How To Build a Workbench – DIY Workbench Plan — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

2" × 6"

2 boards · 9.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 54% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 18 1/8" left over
25 1/2"25 1/2"25 1/2"
1. Legs — 25 1/2"
2. Legs — 25 1/2"
3. Legs — 25 1/2"
Board 2 · 69 3/8" left over
25 1/2"
1. Legs — 25 1/2"

2" × 4"

4 boards · 18.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 20 3/4" left over
48"26"
1. Tabletop frame — 48"
2. Tabletop Frame — 26"
Board 2 · 20 3/4" left over
48"26"
1. Tabletop frame — 48"
2. Tabletop Frame — 26"
Board 3 · 20 3/4" left over
48"26"
1. Tabletop frame — 48"
2. Tabletop Frame — 26"
Board 4 · 20 3/4" left over
48"

1/2" × 32"

1 board · 6.1 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Birch plywood — 48"

1/2" × 29"

1 board · 5.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Birch plywood — 48"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

2" × 6"

Board 1 · 18 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 69 3/8" left over

2" × 4"

Board 1 · 20 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 20 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 20 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 20 3/4" left over

1/2" × 32"

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

1/2" × 29"

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over