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Workbench plans
A solid shop workbench: 4x4 legs, a 2x4 frame top and bottom pocket-screwed into them, a plywood top and a shelf screwed down onto the frames. Free, any size: open it in uCAD, change the sizes or the lumber you can buy, or just tell its AI what you need, and the parts, the screws and the cut list follow.
Level: medium · Time: about 5 h · Shown: Workbench 1500 x 600 mm
Make it your size
- Length: 900 to 2400 mm (1500 in the cut list below)
- Depth: 450 to 900 mm (600 in the cut list below)
- Height: 750 to 1000 mm (900 in the cut list below)
- Shelf below: with or without
- Lumber: 38 × 89, 40 × 100, 45 × 95, 50 × 100
- Plywood: 15 mm, 18 mm, 21 mm
In uCAD, change any of these in the part's panel: the model is built again, joints and all.
What you need
Tools: saw, drill, pocket-hole jig (set to the lumber's thickness, 38 mm at most), pocket screws and wood screws (the lengths in the cut list), wood glue, clamps, square.
Fixings (and wood glue):
- pocket screw 64 mm: 36
- screw 4x40: 28
Cut list
At the sizes shown above. Letters match the drawings below.
| Part | Qty | Length | Width | Thickness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | top | 1 | 1500 mm 59 1/16" | 600 mm 23 5/8" | 18 mm 11/16" |
| B | shelf shaped | 1 | 1500 mm 59 1/16" | 600 mm 23 5/8" | 18 mm 11/16" |
| C | apron front / apron back / rail front / rail back | 4 | 1322 mm 52 1/16" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| D | leg | 4 | 882 mm 34 3/4" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 89 mm 3 1/2" |
| E | brace | 1 | 524 mm 20 5/8" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
| F | apron left / apron right / rail left / rail right | 4 | 422 mm 16 5/8" | 89 mm 3 1/2" | 38 mm 1 1/2" |
Lumber to buy
US lumber, 8, 10 and 12 ft boards, 4 × 8 ft sheets:
- 4x4: 1 × 12 ft
- 2x4: 2 × 10 ft, 1 × 8 ft
- Plywood 3/4": 1 sheet 4 × 8 ft
In millimetres
Boards 2400 and 3000 mm long, 2440 × 1220 mm sheets:
- 89 × 89 mm: 2 × 2400 mm
- 38 × 89 mm: 2 × 3000 mm, 1 × 2400 mm
- Plywood 18 mm: 1 sheet 2440 × 1220 mm
Your store sells other lengths or sections? Put in yours in uCAD's cut list: what to buy and how to cut it are worked out again.
How to cut it
From US lumber, a 1/8" saw kerf between the pieces; the hatched ends are left over.
4x4
2x4
Plywood 3/4", sheet 1
Rip it into strips 23 5/8", 23 5/8" wide, then cut them across.
Build it step by step
The top frame: drill two pocket holes at each end of the four aprons and the brace, on their inside faces. Glue and screw the aprons between the legs, flush with the legs' tops and outer faces, then the brace across the middle.
The lower frame: the four rails the same way, 120 mm up from the floor (a spacer block under each helps).
The top: plywood flush all round, screwed down into the aprons and the brace every 300 mm or so (pre-drill and countersink).
The shelf: notch its corners round the legs, drop it onto the rails and screw it down the same way.
The pocket holes: a pocket-hole jig set to the board's thickness. In uCAD, Build steps plays these one by one on the model, the wood see-through so you can see where every screw goes.
Questions
Can I change the size?
Yes: open it in uCAD and type the sizes you need in its panel. The parts, the joints, the screw lengths and the cut list follow.
My store doesn't sell 4x4. What then?
Choose what yours sells in the plan's panel (38 × 89, 40 × 100, 45 × 95, 50 × 100; 15 mm, 18 mm, 21 mm): it's built again for that lumber, with screws to match.
Is it free?
The plan, uCAD and the cut list are free, no sign-up.
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