

Must be built from easy-to-find dimensional construction lumber (2x4s, 2圆s, etc.).And, of course, it’s able to be built by anyone who’s willing to get their hands a little bit dirty. What makes it the ultimate workbench? Strength. The plan was for this to be the ultimate homeowner’s bench – a huge work table that could handle whatever we would throw at it. So, with that in mind, I wanted to build something that will last, and that we’ll never outgrow.

This is our “forever” house, and I plan to live in this thing as long as I’m around … or at least until we decide retire, sell everything, buy an RV, and tour the National Parks eating at awesome roadside restaurants (fingers crossed!).

Get the full, printable plan sheet here (PDF).The Ultimate Garage Workbench Plans: Get ‘Em Here So I came up with this plan for the ultimate garage workbench and table, as well as some serious tool organization (so long, plastic totes!). We need a proper garage workbench, one that will work for every sort of hands-on task: a potting bench, a DIY work table, a bike tinkering station, a home repair hub, a photography studio, and whatever other hobbies and around-the-house fixes we decide to take on. Our work and tool solutions simply have to change. My work surface was the silly plastic table, which served mostly as a place to set stuff while I searched for tools and hardware.īut now it’s summer, and we’ve got all sorts of exterior projects, gardening/landscaping, and serious room makeovers going on. While those projects progressed, my tools sat in moving boxes and plastic bins, disorganized and impossible to find when I needed them.
#Perfectly clear workbench vs complete free
See, my wife and I just bought our first home, and while we were lucky to find a house in inner Southeast Portland with both a garage and a basement (no small feat), we’ve spent our free time fixing up the more public – and practical – spaces: the living room, kitchen, dining room, bedrooms, etc. I’m a full-time DIY and how-to blogger, a hobbyist woodworker, and everyday tinkerer, and my garage workbench (if you could call it that) was a thin piece of flexible plastic sitting on flimsy legs, previously only employed as extra seating when we host Thanksgiving dinner. For the past six months, I’ve been hammering and banging on a flimsy folding plastic table.
