- Aah, welcome back you beautiful people
and today's your lucky day.
This is the day I answer that question
that I asked you when I was doing my bike storage
in my garage, should I make a basic workbench?
Well, today, I'm going to show you the super simple way
on how to make this.
Let's get cracking.
(logo crackling)
Okay, before we get started,
let's go through some essential tools
that you're going to need.
You're going to need something to cut all that wood with.
Obviously I've got a circular saw here,
but if you're under the age, use one of those other saws,
and use eye protection. (light music)
You want to get yourself a power drill.
You can drill all that, put in those screws.
A level, just to make sure everything's level.
A right angle just to get a straight edge.
A pencil, a tape measure, a hammer,
anything that you need is just here,
oh and some water, don't forget water.
Now let me run over some of the wood I've got.
Like I said I was going to use some reclaimed wood
that I found around, laying around,
so this is super old stuff.
It just needs a bit of a brush off.
And this is perfect thickness for a leg.
I got some more reclaimed wood.
There's some screws in there.
This is old roofing timber so this is super strong,
super solid, and some old wood that was laying around
in a building yard.
This is going to be the top of my workbench
and I'll show you that later on.
Got a few of those there.
Right, let's get started.
(door cranking)
This is where I'm going to put the workbench, right here,
'cause I haven't got electricity in this shed
and the closest I can get to the door the better,
'cause I can use natural light,
just to light up this area that I need to work at.
So, let's board this up first.
(tape measure clattering)
(saw zooming)
(wood scraping)
Working on your own problems (breath blowing)
Woo, you freaking dark in here dude.
It fits.
That's complete, now it's time to make this workbench.
Now I've done my research online for the height
because that is pretty key
on how high you want this workbench.
Well, it all depends on how your height is.
I'm five foot and eight ish, and the rough height
that I'm going to go for is 32 inches high.
Now I'm going to work in inches 'cause it's super easy.
We're going to make, basically make a triangle,
just like that.
Now the height we know is 32 high, 32 inches high.
Now the width of this thing is going to me 26 inches in width,
but that all depends on the wood I've got here.
The length of it, now I don't want to have such a big one,
because I haven't got much room in there to mess around.
I've got a small garage.
So, the length that I'm going to make it is 48 inches long,
which is pretty good, it's enough
to put stuff on and work on it.
Let's get started.
Let's work out the top and then work our way down.
This is going to be the top of my table,
and I want this to be super strong
because you're going to be using this to hammer in stuff,
you're going to be banging on this quite a lot,
and I don't want to use flimsy bits of wood
just like this one here 'cause this,
you would just puncture this,
and if you're doing drilling on it,
it doesn't matter if you drill into it
'cause you've got an inch thick timber.
Now, I'm going to lay these out just like this,
and that's roughly 24 inches wide.
It's not er, it's not wide enough.
I want 26 'cause 26 is not dead.
So, I got another one here but I'm saying that's,
that's too wide so I'm going to cut this one
to the right measurement just to match up with this one.
Okay, so I've dealt with the top.
I know what I need to do there.
Now, let's cut the legs first to the right height.
Now, old timber.
32 inches high, 32.
I don't have enough for two of these legs.
(sighing)
It's what happens when you use old claimed wood.
You don't get, you get mismatched stuff
but if you've got a budget and you don't want to spend
too much money on your build then making do
with what you've got is, is good anyway.
Perfect for legs.
It's like nearly three by three.
Now, I do have some more wood that I could use.
Let's take a look.
So I've got these bits here.
They're full of screws and all that,
so you want to get rid of all these screws.
Especially when you use reclaimed wood,
make sure you get rid of all your screws
because if you're using a power saw
and you hit one of these nails,
it's going to jolt your saw, it's going to break it,
it's going to, not going to be pretty.
So I'm going to use two of these at 32 inches high
for my legs, and two of the new ones
out of the bottom one there out of that three inch stuff
at 32 inches high.
Right, let's get making these legs.
(upbeat music)
(saw zooming)
Right, two legs done.
Now we've got our legs cut.
Now we want to make this triangle bit.
This one's not quite the same length.
I've got another piece of reclaimed in the garden
so I'm going to go and get that.
Now, 48 inches, the length of the table.
Cut that to size.
