I made this and it turned out great. My only suggestion to anyone building this would be to make it a little bit taller. As a 6' man this bench sits pretty low. I'm gonna raise the next one I build by at least 2 inches.
Thanks so much for this video. I completed my bench today. Also, bought a Kreg jig kit today - which is going to save me much time and headaches. My bench is a bit longer, but your video helped me immensely. I will be starting on the second one tomorrow and now that I (kinda) know what I'm doing, it should be a breeze. I wish I could share a picture of it.
Thank you for sharing. Nice & simple bench. My input : It would be much better if there is a space between 2x6 boards. The leg holding screws should enter with an angle ( not 90 degree, but 85 or 75) to improve the stability against lateral force. Thank you for the inspiration and your time. 👍
This is the best bench video I have seen. We inherited a heavy home-made wood table that I just finished restoring. Now I need to build a few benches. I have never seen that pocket hole jig before, but will buy, along with a mitre saw. Thanks!
Bravo! 👏 A step by step, easy to follow tutorial on building a farm bench. Your instructions are detailed and precise. Anyone can build this right along with you. Keep them coming! New subscriber. ** I realized after I posted that this video is 4 years old. It looked to me like a recent video. #timeless**
Haha, thank you. Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of woodworking videos any more as my time is limited and solar is a much more popular topic. But hopefully there are some videos in there that you find interesting. Thanks for the sub!
LDSreliance .... I did check out your solar videos too and I enjoyed them just as much. This whole solar tariff sucks and you explained it in simple layman’s terms that anyone can understand. Thank you!
I made the same bench this afternoon. Except I cut the 11" legs at 13.5" and I also put bevels on center 10" piece. Oh and I also put 2" bread box ends. I think that's what they're called. Thanks for the video.
Great job! I really like this design due to the bracing that other benches don't have. To make the side legs look a bit better without the end grain of the top of the leg showing, I would have put that top piece of the legs on the inside of the two downward legs, requiring the leg pieces to be longer by 1.5 inches. Also, I would have beveled the middle support piece too for aesthetics and comfort by preventing someone's leg from hitting it. For me, I would prefer 3 2x6 boards across rather than 2 and the base of the legs to be simpler to minimize contact with the ground. Those legs look more for indoor use rather than outdoor.
Yes, this bench is definitely for indoor use. I made a similar one that was much shorter out of scrap pieces left over and it has been rock solid for years and years. Extremely strong and heavy duty while looking rustic and aesthetically pleasing.
”pepe amazing plan” (Google it), is certainly a detailed woodworking book! Through the help of this plan, I had been able to use words, drawings, real pictures and different diagrams. It`s really an informative product. I am currently creating furniture together with my sibling and because of this product, I feel like helping him is possible.
I made this bench and it seemed perfect upon completion. After moving it in my home it started warping within that first week. It's my first bench and I was so disappointed with what it became to be. I thought the slight wobble would be fine on a rug but flash forward a month and a half and it has warped to the point of having a MAJOR 6" rock. It's just a twisted warped mess. I don't even want to attempt a new one without figuring out how to avoid the warping. I made sure to dry out my pieces and let the finish cure properly in my garage over the course of a few days in between coats. Do you have any advice? I love this style bench, but it seems like a more basic build is how to get around warping. TIA
It sounds like you may have gotten some wood that was not cured. Home Depot and Lowe's and other hardware stores leave their dimensional lumber in the rain and outside in the humidity all the time until they bring it inside the store. A little warping is no big deal for home builders that use it for framing. But for furniture it is a big deal. I would recommend that either go to a specialty store like Rockler Woodworking or a dedicated lumber yard instead of a big box store OR carefully inspect your lumber from the big box store to make sure it is as straight as possible and then when you bring it home put it in your house to dry out for 2 weeks before you make the bench. If any of the pieces warp too badly you just cut off the warped part or just don't use that piece.
Instead of using two 2x6 boards for the top seating surface is there any reason I shouldn't use a single 2x12 board instead? Thanks for the great instruction!
nice bench. One question, how did you determine the angle for the cross pieces? The video said 22.5 degree cuts but don't they have to add up to 90 since it is basically a triangle? I built this bench and it is very nice but I had a terrible time with those cuts. Wouldn't they be more like 30 and 60 degree angles? Any suggestions will help cause I have 4 more of these to make for family and I am very new to woodworking.
22.5 degrees worked for me. In this case, they do not need to add up to 90 degrees because you are not completing a full triangle, just one side of the triangle. If you have a miter saw, I believe 22.5 degrees is a standard measurement on the scale.
How sturdy are the end legs...downward pressure I'm sure is fine but back and forth seems to be a concern for me...I live the bench...I might put a brace on the legs as well...thx
You could put one more leg in the middle like on the ends if you were worried about it. But I have sat with another adult on this bench design and it doesn't move much. Maybe a 1/4 inch or so.
