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I made a very strong workbench by utilizing a metal software chest as the muse. This was a lot simpler than constructing a conventional base with a shopmade cupboard. The software chest is the Husky model from Dwelling Depot, however there are many comparable fashions available on the market. Mine got here with casters, a wooden high, and a multiple-plug outlet on one facet, which may be very useful.
To make the workbench strong and secure, I eliminated the wheels on the software chest and screwed on a wooden base, produced from framing lumber. Eradicating the wheels additionally let me add open shelving on one facet, which is accessible from the back and front of the bench.
I made the benchtop by gluing collectively two sheets of 1-in.-thick MDF, with panels of 1⁄2-in. MDF screwed onto the highest as a sacrificial high layer, separated by useful T-tracks. However you’ll be able to add any kind of high you want, and no matter vises you want additionally. To connect the highest securely, I screwed a wooden body onto the surface fringe of the software cupboard, after which drove screws up by that.
Alter the scale of the wooden elements to fit your metal software cupboard and your required benchtop top. You may also paint the wooden elements of the bottom to match the software cupboard.
The completed workbench is strong, secure, and purposeful, with greater than sufficient storage for hand instruments, bench equipment, and extra. It was very simple to make, and price me $750 whole, together with the metal cupboard, vises, and wooden elements.
—THOM LIPICZKY, West Stockbridge, Mass.
Illustrations by Dan Thornton
From Positive Woodworking concern #309
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