Just want to make sure how much I need to cut off that.
There you go.
I want 26 inches in width.
So that's 31 inches.
It's quite a lot.
27.5 is, well it's my wheel of choice at the moment
and 26 is not dead but, it's a shame
to lose a bit of real estate.
I'm going to go 27.5 inches width but 26 is not dead.
It's still there.
27.5, nice.
(upbeat music)
There you go.
Got rid of that horrible bit there.
That's nasty.
Okay, now we've cut the top, we've cut our legs,
we know the length of the table.
Now, we want to make a triangle that is 27 inches,
27.5 inches in width and length we want is 48 inches.
And you're just going to make a big triangle like that
and screw it all together.
I got this.
Now I've used the reclaimed wood for the legs in the front.
Now I've got this piece here that I'm going to use
for the front as well.
So this is going to be the fascia of my workbench.
And then basically my worktop is going to rest on top of this.
Let's clean this up, cut this to length and see if it works.
And look at that.
This is a 48 inches, yay!
I know I did cut this bit off, but it's still a good piece
of solid, solid timber, so I'm going to use that on the back.
So I bought this two by one bit of timber.
And this is going to box this section
and so I'm going to use this on the sides.
27.5, there you go.
Now, this is my fascia that will be going there.
This is the back.
This will be going there just to match up with that.
The measurement we want to need is between here,
so we need to box this in with this new piece
of timber I've got right here.
I need to measure this gap here, so I can cut this
to the right length.
Oh, this is going to look so cool man.
23 1/2 inches.
I'm going to cut two of them.
One here, one there.
I don't think I need to brace the center
because this wood is super super strong and thick.
32 1/2.
23 1/2, measure twice, cut once, key point.
So now, we've cut the tops, we've cut the legs
and we've cut the sides and we've cut the middle bits
to box this whole thing together.
Now, you can just go and screw that altogether,
but you want to make another one.
So, you want to make a small box down beneath as well.
(laughing) Look at that!
It's my workbench, small but,
it's going to fit there perfectly.
Now, you could just go and screw this together
but I'm going to do some more cutting,
'cause I want to brace just these sides here.
One there, one down there and the other,
that's just four sides.
So we know all the sizes.
Whoa, right, that's the last of my bits of scrap wood,
but I reckon I can use that to brace roundabout here.
I only need one for the front.
I'm trying to make it look as old as possible from the front
and then keep all the new bits hidden at the back.
48 inches and then I'm going to cut this one too.
This is going to be the front one.
Sweet, 48 inches.
That is going to go there.
Nice.
I'm going to cut one more of them,
and I can use that for the two sides, the 23.5.
Oh oh oh!
All right, let's do some more cutting.
(saw zooming)
Cool, so I've cut two sides, and two,
that one's going to go on the rear,
and then that one is going to be on the front.
And then that's done.
I reckon now is to start screwing it together.
Oh man, it's so so easy to do.
It's the quickest way I could think of
to make it, and super cheap as well.
And I just had stuff laying around in my garden,
and then I went to a builder's site,
just got some of this old reclaimed stuff.
Right, this got screwed together.
(upbeat music)
Right, so I used some scrap pieces of wood
just to screw this altogether so it's nice and solid
so I can turn it over and screw in the screws
from the top 'cause you can't really,
you don't want to screw them from this way.
It's not clever.
(light music)
Done.
Oh man. (groaning)
Workbench.
This is the top.
Now we just got to screw them legs in.
Which is super easy to do.
Now when it comes to the front,
you can go like this way but then obviously
that's going to, you can go this way
but it's going to impede, if you want to get
anything in quite wide.
But if you go this way, it makes your entrance
that, a little bit wider.
Plus you're not going to get anything in the sides anyway.
So, try and make the front of your workbench as wide
as possible so you can move stuff in
if you put shelves under that.
Now let's screw these together.
Now this is where this level comes in play.
Got to make sure everything is level
'cause it would be super embarrassing
if it wasn't wouldn't it.
Bloody horrible.
You always want to pilot hold your drills
because you don't want to get to this point
and then split a piece of wood.
So, just drill a hole, just drill it.
That's going to stop that wood from splitting.
(groovy music) ♪ Yep ♪
- This side's done.
Let's do the other side.
