Free Plan: Garage Workbench
9 drawers, built-in router table, rolls on casters. Here are the plans.
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- 42-page PDF plan
- Full materials & cut list
- Step-by-step instructions
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Most garage benches are an afterthought. A door across two sawhorses. A piece of plywood on a metal frame. I used that setup for years because building a real bench felt like too big a project.
This plan changed that. The bench is 72 inches long with nine drawers, a router table built into the surface, and T-track clamping channels on the top and all four edges. It rides on four-inch locking casters, so it rolls out when you need the room and locks down when you need a stable surface.
I put off building a proper workbench for twelve years. Once it was done, I could not figure out why I had waited.
Project at a Glance
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Work surface
- 72" x 24", 35" height
- Main materials
- 3/4" oak plywood, 3/4" MDF (top, two layers), 1/4" hardboard (drawer bottoms), T-track channel, 4" locking casters, drawer slides
- Build time
- 2 weekends (experienced builder) to 3–4 weekends (first time)
- Tools needed
- Table saw, router, drill/driver, pocket hole jig, clamps, random orbital sander
- Plan
- 42 pages, full materials list, component dimensions, assembly sequence
From the shop
The T-track inlaid across the top and down the edges is the detail that makes this bench worth building. Most workbenches give you a flat surface and leave clamping as a problem you solve yourself. This bench has clamping built in everywhere. The router table slot is fixed — drop the router box in for routing, pull it out for a clean work surface.
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Bench is done. What are you building next?
Ted's Woodworking is the largest plan library I know of. Furniture, outdoor builds, shop jigs, cabinets, toys — every plan comes with a full materials list, a printable cut list, and step-by-step instructions. Once the bench is built and ready, this library has the next ten projects lined up.
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The joinery reference book — just cover shipping
Woodworking Secrets covers technique, joinery, finishing, and tool setup in plain language. Useful to have on the bench if you are tackling the T-track router installation or want to sharpen your joinery before the next project.
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