Weekend Project: Man-Cave Workbench
The dirt-floored underside of my small house is storage\my workshop (aka Man-cave). It came with a single 2’x5′ workbench… but I really needed some more space for non-digital projects. After clearing out a corner and leveling an old queen-sized plywood\2×4 box-spring (my father had assembled) on some bricks, I was ready to fabricate the new workbench.
For strength, I mounted it directly to the shear walls (installed for earthquake proofing here in CA). The top is all 2×6’s, and the frame\legs are all 2×4’s. Bought all the joist hangers, wood, screws & bolts from Home Depot, the whole thing came together over the course of a weekend for about $90, not too bad. And now I have a workbench built like a tank.
Phase 1: 2x4's screwed to shear walls, ribs on the floor with joist hangers attached.
Phase 2: Framing in-progress...
Phase 3: Framing complete, legs bolted together.
Phase 4: Complete!