Food Living Outside Play Technology Workshop Easy, Cheap Folding Workbench! by raphazilla9 on September 8, 2013 Table of Contents Easy, Cheap Folding Workbench! . 1 Intro: Easy, Cheap Folding Workbench! . 2 Step 1: Table Top Frame . 2 Step 2: The Legs . 3 Step 3: Put The Legs On The Frame . 5 Step 4: Table Top . 6 Step 5: You're Done! . 8 Related Instructables . 8 Advertisements . 8 Comments . 8 http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ Intro: Easy, Cheap Folding Workbench! First post! I was shopping around Home Depot when I came across a workbench they sell. It had a folding design and was basically 2x4's, one 2x6, and an MDF top. It was $79. I looked at it and thought, "I can make that". So instead of buying it, I went to the lumber and hardware sections and got some supplies. I also got a tape measure and took some measurements for reference later. Materials: -4x 2"x4"x48" -pallet wood (thin) -screws -4 nuts -4 bolts -8 washers Tools -some kind of saw preferably electric for speedy work! -drill -tape measure -square -clamps -wood glue (optional) Step 1: Table Top Frame I built cut two 2x4s at 72" to get two pieces that were 72" and two that were 24". These together make the frame. http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ Step 2: The Legs For the legs, I sawed 4 2"x4"s at 34". Then I cut the corners into rough triangles, to ease the next part. Then I clamped all four legs together and sanded the triangle ends round. This will allow them to move later. Next I cut four pieces to 20" 7/8, glued and screwed them to the legs for support. One near the bottom and one near the middle for each pair of legs. http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ Step 3: Put The Legs On The Frame Using some long, thick bolts, washers, and nuts, attach the legs to the workbench. I put them where I wanted them, clamped them drilled through both with the thickness of the bolts then put on the bolts with the washers and nuts and tightened them and moved to the next one! http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ Step 4: Table Top Next I got some pallet wood I had lying around and cut them to 27" and screwed them on top! http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/ Step 5: You're Done! Now you're done! Either fold it up and put it away or start working on your next project using the workbench! Related Instructables EURO-Pallet Pallet Coffee workbench - Stand N' Plant Basement wood Cheap and Easy Beat up pallet Table (Photos) Garage turned rustic simple by by rack by by Cory_Z dstoudt70 Workbench by Bench (Photos) TheSaint myhomelifemag omninate by jonmc8 Advertisements Comments 1 comments Add Comment tim_n says: Sep 20, 2013. 12:43 AM REPLY I'm confused, how does it not fall over? Surely it needs some cross bracing? The bolts when tightened will give it some rigidity, but it'll be much stronger with either a wood piece/metal bar that attaches the legs to the table @ 45' http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Cheap-Folding-Workbench/.