Key Points:
- It's solid with no racking or walking
- Able to work boards on end, edge and face
- Can be build by a "No Skill" beginner
- Costs between $100 & $200
- Doesn't take long to finish
- Easily repurposed for a lifetime of use
Workbenches and having the tools/skills to build them is a chicken and egg situation for brand new woodworkers. So this bench is the fuse to light up a new hobby or study path. 3-4 simple hand tools that almost all woodworkers use and absolutely no previous skills is all it takes. And at the end of the build not only will you have a lifetime resource of a bench but also gained some skill and confidence plus the foundation tool of the series.
While in this video I used about $200 in both materials and tool acquisition if you have access to a hand saw, screwdriver or drill, tape measure and square plus chose mdf or osb instead of plywood then you could get by with about $100 to finish the bench.
And this is the foundation of an entirely new series at wortheffort. One designed for new woodworkers to start making messes. A skills development series that'll utilize a very limited set of hand tools (not much money) and a small 10" band saw. I'm labeling it a "sophomore level" course because it'll build upon the "Prerequisite Course" which highlighted some basic overall theories of the craft without to many projects.
I hope you'll build along with us and bring along a friend/student of your own.
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Plans (sketch) - http://wortheffort.com/s/StartWoodwor...
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Bonus:
The Prerequisite Course Series - • Prerequisite Course
Educator Prompts:
- How does the "platform" used at the end of the video eliminate a bench "walking" in use?
- How does having the wider screw anchors offered by the corner brackets reduce "racking" (the flexing from corner to corner of a piece)?
- Why would you want to pound work over a leg vs the middle of a bench?
Materials Used (links are NOT affilliate):
- Corner Brackets, I believe made by many companies. Here I used
https://www.amazon.com/shop/wortheffo... which is a associate page that will send a percentage of your purchase back to wortheffort.
or
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-S...
- Screws I used: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-S...
- Alternative Kit using 2x4 instead of 4x4: Simpson WBSK Workbench & Shelving Hardware Kit
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