Budget woodworking bench is a brute

Synopsis: Ideal for those who are watching their budgets, this workbench has a classic design that will serve your woodshop for years. It’s made using widely available hardware, construction lumber, and a couple of sandbags. The legs and top are joined with stub tenons and turnbuckles that lock onto steel pins. This construction makes for a very stable bench that can be easily disassembled for moving. But you’ll want to make this bench even if you don’t ever plan to move it.

When I built my first workbench, my workshop was in the basement of a house that I was renting. I knew that I would be moving before too long, and I would need to be able to pick up and carry my workbench out of the basement. But I also needed a bench solid enough not to jump and dance all over the workshop when I was planing a board or carving a chair seat. Using widely available hardware, construction…