Building a workbench II

Let's turn the plan into something to work with (previous post).

Acquiring the lumber

Enough for both the table and the workbench

The good news with this project is that working with framing lumber is inexpensive. In fact, more than half the net cost of the project went into the pipe clamps and steel pipes. It is important to spend time at the lumber yard and turn over a LOT of pieces before settling on the right one. Large pieces tend to be the nicest, but I found enough good 2X4" so that there is no need to mill smaller stock from larger 2X8 and larger. Just budget a good hour to pick the 6-7 item carefully.

Building a workbench

Problem and Design

With the addition of  the tablesaw, there is a need to get a workbench that can be used as an outfeed table. It has to meet the following criteria:

1. Be relatively small because of the size of my shop.
2. Match in height the tablesaw's top.
3. Be inexpensive.

The ideal design comes from John White in an article in Fine WoodWorking: the new fangled workbench. The main differences are that the full length will be 4', a width of 24" and will not include a longitudinal set of clamps.  Here is a diagram from which I'll base the bench on:

Smaller version of the New-fangled bench.

The lumber is in the garage, the construction begins tomorrow.