I cut my legs at 14 inches and the 22.5 angle is not working right for my cross pieces, the angles don't line up right. How do I find the correct angle I need? Also my bench is not 72 inches long, I think I cut it at 60 with my legs at 3 inches in. Any help would much appreciated
Do you have a speed square? If not, go get one for less than $5. Attach your legs to the bench top. Then make a mark on the underside of the bench top where you want the cross piece to be and then put the top of the speed square on the underside of the bench top where you put the mark. Put the 90 degree vertical side of the speed square to the middle of the bench and the curved part of the square facing the leg that you want to brace. Then use a yard stick or other long straight device to go from the mark to the leg that you are bracing. Then you can see on the speed square what the angle will need to be.
Just got done making this bench really like the look and style of the bench. The only concern I have id that when we sit on it the legs are being pushed out ward. What could I do to stop the legs from wanting to bow outward?
I made two versions of this bench: the one you see in the picture and then a follow up version where I put a third leg in the middle. Just make another leg like the ones on the outside and put it right in between the diagonal supports. If you don't have room you may have to remove the diagonal supports and shorten them slightly.
Wouldn't building the legs with the joints in a horizontal axis and the screws in a vertical axis, as you've done here, cause front to back flex and place additional stress on the fasteners?
Yes this design flexed a bit in the middle. I borrowed the design from someone else so to shore up the flexing I added a middle leg off camera just like the other legs. That took care of it without having to go back and re-engineer everything.
My pleasure, Love the video. I'm planning on making alot of these for an upcoming Wedding. I like your design so much I'm going to make one and see if the Bride to be likes it :)
I've made 16 benches for the wedding. i made them 8feet long with the dimentions for the 6foot. reason being i thought the flexibility to sell after the wedding to have the option to cut them shorter if desired. i thickness planed the tops for extra smooth and easier to sand in the end.
pocket holes allow you to screw across grain instead of into end grain (weak bond). Don't have to be kreg...mine is $20 knock off, or plans on YT with metal couplers.
True. I usually glue and screw to save time. A lot of these joints don't need massive strength, at least not more than a good wood glue bond can create. I love my Kreg jig but it requires a lot more effort so I don't use it unless I feel the need for that strength or to hide screws.
Yeah that isn't too safe. I desperately need more room to do my woodworking. I have a small workbench but it isn't conducive to working with long 2x4's
I am so happy you posted this. I think this is one of the best Videos on bench making. THANK YOU!!!
You are welcome! That is nice of you to say. Thank you for watching!
I made this and it turned out great. My only suggestion to anyone building this would be to make it a little bit taller. As a 6' man this bench sits pretty low. I'm gonna raise the next one I build by at least 2 inches.
Thanks so much for this video. I completed my bench today. Also, bought a Kreg jig kit today - which is going to save me much time and headaches. My bench is a bit longer, but your video helped me immensely. I will be starting on the second one tomorrow and now that I (kinda) know what I'm doing, it should be a breeze. I wish I could share a picture of it.
Nice project. I like seeing people working with affordable materials.
I appreciate guys who give very clear, concise and helpful instructions. Well done. Thanks BTW great workbench!
:)
Thanks! I appreciate that. Thank you for watching!
Just made one.......turned out great. Thanks for providing this free information...much appreciated!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting! Please share with your friends.
Thanks a lot! I am working on my eagle scout project and this is helping me out immensely.
Kevin Bender That is a great Eagle project! I should have done something like that for mine :)
- Nice job. Luv, luv the simplicity. Thanx 4 sharing.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing. Nice & simple bench.
My input :
It would be much better if there is a space between 2x6 boards.
The leg holding screws should enter with an angle ( not 90 degree, but 85 or 75) to improve the stability against lateral force.
Thank you for the inspiration and your time. 👍
Thanks for the feedback and constructive criticism!
This is the best bench video I have seen. We inherited a heavy home-made wood table that I just finished restoring. Now I need to build a few benches. I have never seen that pocket hole jig before, but will buy, along with a mitre saw. Thanks!
+Hank B Wow, thanks for the compliment. I am glad it helped you. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching!
Bravo! 👏 A step by step, easy to follow tutorial on building a farm bench. Your instructions are detailed and precise. Anyone can build this right along with you. Keep them coming! New subscriber.
** I realized after I posted that this video is 4 years old. It looked to me like a recent video. #timeless**
Haha, thank you. Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of woodworking videos any more as my time is limited and solar is a much more popular topic. But hopefully there are some videos in there that you find interesting. Thanks for the sub!
