Workbenches and Work Tables

Make your own scroll saw table to save money. Most scroll saws and numerous other tabletop instruments, such as drill presses, sanders, and grinders, fit on the 16 by 24 inch tabletop. Just over half a sheet of 3/4-inch plywood is needed for the project. 35 inches in height. Full-size images, exploded view diagrams, lumber layouts, and step-by-step directions are all included in this woodworking plan.

Little children love having their own workbench complete with tools made just for them! With this project kids can get real woodworking experience using the tools, too. They use the screwdriver to turn the two giant screws with slotted heads, ...

Put your machines at arms length and on a firm foundation by building our sturdy base. With its tapered and slightly splayed legs, this stand makes a sturdy, yet good-looking base for any machine.

This wall-hugging Mitersaw Station not only preserves floor space, being just 24 inches deep, it also contains the blast of sawdust from a notoriously messy tool.

Quick and easy to build, this simple workbench offers plenty of wide-open space for additional storage beneath the 1Â inch thick work surface. To keep it simple, we used 2x4 and 2x6 stock for the base and sheet goods for the top.

The perfect size for smaller tasks, this handy bench rolls, and then stays, wherever you need it most.

Outfit your mitersaw or mortiser with easy-to-build extensions that provide workpiece support and feature a sliding stop. The tool platform and extensions easily adapt to any mitersaw or mortiser. If you own both a mitersaw and mortiser, you can build one pair of extensions to serve both machines. The tool platforms and extensions quickly clamp to your workbench and stow out of the way when not in use. One sliding stop for each machine fits both right and left hand extensions. Stop distance from the center of the tool ranges from about 36 to 60 inches.

Before designing this workbench, we talked to numerous woodworkers to determine what features they wanted. With your recommendations in mind, we designed this sturdy work center. Our bench has a base ...

Handy roll-around tool storage convenience. If you are looking for a quick way to add another work surface and more tool storage to your shop, look no further. This project fills the bill in both...

You only need to run a flex hose from a 4 inch side port to the tool creating all that dust, whether its on the stand itself or if its already set up somewhere in your shop. A debris separator, effective air filter and mobile work surface all rolled into one. Invest a weekend in building this simple glued and screwed plywood cabinet outfitted with a low cost dust collection blower and you are ready to stop big and small sawdust particles. Dust settles in the large pull out drawers at the bottom of the cart. The ingenious design separates the big chips from the small dust particles.

Love your drill press, but no time or money for a fancy high-end accessory table? Get some much-needed stock support with this easy-to-build easy-to-attach work surface.

Keep your tools, supplies, and workpieces within easy reach, and enjoy an additional worksurface with this handy mobile helper.

From inexpensive materials you can build this rock-solid workstation. The stand easily levels to uneven floors using threaded levelers that adjust with a screwdriver. You will find all of the material...

The torsion box top construction method used on this rolling workstation ensures square glue ups and wobble free stability. Build this project for your shop and you will gain a dead flat work surface plus storage for glue up supplies, clamps, and equipment such as a pancake air compressor and nailers. You can put the top to work immediately to glue up the rest of the table.

A rock-solid workbench and plenty of storage are essentials in any shop. Of course, both require space, which is especially tough to find in a shop that shares the garage with cars or has to fit in a ...

Whether you need mobile storage or a steady work surface, this portable helper with its fold-out extension perfectly suits a space-squeezed workshop. Two-way locking swivel casters hold the cart in position when used as a tool or assembly stand. Overall dimensions are 26 inches wide x 21 inches deep x 35 inches high (on casters). Raising the fold-away top creates a 58 inch wide by 21 inch deep work surface.

Two cabinets and a sturdy top make this design a cinch to build. This no-nonsense workbench incorporates the essentials: simple base cabinets with deep enclosed drawer and shelf storage and a flat...

Inexpensive material and two readers ingenious design work together in this sturdy bench project that is a cinch to build. The plans show you how to make an L-shaped corner bench, or a simple straight...

Attention, small-shop and garage woodworkers: Here is a project designed with you in mind. It is a combination workbench and outfeed table. Plus, for the space-starved shop, it stores in the same footprint as your table saw. You can customize the workbench to fit any type of table saw. Levelers let you adjust the bench to match your table saw height for use as an out-feed table.

What more could a home woodworker want? How about an inexpensive and sturdy workbench you can tackle in just one weekend. It is equipped with an ingenious vise, a tool tray, and lots of other convenient...

At the heart of any good shop lies a great workbench. With that in mind, we went all out to design the unit shown here. In this plan, you will learn how to build the end cabinets, drawers, and...

A sturdy, dependable workbench belongs at the center of every hardworking home workshop. This heavy-duty, versatile model features a pair of vises that provide a variety of ways to hold workpieces. You...

This workbench is simple to build and super strong. We relied on inexpensive lumberyard stock and rugged mortise-and-tenon joinery to construct the base. For the benchtop, we laminated maple to handle...

This weekend, build a workbench that is big enough to hold furniture projects, yet portable enough to tuck away. A pair of legs adjust to suit uneven floors, while dual-locking casters keep the other end from budging. And you can do it all for around $125 in materials and hardware.

Here is a rock-solid workbench that is mobile. We built it so we could push it out of the way when the time comes for moving vehicles inside. The workbench features, fold-down leaves for efficient...

Good things come in small packages. Raise the wings for full workpiece support. A router table and accessories stow away in the drawer. Taa-daa! A router table with fence and plenty of infeed and out feed support. With a footprint of 7 square feet when folded, this mobile tool stand expands into a massive 17 square foot table saw work surface. And it is multi-talented to switch to a router table, simply slide out the onboard router drawer.

Our rock-solid workbench incorporates two vises, a laminated top, and options for a hanging tool tray or under-bench cabinet. Even if you are not a hand-tool aficionado, you will find this traditional...

Two easy-to-build components. A sturdy workbench and a versatile tool-storage wall complete with custom tool racks. It will make your workspace the envy of your friends. The durable MDF benchtop provides a solid, stable worksurface, and an ingenious set of blocks behind the rails turns an ordinary one-hand clamp into a vise.

Every shop needs a workbench, but there is not always sufficient room for a dedicated surface large enough to build furniture projects. Thats the beauty of this bench: It is a sturdy workbench, a dead-flat 4 foot square assembly table, and it can even serve as a tablesaw outfeed support.

Few workshop items hold as much raw potential as your workbench. We will shop you how to build a basic one and then how to tap into its full usefulness. You can build this workshop workhorse in a week...