Heavy Duty Workbench for Cheap.
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2022
- How to make a simple heavy duty workbench out of nothing but 2x4s. Brought to us by EcoFlow. Check out their portable power stations here: us.ecoflow.com/?aff=279
Get the plans for this workbench: bit.ly/3OInhTT
Making a woodworking workbench doesn't have to be complicated and expensive. In this build I use nothing but 2x4s (as well as glue and brad nails). There's no complicated joinery and can be made without any clamps. One of the things I struggled with when I got started with woodworking is how to make a workbench without a workbench to work on? This project is so simple it can be done out of the back of your truck or driveway with very few tools. You could get by with only a circular saw and a drill if needed. You ready to Make Something?! Let's go!
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Tools and Supplies used in this video (Affiliate links)
2x4s: thd.co/3yiq14W
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Miter Saw: amzn.to/2FDslZw
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Expansion Brackets: amzn.to/39Vj3JR
Brad Nailer: amzn.to/3xtcequ
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Air Compressor: amzn.to/3QvGI4f
Wood Glue: amzn.to/3aZ7Gkn
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Thickness Planer: amzn.to/3NLX8ne
Varnish: bit.ly/3LxFTEs
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Get the plans for this workbench: bit.ly/3OInhTT
Is that the delta max or de delta mini power station?
@@almamarcelagozo6517 Max. The mini is what I use in my go kart trailer.
@@MakeSomething thank you so much for your quick response. Appreciate it.
I really like this outdoor workbench, i have one question though. I would like to put some wheels on it so i can move it around easier, do you think it is stable enough to put wheels on it ?
Put two wheels at one end, like lawnmower wheels and move it like a wheelbarrow at other, non-wheeled end.
Getting serious “we’re making a bat house - in a parking lot!” flashbacks here! Wicked job!
Legend has it the planer shavings are still there.
I love how a $100 2x4 workbench in 2022 is half the size of the $100 2x4 workbenches from 2019
That’s so true. In a few years it will be I built a small kids stool with only a 100 dollars in 2x4s. Lol.
@@gamer2101 Barbie girl furniture lol
I've watched a lot of "simple" or "beginner" workbench videos. This one is the first one that truly is. So simple, yet practical and functional. Perfect for your use case outdoors. Great video and bench!
Planer isn’t a regular basic thing to have though
It makes me happy when I hear "Sand In The Place Where You Live". You should also use "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John 😂
This is exactly why I just bought a 20v Dewalt 7 1/4 inch sliding miter saw. I love this saw so much! Plus a 15 amp plug in saw blows the breaker in my basement... but that's another story.
The fact that the eco flow can run that thickness-er is pretty impressive
This project is great! Right up there with building a bat-house in a parking lot. How crazy is that!!
Yasss win to me for being the first for a bathouse related comment…Win to you for having seen that video…David is just the freaking best
Tape tip at the end was genius! Dunno why I never thought of that. Great video!
David very nice video this week. It turned out very well. Hopefully you get great use out of the work bench for many years to come my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.
I appreciate the effort that went in to de-badge-ing that air compressor.
I have a similar bench planned for this summer, thank you for sharing your design.
I like how you do your sponsors justice in the way u advertise their products, very passionate. I admire that
This was an awesome build. I’m def going to building something similar for my shop. Oh and that eco battery pack is amazing. I wouldn’t have thought you can power all of those tools seamlessly and it retained a ton of battery life.
Fantastic workbench build David & that EcoFlow is really impressive! 👍👍👏👏
Just built this work bench over the weekend. It’s awesome. Thanks for your time!!
It's not building a bat box in a parking lot, but still a nice fun little project. Really impressed with how much that Ecoflow battery can take. Those are some pretty high amperage tools in use here. Thanks for sharing!
Yassss I beat you to that comment lol thats better than a “first”
Spitting that coffee... Was very good comedic timing.
Unexpected but I wont complain about a laugh😂
I'm really diggin this idea of building in the woods using off-grid tech like battery generators. Do it again! Maybe start finding more elaborate nature scenes??? This is so cool.
I like your music!
Thank you!
Awesome work David! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
I just built a big 4' x 6' butcher block style work bench from scrap 2x4s!!! Great video as always!!
thanks so much, love the bench , the simplicity, the quality, the strength. whod a thunk to use a nail gun, no clamps. very nice. love the solar charging battery pack too !
Thank you for doing this project. I have limited tools and this is a project I had planned to do next. 👍
Just a brilliant idea for a video and wow! I hope Ecoflow sees this for the brilliant testament on how good their product is.
Superb video. Loved it.
Now to find a UK stockist of the ecoflow!
Awesome build! It looks great!!
Really great design and problem solving. One of the best clips (IMHO) yet!
