I’ve been dreaming of a workbench since I moved in to the house. However, I never was satisfied with whatever plans I came up with on my own. I read this article at Mother Earth News on how to build a workbench. I really liked these workbench plans, but they weren’t exactly what I was looking for. So, I took them and changed it slightly.

Initially, I was going to use 4×4’s for the legs, but after going to the lumber yard I decided I was cheap and would just put two 2×4’s together. I started out by cutting 2×4’s into three foot lengths. I needed 20 of them for the legs and the braces. I was able to get eight of these from scrap.

I started by nailing two of the three foot sections of 2×4’s together.

I did this 6 times.

I then connected two legs with a section of 2×4 from the scrap pile.

I did this 3 times. This would be the legs for my workbench.

On the middle legs, I added extra braces.

I first connected a 2×4 on the bottom. Then I connected the top together with the 1×4’s. Here is a picture of that halfway through.

Here is a pic of the top done.

I added 1/4″ plywood to the top.

I then added more 2×4’s underneath to build a shelf and to add some extra stability. I also added some 2×4’s to the sides of the top. When I attached the 2×4 on the back side of the top I made sure it was slightly raised up so as to prevent things from possible falling or rolling off the back.

Here it is. The finished workbench.

My materials list:

1-4’x8′ 1/4″ plywood

5-2x4x10

5-1x4x10

7-2x4x8

8-2x4x3 (from my scrap pile)