3 hours myself. I too stripped out quite a few wood screws due to my lack of pilot holes. About half way through I switched from regular wood screws over to decking screws, that solved the stripped head problem and saved the need to switch bits. The screws are a bit more expensive, but make the job much easier.

  Posted by: strompooper on February 19, 2007 at 7:48 PM

• What about using bolts instead of screws, at least for fastening the 2x4's? It would be a little more work, but wear and tear from assembly and disassembly, when moving and whatnot, would be minimized.

  Posted by: l3lackEyedAngels on May 21, 2007 at 2:06 PM

• "I was making a bunch of workbenches for some animatronic technicians making rubber monkeys."

  haha

  Posted by: homebrewalright on August 12, 2007 at 4:11 PM

• lesson learned. Boyh the plan publisher and the builder need to double check the measurements. I built a bench similar to this using a solid core door I found cheap. Sturdy enough.

  Posted by: pvlman on September 14, 2007 at 5:13 PM

• The measurements aren't all given but so what; they are intuitively obvious. I built mine today and put coaster wheels on it. Nice & simple, yet sturdy and useable. Thanks, Bre, for the nice plan.

  Posted by: Globalwarmer on November 2, 2007 at 4:47 PM

• Just made this bench last weekend for the garage, with a few tweaks... I used 3/4" single-sided melamine board ($29 at HomeDepot), added a second shelf out of a 2x12, and some hardboard backing. If I were to make another one. I would probably reduce the length of everything horizontal below the top by 3 inches and shifht the top back by 1.5 inch, to leave space along the side for clamping. Fortunately my piece of melamine was 97 inches, so I have a half inch ledge on the sides, which is enough for certain types of clamps.

  Posted by: james_kingston on November 19, 2007 at 11:29 AM

• I just assembled one of these in a couple of hours. Wood and screws ran about $40 at Home Depot. Nice! I should have done this sooner.

  Posted by: nitelifer on February 8, 2008 at 10:03 AM

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