Thank you for this build. I just made your bench this month. I added locking casters, and doubled up on the plywood top. I made a cabinet out of the lower portion of the bench. I'm going to add a shelf on drawer slides to access smaller tools and I'll put my larger tools on the bottom shelf. To finish it off I'll add doors to keep the dust out. It's working well for me right now, and I'll get rid of one of my rubber maid tubs!
You could’ve totally used your melamine to make a sled for the top to go through the planer. Some shims and super glue would’ve flattened it real well
simple yet beautiful work bench.
that is a great simple workbench, solid and well thought out joinery.
Cool drone shots. Great project & video!
I was giddy when i heard the sanding jingle again! :) Awesome project.
Man, that Kapex dust collection is off the hook!
I love it man! And thanks for this build (and many others) that takes into consideration those of us viewers with a limited workshop, giving us options in how to achieve great results.
Love it! Thank you. What a great, simple tutorial!
Cool project. the tip on taping the brackets is so simple but smart. That battery is pretty impressive too!
When he did that I felt like a trained ape…Davids living in the GD future and I’m trying to peel a banana with a rock
Thanks 🙏 glad you say alternative ways.
Great power system
I’m making one! Thanks again David !
Fantastic work, Dave! Really well done! 😃
Now add some casters and you can bring it with the racing trailer!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I just bought an EcoFlow River Max a few months ago to use for camping, vacuuming the car in the apartment parking lot, etc. Dude the thing is so awesome. It can run 100W USB PD through the USB-C plug, _and_ run a 12V socket, _and_ run a couple 2.4A USB-A plugs, _and_ run 600 watts continuously though the AC outlets. It charges at 500W from the 120V outlet, and it can charge at 120W from a car outlet (or 200W from the 'solar' input, which is any 10-25V DC source). It doesn't quite have the beans to power my air compressor (same one you have) but it powers my reasonably-powerful Shop-Vac without issue. When it's not in active use, I'm using it as a UPS for my computer. I just tell it to stop charging at 80% so it doesn't ruin the battery over time.
Also, the wifi features and raver mode RGB LEDs are neat. I have no real use for the raver lights but eeah looks cool. I should be able to find my tent at night that way.
This was fantastic and just what my cabin needs! I thank you
Muito bom seu projeto...congratulation!
Great video. (Reminds me of Home Depot parking lot build. Not Sponsored.) Nice change of pace to film outdoors. Cool shots. Rad bench. Mahalo for sharing! : )
One of the better bench build
you have an awesome shop set-up, enjoy the videos 📹 thanks.
I came here to point out that here in Canada 2x4's are almost $10 but I checked out the price and the orange place has them for $5.98. Almost spit out my morning coffee.
Great outdoor bench. I have one I made 7 yrs ago or so and use it all the time. I recommend them to anyone who's setting up a shop.
Made a trip to Kencraft today and i gotta say, ive never seen so many great choices in wood, from color and species to grain patterns. Think i found my adult, toys-r-us, lol. And they asked how i heard about them, so i said you, lol.
Thank you! They are great people!!
built my own first bench, in a climate controlled bedroom, that I didn't use.
-marked drywall at height of benchtop,
removed drywall strip (3-4")
screwed 8' 2x4 to studs with 3-4' screws, 4x4 post (2 legs near 39"tall)
1/2 "plywood top back edge screwed to 8' board attached to wall studs
Love outdoor dust collection
This is freaking awesome. Nice video.
Those are some nice 2x4s!
Mmmm pine flavored coffee! Yumm!
Great job!
Great simple bench. I love this as a concept of building cool stuff outside with a couple tools as a fully equipped workshop is unattainable for many people. This makes it really achievable. Making garden furniture or house furniture with layering the wood in 3 layers, overlapping joints so you get the strength of a mortice and tenon for example but without the higher skill level or tools required would be great for this kind of outdoor work.
Is there a name for that overlapping joint technique? Is it really mortise/tenon level strength?
It's more like half lap joinery. Don't know if it's as strong as cutting the joints out of a 4x4 but it's probably better than just 1 2x4
Nice job!
I could use this in my garden
Very cool build and really surprised you had that much power after using all those tools for that long of time, that thing seems pretty solid.
The tree was mad at you! Haha
I've got a shop with old tools and no dust collection. Saw dust is my favorite flavor to add to iced tea and coffee lol.
And toothpicks are in short supply in your cupboards too. right?
Thats really nice I like it. Going to save this video. for the future.
Just made this, came out great! Thanks for the idea 👍🏻
Awesome!!
Great idea using your bench as a bench to flatten your bench.
I didn't know you had to watch out for attack trees on the job site 😂
Not gonna lie, totally expected you to whack yourself in the face when you were turning the vise 😂 love the build and the simplicity!
Rip coffee cup full of saw dust. Great work man
I'm just starting out and have some 2x4 pallet wood. It isn't the greatest but the price is right. I'm going to try to build a decent outdoor workbench because I'm tired of working on the ground lol. Appreciate the info!
