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Easy to build large workbench

comments (4) August 6th, 2010 in Reader's Gallery

tom666 tom666, member
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This bench was not my first and had a lot of thought about what it needed to do. The body of the bench is made with 1"x4' inexpensive wood. The top is plywood with a 5'x12' sheet of laminate with a hard wood border.  With the saw set to the side and the extra table for the guide it is no problem to cut 4'x8' sheets by myself.  The picture is a sketchup drawing.

The two pictures are of my workbench. It is not very clean because I was working on a project.

If anyone would like the sketchup drawings I would be glad to share them.

I have uploaded the skechup drawing to the 3d warehouse. Look for " shopbench large".


Design or Plan used: My own design - Thomas Williams
posted in: Reader's Gallery, WorkBench, pine, plywood


Comments (4)

tom666 tom666 writes: To see the sketchup go to http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ and search for "shopbench large" and the drawing will come up. To open the drawings you will need to download "Google sketchup".
Posted: 8:15 am on September 10th

Navy1 Navy1 writes: I have been sketching on paper, and in my head, the perfect bench. I like yours better. I have not been able to find the sketch up drawings. Can you direct me? Thank you.
Posted: 9:06 am on August 28th

theMercenary theMercenary writes: I'd like to obtain a copy of the SketchUp file for this workbench, but there doesn't seem to be any way to reach you.

Please advise.
Posted: 2:33 pm on August 17th

GEide GEide writes: Do you have pix of the actual bench in your shop? Thanks, Gina
Posted: 8:19 pm on August 9th

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