Basic Woodworking Advice Needed

Kresge · 09-17-05, 08:55 PM

I was thinking about building a decent workbench for my garage; nothing fancy just solid. Can anybody point me to a good site that either has plans for simple project like this or one that might show the proper ways to set up the corners, etc. I'm not looking for dovetails, just 2x4s and screws/bolts.

Thanks!

Damo1977 · 09-18-05, 12:26 AM

here you go
http://www.freeww.com/workbenches.html

the next link is from the same site but to exactly the page of what I believe you are looking
http://www.shopsmithhandson.com/arch...nd_project.htm

Hope all goes well

Kresge · 09-18-05, 05:18 PM

Great! That's about the skill level I was looking for. The results for the searches I was doing were all for much more advanced craftsmen. Maybe someday I'll get there. I just picked up a bunch of timber, screws, and a Ryobi miter / chop saw. We'll see what I can (or can't) do!

09-17-05, 08:55 PM	#1
Kresge Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Motor City Posts: 209 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Basic Woodworking Advice Needed I was thinking about building a decent workbench for my garage; nothing fancy just solid. Can anybody point me to a good site that either has plans for simple project like this or one that might show the proper ways to set up the corners, etc. I'm not looking for dovetails, just 2x4s and screws/bolts. Thanks! __________________ ". . . sailors do not fancy living underwater without breathing in sunshine occasionally." Commodore Joseph Smith commenting on the USS Monitor

09-18-05, 12:26 AM	#2
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	here you go http://www.freeww.com/workbenches.html the next link is from the same site but to exactly the page of what I believe you are looking http://www.shopsmithhandson.com/arch...nd_project.htm Hope all goes well __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

09-18-05, 05:18 PM	#3
Kresge Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Motor City Posts: 209 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Great! That's about the skill level I was looking for. The results for the searches I was doing were all for much more advanced craftsmen. Maybe someday I'll get there. I just picked up a bunch of timber, screws, and a Ryobi miter / chop saw. We'll see what I can (or can't) do! __________________ ". . . sailors do not fancy living underwater without breathing in sunshine occasionally." Commodore Joseph Smith commenting on the USS Monitor