Miter Bench and Storage #1: Getting started with the base

Looks like you’re making good progress. I’m looking forward to seeing how things go.

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Excellent start, since I am just finishing the walls of my new workshop, this weekend, I will be following your progress with a keen eye.

Thanks for sharing, much appreciated

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Looking forward to watching how it progresses…

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Hi sIKE,

I essentially built the same thing. One modification that I made was to put small drawers in the extensions for the miter saw. The plans call for covering this with 1/4” plywood I believe. While these are small drawers they can hold small tools and utilize essentially dead space.

I am looking forward to seeing your version of this bench.

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I have made one major modification to the plans I have shortened the height of the bench to the height of my TS. My shop is 16×24 and to fit in my TS with 52 in rails I have taken up a good portion of the 16’ already and would of lost most of the space to the left blade so I made the mod. Hope I got all of my measurements correct!

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Scott, just re-read what you posted. That is an awesome idea! Do you have any pics?

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Very nicely done! And thank you for the answers to my questions.

I was wondering if you had close up pictures of the joints between the vertical ply and the frame of the top? I was wondering how you secured them in place.

-- - Gabe

The vertical partitions are held together on top by cleats which you can see running under the 2×4’s in the second picture. The interior pannels are notched out for the cleats and the outside pannels are rabbited to accept the 3/4” plywood cleat.

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Very nice so far, i am building an outdoor storage bench myself, because my garden is a mess. Have you some photos from the result? Must be nice!

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If you look through the entire blog you can see the progress and i have posted this as a completed proejct.

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Just like Norms as you say well done I wish you many many years of happy woodworking with your new layout kindest regards Alistair

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Good start

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