How To Build The Ultimate Workbench + 10 DIY Shop Storage Solutions
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2018
- Find Plans to this build here: bit.ly/2LdT3Z0
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Today I'm showing you how to build what I call the ultimate workbench out of plywood. It is 4x8' and has plenty of room to work. I added on 10 shop storage solutions, including small parts storage, casters, drawers and tool storage.
Check out my second video where I modify this bench more, including adding a downdraft table and a vice: • Four Easy Workbench Im...
Big thank you to Rockler (bit.ly/2oWrisB) and Purebond (bit.ly/2KFEgoV) for sponsoring this video.
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Welcome to the official April Wilkerson CZcams channel! I’m April and I’m the creator of Wilker Do’s. I am an obsessed DIYer and Woodworker. I'm not professional or have any training, so I just pick the project I want to tackle and figure it out step by step. On this channel you will find a variety of content like DIY home improvement, How-To’s, construction, design and more!
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Find Plans to this build here: bit.ly/2LdT3Z0
Are the plans downloadable so you can open them into sketch up?
I just fell upon this video and I gotta say I'm so amazed at how easy you made this look . Not only that but some of these construction videos can be so boring. Your video, and the work you did is amazing. Thank you for making this.
I just saved this to my DIY folder. Well done, and it fits with a lot of us non-professional DIYers.
I loved how you didn't edit out the clumsiness that we all have when we are working solo... I can relate to every gymnastic move required in the shop atmosphere!
This is where I bumped into your magnificent channel, April. After watching numerous DIY workbench ideas here on YT, combining features from yours into others made the best sense. The hold fast dogs for heavier projects and the side clamp and a dropped chop/miter saw recess and a flip top for my lady's scroll saw and fine art combo bench seems to solve my needs.
Your entire library of DIY projects are so well articulated their in my favorites collection.
Thanks so much to Cory, and your folks, too. Love to be neighbors!
Very nice setup, April. I found that paraffin works well for wood-on-wood slides. A 1# box of Gulf Wax will last a normal person a lifetime. Another tip is to mark my boxes of screws on several edges so I can easily see which is which, even from an angle. And the last tip is to paint your shop walls, ceiling, and floor pure white. It doubles the amount of apparent light in the shop without any addition of lighting fixtures, and it makes dropped hardware much, much easier to find.
You rock, lady!
Great ideas and i am gonna use them in my shop thanks.
The lighter colour definitely works, and I'm interested to see the wooden ply wall lining - probs to do with insulation in your cold - but it would also do a lot for reducing noise.
Excellent idea for the white paint.
I’m setting up my own shop at the moment and I love watching videos on how different people built workbenches. Yours stands out to me. I will be using some of your techniques and ideas, and I just want to say thank you for sharing!
I've been at Bunnings this afternoon racking my brain for just this very solution. I just knew I'd seen these castors before - HERE.
You are such an inspiration. I'll be putting your bench in my shop. I do scroll saw, intarsia, marquetry and mosaics all in my shop. You explain things so clearly and your videos are awesome. THANKS!
April an amazing well spoken young lady,speaks very clear. Love her projects,God Bless you April keep up the wonderful work!!!
THANK YOU!
This bench is about as GOOD a bench I have seen for:
• Cost.
• Proficiency and manufacture.
• Being practical and
• Cost!
I will be looking for the plans.
Have great week.
Cheers!
Just bought a cortijo in Spain to renovate and when my workshop is ready, I’ll build your bench. May have to reduce the size but a truly simple sturdy bench. Beautiful.
April, LOVE the bench and the storage options. I am making wooden flags as a project and this is BY FAR the ideal bench to support this. Thank you.
Love this work table April, especially love the idea of not gluing the top so it can be changed out later. Also watched your shop build, holy cows is that an amazing space! Great work you've done!!!
6 hours is mighty impressive for a full size workbench! Awesome job, April - you’ll get tons of use out of that 👍🏼
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I´d say the equipment certainly helps. Although I find the project very doable to the average person, well explained and left me personally inspired.
Saw this a few months ago and it inspired me to make a table for myself. Although I went with a different design, your video provided the impetus for my build. And I love those casters, btw.
Just finished building this table and it turned out great! I even made those hardware storage bins. Thank you!
That is a huge workbench. Most of us have to make due with half that space. Now I have workbench envy! 😆
😉
I have workshop envy
@@yououtuber4176 I agree... that workshop is huge
It could double as a shop bed. Gotta use DIY pillows and blanket.
Just what I was looking for, thank you so much for taking the time to make and upload.
Hey, April!
Thank you for all your great work!
I bought your plan for this workbench and built it. For the moment - only the table part. Using my skillsaw the very first time in my life. Drawers and other storage solutions I left for tablesaw.
It's great experience!
Thank you again for your plan.
Now, I'm gonna glance through your channel and hunt for some more stuff!
You ROCK. I have watched TONS of VIDs while planning my own work bench, and yours is the BEST I've seen so far. Simple, elegant yet SO multi-faceted.
Thank you so much Apil, these free plans are perfect to start my niece on her first woodworking projects. Love it!! The bench is my project :)
@@ChuckHutchisonHandmadeGuitars yeah they r paid ones on her portal. not sure where linda gets them for free.
I like it! A really practical and useable build. Well done. I liked the bit at the end when you were dropping the bench from the other side, expected you to be catapulted across your shop! 😂
: ) Haha, nah I got it!
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bought the plans today. this is about a month out in my future
This is the most informative DIYer on CZcams. You break it down step-by-step and take the fear and mystery out of it all. Frigging rad.
Thank you April! This is a true inspiration. Did it and made it. It should cut 60% of setup time off my projects. But the important part was... Another step in the PTG world. Not PTSD, Post Traumatic Growth. There are about 20 soldiers waiting for me to build this. Just to prove something I guess. Wish I could drop pictures of it. Many are going to use it. Thank you again!
Just retired from the US Air Force. Starting my woodworking in TX as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for your Service! God bless you!
Thank you for your service Sir. Yeah, this lady is an inspiration to us all, especially us woman.
I absolutely love your work bench and I am definitely going to make one. Thank you for sharing all the how to’s!!!
Of all the work bench videos,I like this one the best for its simplicity,practicality, and potential to modify/ upgrade,nice one April.
Thank you for opening my eyes to what else a work bench can become, especially the idea of using French cleats and other things on the underhangs. Well done!
Glad it was helpful!
I liked it so much...I built one. Thanks April you inspire me.
Very practical, not over-designed, easy to build. Am needing a new workbench for my shop and this fits the bill. I think I'll build this first, and then a Paulk-style bench for field work. Interesting that you have ISOtunes bluetooth ear buds. I use those at work and they are excellent noise-rated ear buds.
what to say? Another inspirational video April. Your energy, creativity, woodworking skills are a lesson to all, more power to you woman!
An amazing workbench, even more so with all the add-ons, everything at your fingertips. A job well done!
Hello April, I’m Héctor Cardenas from Mexico. In the latest two weeks I had iniciating in the carpentry, I have bought a jig saw, drill bits, a Black + Decker Matrix and many other stuffs including many that Already had to begin. When I was looking for working tables I found this in particular that I found easy to build and is made from play wood. My wife and me are renting in a little home in Mexico expecting to change us in the near future, reason for the size of your table was’nt too practice for me, and I decided to make it exactly same but at a quarter of the size. By the time I wrote this I am working the second day, making some mistakes in calculating dimensions and others, I appreciate so much your tips and will be pending to your work I have begun watching. God Bless you
You are really very talented. I like your channel.
Love your methodical thoroughness when building and explaining your projects, hitting the mark brilliantly through good CZcams video technique and user-friendly drawings.
And great references to add
So I started by finding your work by accident. Then I saved the first project, then another, then another…whew! You became my go to project director. I am an ICU nurse and know the skill and ability of the women I work with. You have such a great organization mind. As you talk through all of your projects it is easier to follow through with each of your projects. I have to admit I don’t have quite the sophistication in my farm shop, but the “thinking through” that you do is greatly appreciated. You are amazing…great work!!
I've been in the process of making plans for a woodshop in my basement since I finally got that back room cleared out and have been looking for the perfect workbench idea. I think I've finally found the bench I want to build. Awesome video! Just discovered your channel yesterday and I really like it.👍🏻
Hows it looking?
That’s an awesome bench! Love the storage and the wheels
Hi April - Another great instructional video! Your use of scrap wood to make tool holders is second to none. Just wanted to share a few ideas ... I used peg board on the ends and on my side to maximize storage space. Plastic totes are great for storing items within the workbench as both stackable and to keep sawdust out. Also, A long power strip below the top helped me out too. Upgrades with vises and/or bench dogs would be a welcomed edition to "workbench 2.0". Thanks for being my favorite CZcams channel. Regards, Chris
That was a very easy table to build and I thank you for that. You are such a great organizer as this business is so hard to keep the 100's of items we use in a sane manner!
Those locking casters are exactly what I need for my work bench and I had no idea they existed until your video. Thank you so much for giving me the last piece to my puzzle!!
I love the storage solutions and will be adding most of them in some format to my workbench.. thanks heaps from an Aussie .. your channel rocks !!
I'm the same, living downunder as well, its cool to get some ideas from this for my bench when I build it as well.
Thanks for making this plywood workbench what a great idea I just made my own.
Brilliant! Thanks for the ideas. I love the screw box rack, I have mine in a drawer and I'm never sure what I have on hand.
Your approach, thinking, building, and the video itself are so refreshing.
You are so inspiring, April, I absolutely love watching your videos. Thanks for making them : )
: ) That's great to hear!
Hi April, l also am one of your flowers that loves to watch your videos even though i’am 74 years old.
That was awesome April. Brilliant plan, awesome video. I am now a new subscriber. Thank you for the quality content and products!
Great job, love the quick release castors to enable easy relocation!
April, You are so smart! I need someone like you to design a tool chest underneath my workbench.
I must admit out loud that when you turned over your table and dumped your clamps, I mean really....I have sooo done that, and so very REAL of you to have kept that in the vid. Many of your projects/ideas have sculpted my woodworking/craft spaces into "larger" spaces than they actually are. thx.
When she made the raised garden bed, she got ahead of herself and dumped out potting soil. But I still enjoy watching her videos. I have three of her plans, I just might have to buy this one too.
Awesome! I kept thinking casters for mobility and you didn’t disappoint! Maybe a 1:1 scale tape measure on both length sides of bench?
April. Enjoy your style and your creativity. Building this workbench now and it’s rock solid for my shop. Thanks! Dave.
The full sheets of plywood on the ends stop the racking! It looks great! Gives me a couple of upgrades to my workbench!
Those speed square holders are super clever!
One of your best videos.
Wow 😮 this is and awesome video!! Love what you did! BTW is there a plan or video on your large table?
You have lovely shop cookies.
And ive never seen a speed square slot like that either. Brilliant. That is the one thing i chase around mine all the time. There will be several screwed and glued to the backsides and undersides.
Subscribed. Thumbed up.
this is probably the most practical workbench video I have watched, enough simplicity and great effort spent on organizing the storage and utility, rather than planing and jointing 500 kg of wood.
Wow! I've been looking for what would be my favorite idea for a workbench and, well, this is it! Thanks for sharing this with folks!
That is legit; the most amazing work bench I have ever seen. So many great ideas! Thanks for sharing that, you rock :)
So glad to see more ladies in carpentry. Your shop looks beautiful, keep up the good work and keep being an inspiration to younger women.
I have seen other work benches and wow ! This one was great ! Loved how you used all the available space to place add ons.
I love the way you work April, and your ideas are impressive. You’ve achieved strength and rigidity by utilising just ply, glue and screws. That’s not easy. Plus you’ve created and utilised storage space brilliantly. I’m inspired.
What are you planning to do with the big gap under the top?
Hi, i love your work.I would add an removable electric current installation to your workbench for charging the tools and for light but also have mobility
wow! what a nice easy bench build!!!!! Yes people you don't need a giant 2x4 workbench top to get things done! Finally a truly cheap solution to a workbench!
Cheap?
Scratch & dent sale ..get a solid core flat faced door..heavy and strong..mount vice and other tools
Hi April,
I bought your plans and built the workbench a couple of months ago. It came out great! I didn’t have a track saw and a few other tools so I didn’t do the drawers. Fortunately, I had purchased the plywood and today I started on the drawers with new track saw and track in hand.
My work sent me home last Friday so I’m using the time to work on my shop. We will work from home for at least a month and my work allows me to set my own pace.
So, I want to build another bench but I’ll probably build a table saw cross cut sled and some other useful things first!
Love your videos!
Great video! So many features went into this work bench.
Dam!!! Now that’s a work bench!!👍👍
If you wanted to glue and screw the top sheet of plywood to the bench, you could do like my father used to do with his benches. He would build the bench and the cover the top with a sheet of 1/4" Masonite(wallboard) and when that got beyond use, he would just replace the Masonite. Probably a lot cheaper than replacing the sheet of plywood. I was wondering if you were planning on putting the Kraft paper roll on your bench to protect from paint spills and glue messes? Great project. Keep them coming.
I do the same but have never had to replace the masonite yet 20 years later
Thank you April, in addition to beautiful you do heavenly works. A respectful hug from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
You go Girl out of all the work benches I've watched on you tube yours BLEW me away.Thank you
Good job 👍
You crack me up. Holy crap You built a Cadillac with all the options. Nicccccce bench
Just in awe! See the bench upgrades video peeking at me in the top right and just refuse to click until I've finished watching all the gems in this one. Oh, oh, I just saw the "Make a Router table" on the right too... Sooo much to watch and learn!
April, love watching your videos, this is a great build, very sturdy and full of ideas, thanks for posting from Garry in the UK
Congratulations for your workbench, I’m beautiful I’ll try to do this here in Brazil ... Hugs from the 3rd world ...
Parabens pela sua bancada, fico lindo vou tentar fazer isso ai aqui no Brazil...Abraços do 3° mundo...
Be careful , this Brazilian guy want to do u ,not the bench
@@majedsalem73 OOH, that's crass.
At 6:20, something you can do is hot glue one of the screws to the outside each box so when looking for a certain type of screw you can find what you are looking for immediately.
Annony Mouse fantastic idea!
This is an outstanding build April. Thanks for the inspiration. Goimg to build something similar. Only thing I think I'll change is having the front flush with the top so I can attach a face vice.
So glad to see this! Its brilliantly made and so well described AND i love seeing her joy in the build as demonstrated in her qwaizy lil' joy dance! Lol!
I Love your work! I will be back! Several times!....thank you!
Awesome video, I am now a new subscriber! It’s so refreshing to see a woman that is not trying to be a man, and not trying too hard to show they are a woman... you are just YOU! And it’s working well for you! You are very well spoken, easy to watch, listen to and most of all LEARN a thing or two from! Which is why I am here! There are too many other videos out there that are just so darn painful 😖 keep up the good work! I will be tuning in or more! 👍🏻💡😊
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoy them. Cheers!
For the pvc clamp holder. Just use conduit instead. It’s cheap and pretty strong.
Brilliant idea and love the free improvisational flow that you make things fearlessly and the way you attack a project. I need one of these :)
WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! So many practical ideas!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Utilitarian bench doesn't have to be beautiful, however you managed to do that as well!
I would place another sheet on top just to add a bit of rigidity and flatness.
Great job!
: ) Thank you. Good suggestion on the top, I'll use the bench a bit and see if what i'm using it for calls for more.
Consider adding a sheet of simple hardboard on top of the plywood surface. It's only a quarter inch, and easy to replace when it gets gunked up.
I would use a 1" sheet of MDF for the top.
I was thinking the same thing about adding hardboard to the top. Rumor has it a light coat of wax on the hardboard would probably keep glue from sticking as well.
Definitely add a sheet of MDF on top. Super smooth and very dense so you can pound on it when necessary, and serve as a sacrificial top when sawing through other materials. Just a spot of glue in each of the corners to hold in place. That way there are no nails or screws to hit when sawing on it.
WOW! Your talent blows me away!
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Awesome - love your confidence in what you do. The bench is very cool too.
I love you!!! Lol.
I just started watching your videos and I stayed up till 2:30 am last night watching you build your shop and your gates. You are going to be a big help to me, I just recently had me a wood shop built, but of course not near as big as yours, lol. And I'm not as good as you are, but that's ok, I'm happy just doing it as a hobby. But I am so GLAD I found you on you tube. Thanks in advance for all your tips and my future building projects.
I love the bench so much, I think I'm going to build me one! 🤗
The way you done the 3 inch pvc was a good idea. I like that
Thanks. : )
You are awesome April. Love the bench
Thank you very much!
I could go on giving others thumbs ups but your workbench is too cool to not leave you a comment of my own. In fact, the coolest thing about your video tutorial is you AND how you manage to do it ALL without an assistant. In particular, how deftly you manoeuvre the workbench. I’d call it, workshop martial arts!
Those quick release casters are the icing on the cake. Great build!
At 1:49 I can see on the edge of the plywood that it comes from Columbia plywood in Klamath falls Oregon. My son in law works there! As do a couple of friends. Awesome products. Enjoy
Hey that's cool! : )
Niiiiice!
Happy Sunday April!
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Happy Sunday Silly
April Wilkerson Thank you!
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I love this workbench! I think I would need to scale it down a bit but that would be easy to do. I’ll check out your plans. Thanks for doing this!
Great simple storage ideas, I probably wont use the bench itself but many of the storage ideas will make it into my shop. Thanks for sharing!
Really turned out great April. Instead of all thread use metal conduit for the clamp holder. Much cheaper
That is a good idea.
I made a hammer/ mallet holder using a similar method of PVC pipe. I just put a wooden dowel inside matching the ID of the pipe and it's very ridged plus costs only a couple bucks
Glad i checked first. I'm lucky to have all i could ever need, my roommate is an electrician. Those guys throw away so much of that stuff, and in all sizes. They also use a lot of thick wall PVC. PVC works best when you don't use it structurally. Meanwhile, on a recent Woodright Show, Roy was talking about the Sloyd method and the most important wood working books, one of the first illustrations is of a carpenter doing a 'happy dance'. Ring any bells???? www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/watch-on-line/watch-season-episodes/2017-2018-episodes/
Just needs another plywood support block in the middle, cheapest easiest solution. Or don't care about the sagging because it's not deflecting enough to cause a failure.
Chris Robinson most craftsmen (craftswomen?) are perfectionists. A sagging clamp holder would be the most irritating thing in the workshop to any perfectionist.
I have a feeling you’ve never ran a brad nail into your finger, because you where holding it awfully close to your entry point lol we’ve all done it and swear to keep our hands clear but end up doing it again lol. I love all the quick access to tools. I do the same in my shop, organization and ease of access are critical. That is an awesome workbench Thanks.
happened to me 2 times. first time was all across the finger exiting through a fingernail. no big deal if it doesn't hit the bone. but it is better to nail through the wood and not your finger. an other time was an apprentice working with me nailing his finger with 16gauge nail. the trim was all messed-up with blood. fortunately the painter already had to come back on the job to make some touch ups.
I had a 2.5 inch Brad hit a knot, do a U-turn and go through my thumb and out the nail. That was 16 years ago so now I am back to holding the work close like April. 😉
Thought the same thing - nail hits a hard spot and deflects right on out of the workpiece.
I dont know who this Brad is, but he sounds like a real prick!!!
that was my 1st response win i seen it. i was like DAMN! HOW LUCKY!!
Very impressed with your skills, knowledge! I would also say that your style and approach to showing your audience how to build and follow along is one of your greatest strengths! Thanks for all you do, just subscribed and look forward to learning from you!
Nice job! Your enthusiasm really shines through in all your projects.
I like the speed square storage April.
Im an electrician for the company that makes pure bond plywood. That sheet you showed the label on is even from the location I work at 😳😳😳 I thought it was neat that pure bond would sponsor your project, even more neat to see the sheets you have are form Klamath Falls!!
I went to Home Depot to buy plywood for this project. I couldn't see anything labeled Pure Bond.
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That is an awesome workbench April, I really injoy your channel.
April, love watching ur videos & progress in ur new shop, work bench project came out great! With great ideas! Keep up! The hard& talented work.👌👍
You don't show up enough in my feed!! Smartest workbench I've seen.