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Got this plan from Popular Woodworking. Pretty good for my small shop. The plan called for plywood on the top but I chose SYP face joined. Sturdy and materials including vise were about $75. So far I like it. First try at mortise and tenon joints. Was fairly uneventful luckily.
I bought 5 each 10' x 2"x8" SYP boards and and ripped them to 3". Had almost zero waste. Just a few inches from each piece. Waste was so small I didn't have a piece for my vise. I was impressed.

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Nice bench, looks good and sturdy. Good job on the mortise and tenon joints.
 

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That PWW bench is a great design and you've done a great job building it. You will get great usage out of it. SYP is great to work with and congrats for minimial waste. You would NEVER find a work surface that nice for that price and you have the satisfaction of building it. Well done!
 

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A Job well Done there….... Very well built…..
 

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One typo. It was 7 each on the boards. Wood was a little less than 50 bucks and the vise was on sale at HF for some ridiculously low price-twenty some dollars.
 

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Nice looking bench. Great job and enjoy.
 

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Thanks for all of the comments. I changed the height that was called for to hopefully use the bench as an out feed table when needed. Next step is to get a set of retractable casters from Rockler. I'll have more money in the wheels than I have in the bench. Go figure.
 

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Very nice and simple. Did you also use mortise and tenon for the main stringers at the bottom or hardware?
 

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ok i have to ask what is SYP?
 

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nice looking bench, very impressed with the time it took to build also.
 

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southern yellow pine to question above is my guess i think
 

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Yep. Southern Yellow Pine
@ LeChuck - The bottom stringers are mortise and tenon with the addition of furniture bolts. The plan called for 1/2" bolts but I could only find 1/4" around here so I made the tenons a little longer to hopefully compensate for the smaller bolts. The bottom stringers are 2×8's with 1" deep tenons along with the furniture bolts.

@BretNichols - The plan is titled "24 Hour Bench". I did opt to not use a plywood top so the glue-up took a little longer but it was pretty easy going overall. A lot of waiting and watching the glue dry.
 

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The 7- SYP boards was used just for the top? Looks like you used 4×4's for the legs.
 

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I glued 2 each 3" boards for the legs. Ran them through my planer and chamfered the corners. I used 4 of the boards on the top. 3 for legs and stringers.
 

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Good looking workbench, I'm a big fan of SYP.
 

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Very nice looking bench!
 

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This is exactly what i have been looking for. I made a rolling assembly cabinet and have been using it as a workbench for years, but it is too big. Thanks for the post.
 

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Looks like a super bench and a nice quick build too.
 
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