Any serious DIYer should have their own workbench, so why not use your DIY skills and make your very own. See the full guide here: www.mitre10.co.nz/guides-and-...
This is why I choose to watch these videos. Not only because I get to learn something, but because I get to hear a grown man say "Tickity boo." Thank you, New Zealand. Thank you.
Thank you very much. I just built mine with a nice table top I found at a second-hand store for $10. With your plan and the top, the piece almost looks too good to be a workbench.. :) Subscribed.
Wow!! This looks good and simple. I hope to get my workbench started soon, and I was curious if you could go almost the same way to make an office desk or would it be different layout? Thank you Mitre 10! for the ideas and inspiration to do some DIY furniture for the house.
I'm so going to build one of those. Except that I won't cut 45 degree angles on the frame. Just my taste. :) Thank you so much for showing how simple diy projects can be !
I've just finished building this workbench. Screws and Wood came to a little over $400NZ. I'm an amateur so it was a learning experience for me. I cut the mitres by hand because I didn't have a drop saw. If I was to do it again perhaps I might get a drop saw. Wood have made it quicker and more accurate.
+supercheekykiwi Sorry for the late response. This is what it cost me to build. Shelf 2 x 2.4M MLD RAD SD180x19 (637682) $83.80 1 x 1.8M MLD RAD SD180x19 (637681) $31.44 1 x 1.8M MLD RAD SD180x19 (637677) $23.76 Posts 4.1M 100x100 RAN N1 H5 MG LM (612646) $62.65 (This was actually 90x90MM) Frame 14.4M 75x45 RAD SG8 H3.2 KD MG LM (610701) $79.20 TOP 5.4M 50x300 $113.40 Screws 1 x Timber hex GALV NEO 14Gx100MM 25PK (231699) $18.60 1 x Batten Timber GALV 14Gx75MM 25PK (231199) $11.23 2 x Batten Timber GALV 14Gx75MM 6PK (231204) $7.88 1 x Chipboard SQ ZG 10Gx65MM 50PK (231746) $7.57 Total: $439.53
+Michael Gabriel Thanks for that Michael. I bet it came up really well. Very interesting Breakdown of materials. I'm wondering if it could have worked out cheaper by not using treated wood. Just kiln dried and planed. and maybe utilizing 2x4's. In a couple of weeks i'm going to attempt a workbench. And then ill get an appreciation of everything. :) If only I could set my stupid table saw up. I'm such a noob.
I'm an Aussie and just watched the Bunnings one also. A pathetic attempt. Searched RU-vid a bit more and found this guy. Sure, its a cheap bench but the video is well presented, entertaining and easy to follow. This is the one I will build. Easy as!
Wow this is awesome and so simple! I need to start building a new work bench at my job, the current work bench I have is made hideously out of scrap pallets that I banged quickly together with a few 4 inch stainless steel nails. Its not very practical and it sways and wobbles and I keep kicking this one leg thats held in by one nail lol. Thank you Mitre 10!!! I will commence this new project as of tomorrow :-). Also I notice when you were screwing the top boards onto the railing, you came from the bottom up, does it matter which way you screw them in?? or is it just the presentation of not seeing the screw heads??
I tried screwing the table top from the bottom and ran into problems. I used two types of wood screws, an ordinary 4" wood screw and a 4" hex (Timber LOK) like the one used in the video. The problem is that wood screws are designed to join the pieces with the pressure from the screw head, which means that screwing from the bottom, no matter what kind of screw used, will force the boards up-or at any rate the screws will not pull the top boards down. That was the problem I had.
Drill a hole through the rail the same size as the outer diameter of the screw, then the screw can't push the top up. Otherwise use a clamp near where you are putting the screw in to hold the top down
Hi Steve Mikellides , All the specs are on our website. www.mitre10.co.nz/guides_and_advice/interior_guides/how_to_build_a_workbench/ Hope that helps, SR
Buy a vice first and design and build around it. It's very difficult to add after. Better to glue as well as screw. It will wobble less if you have a few diagonals. Use square section wood without rounded corners. Good as gold then.
And it does wobble.. I might not be experienced enough, but I will need to put some diagonals in.. the build itself was easy enough though... Thanks for the tutorial
The ironic thing is you need a workbench to build the workbench on? Maybe you can make a small one then build a slightly bigger one on that and work up to a full size bench!
the chisel he using is steel top, you use hammer with them, if its not steel top then mallet, your teacher should teach you that. but you know now, cheers
😂😂😂😂 why is he measuring for his screws wtf does it matter that much?? I'm laughing so hard right now. instead of doing it simple he makes everything seem so difficult slap the 2x4's together not 2x3's especially the way he says things hurts my head