♪ You're wanted only ♪
♪ Hmm hmm, you're hmm ♪
♪ Hmm, you're wanted only ♪
- Finished!
We have a bench that can stand on its own.
We just need to brace it a little bit more
because I don't think it's
that structurally strong just yet.
Yep, yeah, huh.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, I don't like the look of this.
Don't like it.
I've got this, this bit here.
See that, I'm going to put that there.
Just to finish it off.
I just need to brace with these bits now,
down the front, down the sides, out the back,
and we've got a workbench.
Workbench to work on.
Nice!
Oh oh, this thing weighs a ton.
So heavy.
Okay, now how far do you want these off the ground?
Well, I suggest six inches from the bottom,
from the floor, down, six inches.
So that will be the bottom of that.
So measure six inches on both legs.
♪ Hmm hmm, yep ♪
- It's done!
Right, let's get, oh it's even more heavier.
Oh ah! (laughing)
Look at it, it's finished!
I can't believe it.
I'm going to put a shelf underneath there for sure
because it needs a shelf.
I might see if I can get out of all
of that bits of scrap behind me.
And I think I've got a few more little bits in my shed
that can go on there.
Then I just need that vise but that bench looks insane.
Let me put it in there and then I'll show you around.
Okay, before I show you around,
I'm going to finish off this side bit here.
So, I'm going to measure this up and I'm going to put a little bit
of a lip on it so if any spanners or bolts
or anything tends to roll, it's not going to roll off
and I'm not going to lose it on the floor.
So if I put a little lip here, about an inch high,
that's going to give enough, enough bit of lip
so nothing can fall away down or off the table
and I lose something very important.
So I'm going to use this bit.
Plus it's also going to cover this up as well.
So, I'm going to measure that up,
and I'm going to put this on the side about an inch,
an inch, about there, an inch high.
So I'm going to measure that, inch it,
put it there, cut it off, then I've got a nice little lip
and plus it finishes this off very nicely.
I'm using every single bit of wood I've got
because why not.
I've got loads of little bits of scrap.
I don't know what to do with it next.
They're getting to a point
where they're getting a bit too small.
Look at that and that, terrible.
Let's cut this.
27.5 inches.
I just had a funny thought.
I'm already using my workbench.
Right now, look at it, it's working.
Job well done.
Money well spent if you spent some money.
And if you went and did some research
and found some wood somewhere else to salvage,
well done you.
And well done you for getting this far
and building this thing.
So easy, so so easy.
Right, I'm going to cut this, put that on,
measure it up, make sure it's level
and then pretty much finished.
(drill rumbling)
Done.
Side bits are on.
Nothing's going to fall off the sides.
(puffing) Now I think we should build the shelf.
And then we're pretty much going to wrap this thing up.
Right, okay, so it's in there,
this is where I want it.
I've (groaning) I've screwed it to the wall
so it's super sturdy, but before we get to the end,
and we put the cherry on the top,
I'm going to make this shelf on the bottom.
I don't have enough bit pieces of wood to put down there.
So I've got some spare ply that I'm just going to cut up
and put in there.
So, let's do that first
before putting the cherry on the top.
(drill zooming)
Oh ha, that is done.
A little shelf under that and I can store stuff,
like my camera bag, that can go under there.
(laughing)
Done, look at that.
So so good.
Now I'm going to tidy up and have a go.
Ho ho ho, super happy with what I've come up with.
This workbench has come out a treat.
Reclaimed wood, didn't spend that much money on it,
only a few bits and bobs that I needed to
that I didn't really have.
Got myself a vise from my dad.
Thanks for donating this to me.
I am so happy how this has come out with.
I'm happy with this is all coming up with,
my bike storage, my workbench,
all I need to do is sort out my junk over there.
Let me know in the comments down below
if you want to see me organize all my nuts and bolts
and all my junk, let us know in the comments down below.
Hopefully this has inspired you to get out there
and get some reclaimed wood and make one of these
for yourself, maybe make one for your dad
or dads make one for your children.
I was inspired by Seth Bike Hacks
organizing Mr. Porter's garage 'cause, ah man,
I loved to watch his video.
Anyway, if you want to see another video
of me doing a DIY wash station click over there
and if you want to see how I organize my bike storage
over there, just click down here.
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