What's up everyone? Welcome to The Durbin Compound! If we're meeting for the first time,
my name is Devin Durbin. I'm here to bring you the tools, tips, and tricks to make you more self-sufficient.
So on today's video we're talking about building a nice, sturdy workshop table for all kinds of projects.
I've made mine at about 44 inches high, so I can just stand at it here. And I'm going to
use mine as a review table, a workshop table in the future. If you'd like to see exactly how I built it,
well, you've got to stay tuned.
All right guys! Let's get down to the real reason why we're here.
So, I had originally found this butcher block top in the trash. So, what I did was I wanted to leave
a little bit of patina on this. So I took 60 grit sandpaper and then 120 and then 220 around this.
So, I used the Milwaukee M18 5" orbital sander. I really like this tool. It is pretty awesome for what it is.
So, the entire project was done on one battery. So I used the XC5.0 battery for this.
And after all that sanding, I still had one bar which was pretty darn impressive. So, I did the entire
sanding on this project all on that one battery. So after sanding it, I went ahead and applied
an espresso wood stain. This product is from Varathane. I really enjoy Varathan's products.
They are by no means a sponsor. I mean if somebody wants to hit me up... Varathane is some good stuff.
I originally fell in love with their spar varnish for outdoor furniture and things like that around
The Durbin Compound. And then I got into their wood stains and I'm just impressed. So, I really love
their wood stain. I rag apply this stuff and just wipe the excess as I go. And it turns out
really, really well. So, I really haven't had a bad experience with their wood stains.
I end up doing this entire butcher block top with two coats. I let it dry for four hours in between coats
and it turned out really well. I love how the grains come out in the different butcher block and
just how the grains turned opposite ways. Butcher block is just one of my favorite things to have.
So, I went ahead and made the legs in this project out of white wood. This is white wood 4x4 from Menards.
It turned out very well. I think each 4x4 was about $9.00 for an eight foot board.
So very, very, you know, cheap and very nice for this project. So, I was going to plan on staining it.
So, you know, it just worked out for what I needed. So, I am going to include
plans to this project with all of the measurements necessary--a step-by-step with everything you need
to know about building one of these tables. I'm going to put it on thedurbincompound.com
where you can buy the PDF plans to make this table. And I'll show you exactly where you vary
your measurements, so that you have the proper dimensions, whether you want it at 44 inches,
or 42 inches, or however high you want it. Whether you want to do it with casters or not. I will show you
all the things you need to be successful. So you can go on over to the website. There's a link in
the description below. I used 8" lags. These are 3/8 lags. I used these to put in the corner gussets
and they worked awesome. I had originally thought about going with GRK fasteners, but when I had
the lags just laying around collecting dust, I thought this is an absolutely awesome project
to do them with. So, I used 3" hard plastic casters for this project.
And, you know, these casters are rated at 110 pounds apiece. So, plenty of flexibility with exactly what
I want to do with these casters. So, they worked out really well. These are four swivel casters that I
got from Menards. They only cost me $10 and they worked out great. So, here we're going to flip over
the butcher block which the butcher block just weighs a ton. It's just so heavy. We're going
to go ahead and put the legs on. And, you know, this is where it kind of differs between your project
on exactly what you want to do, or how big your table is. Your measurements are going to
vary on exactly what you want. But I went ahead and measured it out and then put my corner gussets in,
you know, 45ed and then attached the top with my GRK 4" screws. So, here I put
the angle bracket in here--the 45 piece. I put it in at, you know, with my GRK 4" screws.
And they held awesome. So, another addition to that, if you wanted to, you could put a cross beam across here,
between the two legs. I didn't feel it was necessary because I won't be moving it very far.
But that is a possibility for you if you would like. So, I'll explain that in the detailed instructions.
So, the legs I went ahead and stained with a gray gel stain. This is from General Finishes.
This is an oil-based stain. I rag applied this as well. Now the really cool thing about gel stain is
that its flexibility is amazing. So, it's really, really thick. So you can put it on thick.
or you can put it on thin. If you wipe it more and you wipe the excess off, you can get that
real weathered look. So, you see how I just wiped it more and I turned it into a very weathered look.
If you put it on nice and thick, you can make it basically gray, like as if you were just painting it.
You see that there where you can cover up exactly, you know, to what extent that you want.
Or you can weather it to what you want. That's why I love gel stain. So, after getting the gel stain done,
I go ahead and turn the entire thing over. And then, this is where I go ahead and do a brush apply
for the nooks and crannies. So, of course, with a, you know, a rag applying of any stain you have,
you know, some...You have to have reasonable expectations of what you can get the stain in or
the little cracks and crannies and just all of the things. So, I went ahead and took a 2" brush
and just touched up my job and made it look awesome. So, it takes a little time, but you know,
it only took me an afternoon to build this table. And it came out awesome! So, I couldn't be happier with
how it came out. It just looks sweet! So, I hope you guys think the same as I do.
It is just incredible! So, we'll roll in some shots here of what it looks like in the garage. It is a perfect addition to my garage.
A perfect addition to my YouTube studio. I will be doing a lot of YouTube reviews right here.
Of course, depending on exactly what you're using your bench for
is what level you're going to have it at. I wanted to stand here, and stand up straight, and be able to
put my arms on the table, and talk to you guys on the camera. That's what was important to me.
So, if in your project you want to do something different, that's entirely up to you. I will show you all the things
that you need to be successful, in my plans, if you want to buy them. So, I hope that you found
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