The Ultimate Functional Workbench 

Also: because the shelfs only holding sandpapers (very light), the wood shelf is a BIG overkill, you could have made very thin shelfs from metal (alu or simply thin/cheap metal grid), it would have saved MUCH space, so you could have like double as many shelves

One of the Thing most Workers have to learn... It's not always about the Quality (and espacially not the price) of your tools... if your a good Worker you can build awesome things even with the shittiest tools you can get! Skill > Tools... sure, better tools make your life more easy... but awesome tools aren'a a garantie for good result if you are unabel to use them probertly... for ecample... in my job I use a Handtool I got like 7 years ago when I started at this company... the blades are all worn out like to complete tool is... but even with this problem I'm getting better result than many of my co-workers with their brand new tools... cause I learned how to use my tool and know exactly what i can do with it and what i can't... and also how i have to handle it to get the result i want... Also: Ryobi has no bad tools... sure, their cheaper and not as highclass as like Dewalt, Bosch or Festool... but like i said... if you know HOW TO USE them... you can get same results and sometimes even better ones... most companies nowadays charge you onle more money cause of their name... not cause they are realy better... sometimes they last longer... but if you don't use your tools like 24/7 it is unnescessary to pay for a tool that could survive an atomic war if you use them only for hobby ^^ and sometimes this is the case: You buy a Router from Ryobi for like 150 Bucks... it lasts like 5 Years... you can also buy one from Festool for like 300 Bucks... sure it lasts for like 7-8 Years... but if you can buy 2 Ryobis that are as good as Festtol ones for the same price a Festool one costs but the two Ryobis last you 10 years while Festool only lasts 7-8 Years... you have saved money with Ryobi ^^ just a thing to make you think... So TLDR: Skill > Tools... better Tools make your live easier... but Skill is more nescessary than good tools!

I could probably afford more expensive tools at this point, but a Ryobi tool does the job at an affordable price, so why not?

Festool is only good for 2 things: Tracksaws and Domino's, the rest is a ripoff

Yes, because I have some Ryobi and I’m sick of DeWalt snobs.

I wouldn't call it weird. The videos that show how to make something good, starting from where most beginners would be are a lot more educational.

Hey thanks!

I'd like to see it about another 2 inches up so you have room to actually get under there and clean/not be such a critter-cozy spot. Having a quarter inch gap just looks like Black Widow heaven to me. LOL

LMAO I SEE IT TOO

Typically woodworkers want a workbench that's solid so when you clamp stuff to it you can hit/plane/drill into it at all angles without anything moving. Even when locked the wheels still allow movement so it normally rules them out. If needing to move it lifting it up with a brick and lever and then sliding a couple of dollies under it normally works well enough. Alternatively you can screw wheels onto the outside the four outside legs that flip down to move it, if so desired, and this can be done later.

And then I was about to suggest putting it on wheels. It's always nice to be able to move things.

@@timderks5960 it would mess with height

I was thinking the exact same thing when seeing him build the sandpaper shelfs. Nothing crazy is needed. Just something to not have to try to fit your fingers in the slots.

Or a piece of countertop laminate to make a tray for each sandpaper shelf. Then that rigid tray could be pulled out with all the sheets of sandpaper on it. Anything thin and rigid would work well, maybe Masonite.

I agree with the finger notches. Also, put all your pieces of sandpaper in manila folders so small pieces don't get pushed back in the rack where you can't reach them. Then, just slide out the folder and access sheets inside.

It will be come the hurricane shelter for everyone in a 6mile radius

Oklahoma - get under Ben's workbench for safety - Cover. (Tornadoes) Texas - get on Ben's workbench for safety - Float. (Hurricanes) California - get away from Ben's workbench for safety - Kindling. (Wild Fires)

Lmfao

nice catch

Same!!

Guilty!

lol

haha

Right!!!

wonder if they were run through a jointer first

Right on!

I know exactly what you’re talking about. I didn’t notice it until editing this video. Luckily at that point all the force is downward so it’s not consequential

That's what I was thinking. Even with clamps, it's still difficult to work with the lumber you buy these days. Twisted lumber is the worst.

If you're working with plywood its actually really easy to square something like a workbench

@@OGtherussianguy - But working with "perfectly straight" 4x4's helps a lot too 👍.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Or the ones that drop down to lower the table to floor.

Same!

Same!!!

Haha, same here in the Netherlands... We don't have space for massive workbenches like that.

In germany, we have another problem. I have a two car garage with my workshop in it, but ist's not allowed. Ist's just for cars 🙈 Now i have to find another room for my workshop 😕

Y’all come on over someday. You can have any size garage your money can afford. Anyone gives you a hard time, just call up your neighbors, we’ll make sure they never mess With you again. We take care of our own in our neighborhoods. Have a great day!

Only room for a one car garage, and that will have the car in it when its built! (The garage, not the car.)

You all gotta be lucky, cause most houses in the Netherlands don't even have a garage

The only thing better than things with wheels are things that don’t have wheels yet that you can put wheels on!

Exactly what I was thinking.

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@@riverbuilder2251 Wow! Now THAT is a nice bench! And it has wheels! Better yet, hidden wheels! Not sure whether I like the bench better or it’s location. Great view! Awesome job!

Being able to play with the dogs is what life is all about. Work smart and have time to enjoy the good stuff.

Yeah, and while you’re at it, learn another language entirely and speak only that language while making videos. Do it. Please.

steff jojo, it’s just marks on a line. It makes no difference which system you use. You do what works for you and let us do what works for us.

@@clayvansickle1 very selfish

A 4x4 is actually 3 1/2 by 3 1/2. That’s where the extra inch comes from. Just like a 2 by 4 isn’t actually 2” by 4.” It’s confusing, I know

​@@BenTardif Thank you so much.