My first handmade workbench

looks great! nice lumber selection as well, mostly clear – NICE!

this is a proven design for a workbench and has many features that make things so much easier (legs flush with top for example).

any plans to put a drawer cabinet on the stretchers? or leave it as is?

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I kind of want to keep it “as is”. I did put locking casters on to and slats across the stretchers. This keeps it study yet easy to move when needed.

-- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellance, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~Aristotle~

How is the top attached to the base? I am thinking about doing these to replace the old 5’x5’ shop tables in my school shop. This way each year the top could be removed and run through the wide belt sander. Then replaced when needed.

Looks wonderful I wish I had room for a nice bench like that, to much equipment. If there is such a tihng.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Nice looking workbench.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

This is a nice looking bench. This is a tool that is almost a necessity to have in any shop.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

tooldad:

The top is attached with (6) 4” course thread screws through 2” cleats (3 in each cleat). It holds really well. I recently moved into a new house and the movers picked the table up by the tabletop to put it in the moving van and take it out with no problems.

-- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellance, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~Aristotle~

Great workbench. Well done!
Do you intend to put a vise later?

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

A great looking bench. Nice job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †