Built a New Workbench, real easy, 12 bucks

[WhereEaglesDare]

Just replaced my old bench, it was tiny.  It was 3 feet long and my new one is about 11 feet and only cost 12 bucks...

I used some old 2x4s and made supports for it and bough a 4x8 piece of 3/4" OSB and cut it up...



Laid it on my supports I made and viola... maybe took 3 hours, including tearing out the shelving that was there and my old work bench.

You might notice the mess over to the right, yea, I had to pull out the shelving all that stuff was on, now I gotta that out...


It doesn't look great but will be extremely functional and a lot better than my old one.

Here is a pic of my old bench while I was working on a cab...


In case anyone was thinking of doing this, but thought it would be expensive or difficult, its neither.

[ragnar]

Not bad at all!  The 12 bucks is kinda misleading though.

Anyways, One can make a nice bench for about $50.  I've done them with 3/4 sanded plywood and 2x4s (2x3s would also work).  Rip the 4x8 into 1'x8' and 3'x8' pieces and use the large piece as the table top.  And the other piece as a small shelf underneath.  I typically stored paint ans and whatnot there.

[leapinlew]

Looks good. The only thing I would do is upgrade from OSB to plywood. OSB doesn't have enough strength.

Or better yet, find someone throwing out their old laminate kitchen counters.