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  • Compact Stout Workbench (Digital Plan)

A Brute of a Bench, on a Budget

Framing lumber, turnbuckles, bolts, and bags of sand make this rock-solid workbench quick to make and easy to move.

by Tim Manney

Ideal for those who are watching their budgets, this workbench has a classic design that will serve your woodshop for years. It's made using widely available hardware, construction lumber, and a couple of sandbags. The legs and top are joined with stub tenons and turnbuckles that lock onto steel pins. This construction makes for a very stable bench that can be easily disassembled for moving. But you'll want to make this bench even if you don't ever plan to move it.

SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate

FINISHED SIZE:
26-1/4 in. deep by 66 in. long by 33-3/4 in. high 

PLAN INCLUDES:

  • Scale drawing
  • Detailed cutlist
  • SketchUp drawing

REQUIREMENTS


•Google SketchUp (free download available here).

 

Additional Information
Publication Year 2023
Author TIM MANNEY
Format Digital Project Plan
Extra Ever wish you could get a digital project plan that allowed you to customize the design to suit your own needs? Here they are! Digital project plans in SketchUP, the free Google drawing program.

Are there any other advantages? For starters, you'll get your plan immediately. Your digital plan will consist of drawings in PDF format, with detailed, measured drawings and a cutlist. Full-size drawings are included for critical parts and templates. All of the drawings can be printed on a typical consumer-grade computer printer -- the larger template drawings can be taped together or you can take the file on a disc or flash drive (or email) to a local copy center for printing on Arch D size paper. The projects also have written instructions to guide you through construction process. If you want to modify one of the projects, the SketchUp version of the plan will be perfect for you.

Available free from Google by clicking here, SketchUp allows you to manipulate the drawing and make as many changes as you like to fit your needs -- or make more substantial changes to the design. You're limited only by your creativity.

If you need help using SketchUp, visit our blog Design.Click.Build. hosted by Tim Killen and David Richards.

Compact Stout Workbench (Digital Plan)

  • by TIM MANNEY
  • Digital Project Plan
  • Product Code: TP-FWW61065336
Availability: In Stock
$12.95