Nice off grid build. I really like the look of that bench!! And you were giving those wood shavings back to the land! Double kudos!!
Fantastic bench! I think I’ll replace my garage bench someday with this one. I guess if you really wanted to not use clamps you could screw down some boards wider that the width of the bench top and then use wedges to on each side to shove em together. (For anyone looking to avoid clamps for whatever reason)
Reading your comment really made me go HA! That's a brilliant idea for those like me who are just starting and don't have clamps. Thanks a lot!
Love it!
Looks like the Makita 60 decibels compressor I believe I have the same one very quiet nice builds also
I am going make one for My shop, thanks
I have never commented about an ad before, but that ecoflow looks awesome! I cant believe that thing can power your planer, I am sold. Oh, and awesome bench BTW!
Thank you! I'm so drawn to your work! Keep killin it!
The trees around him look especially nervous. Processing a former tree infront of its buddies is borderline savage.
Haha!
“Build this workbench out in the woods for $100 and this $1300 portable battery!”
Haha for real though I want one, or the smaller version of it anyways, and I want to build this bench, like, now
Nice build, very similar to my heavy duty 2x4 workbench video a couple years ago. 2x4’s are solid and a couple of helpful tips are installing wheels to make it mobile and I prefer a shellac finish. 👍🏼
Love your videos! I almost cried though 3:40 leaving that tag stapled on made my OCD hurt 😂
Thanks! I had no idea so many people would be offended by the tags! I still haven't removed them. Ha!
Inspiring. I just suspect David used all the straight flat true 2x4s in existence on that one bench.
It's great 👍👍👍
I would really love to get one of these for hurricane season down here in Florida. I have a generator, but it's not always ideal to crank that up when you don't need its full power.
Hello fellow Florida person! 😂
I want one too!! It would be great to use that instead of running a generator for small things.
If you hadn't spent a fortune buying a festool kapex you could have had a workbench made of hardwood.
Okey, maybe it's just me being jealous of nice tools...
Couldn't help but notice the cup sitting on the tailgate. Taste a little woody after all that cutting?😂
Thanks my brother I'm going to make my now
Awesome video! Why are you using nails/brat on leg supports and not screws like you did top support? Much of a muchness?
Thank you ! 🙏💕
It would be cool if you connected the two top slabs with a 2x4 laid on its side. This would put a tool well in it like a traditional jointers bench and if you used pocket screws you wouldn't need clamps at all for the entire project. I don't need a bench but I think I'm going to use this idea as a base for shelves in my garage.
OMG!! I just finished my workbench top. I made the one in this video. I wish I would have read your comment last week!!! I would have done that!! Crap, crap,crap!! That’s a great idea
In addition to being cheap, it looks good.
Wait you did this in your back yard.... cheap youtube trick....🙂 But I love it!! Love your hard work bro
Videography is nice outdoors with the birds singing in the background. Nice looking bench. Do I need a piece of wood to connect wheels to the legs?
In the woods!
Those sure are some nice looking 2x4’s. My local box stores don’t even come close to those. How much glue and fasteners did you use.
I find that taking a 2x10 with pith in the center is best. Jay Bates did a nice video on it. Where it provides the ideal quartersawn grain by cutting out the pith. those 2x10s are usually much more stable than 2x4 from cupping and twisting.
Great project Dave. Just a heads up - for some reason, even though I'm subscribed to your channels, YT is no longer recommending them to me in my feed. Have to occasionally sort by Subscribed to see them. Cheers!
Thanks!
Thank you!
Who needs a shop, if you've got a pick up..?
Happy 47th. Don’t get too knocked back. :p
Great project and the power source is super...
Sad part is two years ago this would have been a 40.00 project, tops!
I wish I saw this idea of expansion brackets when I was building my workbench. I built a plywood cabinet and placed the 2x4 "butcherblock" on top of it. All this was done in the summer when the wood was expanded. Then during the winter, the top butcherblock contracted. And of course the plywood cabinet being laminated, did not contract at the same rate. So the 2x4s failed at some glue joints.
I think the boards dramatically expand in winter, by 5%. In the summer they lose their moisture and the wood fibers shrink back down? It hit 118 degrees here in our state in 2021, and the upstairs bedrooms in my friend's non-air conditioned house shrunk so much that the beautiful new carpets became loose and floppy! The width of the house had actually decreased by at least 1" or more across the top floor. I also have an oak and pine drawer I used to store tools, and it barely opens in the winter due to the wood rail being tight--I just tested it yesterday and it slides super easy, being very low humidity for months here.
Hmmm! Saw dust spiked coffee! ;)
❤it!
Thanks for a great video. If I wanted to make it a 6 foot top, Could I just increase the cross supports by 24 inches?