First Workbench

Some Background

Every shop needs a workbench, and there is a first for everything. This is the first workbench I built in this shop.

In setting up my workshop, I had the DeWalt mitre saw from a while back, bought the Rigid table saw from the local Home Depot. With the help of my buddy, I threw some pegboard on the wall.

The First Workbench

Not bad for 2x4's and plywood

Unpainted and Raw

Then, I decided to make my first workbench / assembly table. I have become quite enamored with assembly tables as future posts will tell.

This one was fairly straightforward. A whole lot of 2x4s from the big box store, pocket screws holding it all together.

I put some Kreg track on the top, the blue aluminum extrusion shown here, which one can use to clamp things down. I finished it off with some enamel orange paint and coated the 2x4s in a couple of coats of Tung oil.

Let's make something!

Acrylic Paint

A couple of thick coats of orange acrylic paint to help make the top more durable. Cause I smash a lot of thing on it, like my thumbs.

Added a bottom shelf for more shop storage, because…you know…storage. I also added a vice to the side because…you know…vice.

Today

While it is no longer my primary workbench / assembly table, it still gets a lot of use in the shop. It serves as an out-feed table for the table saw, as a staging area for other tools, and it still gets some exercise as a secondary assembly table.

Still getting lots of good use!

Materials

• Standard Home Depot 2x4s
• MDF from Home Depot
• Kreg Clamp Track
• Lee Valley Mobile Wheels
• Tung oil (not tongue oil, that would be gross)