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When building shop projects my main design criteria is function. This folding work bench is just that. When needed, this sturdy little table drops down, the legs lower out, and its ready to go to work. When I’m done, it simply folds up and stows neatly on the wall and is nearly unnoticeable.
The top of the bench is customizable and when folded against the wall, you’re looking at just 6 inches of structure protruding from the wall space. Again, it’s hardly noticeable. This building plan completely walks you through all of the steps in detail on how to recreate this folding workbench. With the purchase of the plans you will receive the following:
I’ve also uploaded a short summary video to go along with this build and shared it on my YouTube channel found HERE.
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robmasongeneva (verified owner) –
Wonderful clear and easy to use plans. I used these plans as a starting point and then modified for the space I had for my workbench. This involved increasing the size of the work bench top (75 (length) x 33 (width)) and also increasing the height to 36 inches (countertop height). This meant my legs extended below the ends of the table when it is folded up (not a problem). I also added a third support beam under the middle of the bench and added a third leg given my version is a bit longer than April’s (this also meant I had to cut the piano hinge into two parts to accommodate the middle leg). Then I painted all of the wood that is exposed when the table is folded up to white (just used a Kilz Primer) to make it better blend in to my garage walls. Thanks for the inspiration and idea, April. I am new to woodworking and this project took less than half a day (except for waiting for the paint to dry in between coats!). I would submit a photo, but don’t know how to do it in this reviews section!
shbaker79 (verified owner) –
I found dozens of fold-up bench designs on the internet. I selected this one. I finished the project in about 6 hours and I am very pleased with the results. As robmasongeneva above has commented, I suggest a higher bench height of 34-36″. this will alter some of the cuts recommended. I also plan to paint it to match the garage walls. A couple of possible corrections I am suggesting are as follows:
Page 4 Piano Hinge. April recommends using 1 1/4″ screws for installing the hinge. That size obviously should not be used when securing the upper hinge to the 3/4″ plywood top.
Page 5: At the top left corner a dimension of 1 1/4″ is given for the placement of the 1/2″ hole to be drilled. I think she means 1 1/2 as 1 1/2″ would put the hole in the center of the 2×4. If she actually wants 1 1/4″, there is no reason given nor any instructions as to how to orient the board for mounting after drilling. I used the 1 1/2″ dimension and it all worked fine.
The piano hinge I purchased from Home Depot hung over the 2×4 wall brace a bit but the screws still seemed to take hold. Perhaps a specification on the hinge width would be helpful as my plywood was a full 3/4 thick.
Again, I loved the design, flexibility and simplicity of this design and would recommend to it to all!