LDSreliance .... I did check out your solar videos too and I enjoyed them just as much. This whole solar tariff sucks and you explained it in simple layman’s terms that anyone can understand. Thank you!
You are welcome! Thanks for the support.
check this diy fence out its made from pallets and bamboo ruclips.net/video/LxJhPxwXOsU/видео.html
This is beautiful! And thank you for the excellent directions!!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
I made the same bench this afternoon. Except I cut the 11" legs at 13.5" and I also put bevels on center 10" piece. Oh and I also put 2" bread box ends. I think that's what they're called. Thanks for the video.
You are welcome! Sounds like you made some improvements. Glad it helped give you a baseline build.
Your right foot sure came in handy on some of those cuts, haha. Good looking bench!
+CMR Woodworks | Chris McDowell Haha, yeah whatever works as long as it is safe. Thanks!
That's a pretty darn nice bench. I will definitely copy you. Thanks for sharing
check this diy fence out its made from pallets and bamboo ruclips.net/video/LxJhPxwXOsU/видео.html
Nice bench..but build a work bench for your miter saw next project.
Great job! I really like this design due to the bracing that other benches don't have. To make the side legs look a bit better without the end grain of the top of the leg showing, I would have put that top piece of the legs on the inside of the two downward legs, requiring the leg pieces to be longer by 1.5 inches. Also, I would have beveled the middle support piece too for aesthetics and comfort by preventing someone's leg from hitting it. For me, I would prefer 3 2x6 boards across rather than 2 and the base of the legs to be simpler to minimize contact with the ground. Those legs look more for indoor use rather than outdoor.
Yes, this bench is definitely for indoor use. I made a similar one that was much shorter out of scrap pieces left over and it has been rock solid for years and years. Extremely strong and heavy duty while looking rustic and aesthetically pleasing.
Im building bthid for my nieces for Christmas. Its something nmy papaw did for us as kids. Gonna cut the size in half tho thanks for the plans
I didn't make the plans. I just demonstrated the build. Good luck with it!
”pepe amazing plan” (Google it), is certainly a detailed woodworking book! Through the help of this plan, I had been able to use words, drawings, real pictures and different diagrams. It`s really an informative product. I am currently creating furniture together with my sibling and because of this product, I feel like helping him is possible.
I made this bench and it seemed perfect upon completion. After moving it in my home it started warping within that first week. It's my first bench and I was so disappointed with what it became to be. I thought the slight wobble would be fine on a rug but flash forward a month and a half and it has warped to the point of having a MAJOR 6" rock. It's just a twisted warped mess. I don't even want to attempt a new one without figuring out how to avoid the warping. I made sure to dry out my pieces and let the finish cure properly in my garage over the course of a few days in between coats. Do you have any advice? I love this style bench, but it seems like a more basic build is how to get around warping. TIA
It sounds like you may have gotten some wood that was not cured. Home Depot and Lowe's and other hardware stores leave their dimensional lumber in the rain and outside in the humidity all the time until they bring it inside the store. A little warping is no big deal for home builders that use it for framing. But for furniture it is a big deal.
I would recommend that either go to a specialty store like Rockler Woodworking or a dedicated lumber yard instead of a big box store OR carefully inspect your lumber from the big box store to make sure it is as straight as possible and then when you bring it home put it in your house to dry out for 2 weeks before you make the bench. If any of the pieces warp too badly you just cut off the warped part or just don't use that piece.
Absolutely beautiful.
bgedwards2 Thanks! I appreciate that.
Great video, kinda lost on support angle. Still a great build, thanks.
Thanks, Michael! I appreciate it.
excelente!!!!! gran video y hermoso resultado !!!!!!
Thanks
Instead of using two 2x6 boards for the top seating surface is there any reason I shouldn't use a single 2x12 board instead? Thanks for the great instruction!
Nope that would work just as well. I think 2x6's are just more common and easier to find but any Home Depot or Lowe's should also have 2x12's.
if you have it outside, more chances of warping vs the 2x6 will not
Less surface for water to sit, two boards with a space will allow water to drain
Very helpfull just completed job thanks to you.
Awesome! Hope it turned out well.
Nice clear vid my man, gotta say holding the boards on the miter saw with your feet kinda triggered me though 8)
Yeah I don't have a fancy work bench to help me out. I am careful, though!
nice bench. One question, how did you determine the angle for the cross pieces? The video said 22.5 degree cuts but don't they have to add up to 90 since it is basically a triangle? I built this bench and it is very nice but I had a terrible time with those cuts. Wouldn't they be more like 30 and 60 degree angles? Any suggestions will help cause I have 4 more of these to make for family and I am very new to woodworking.
22.5 degrees worked for me. In this case, they do not need to add up to 90 degrees because you are not completing a full triangle, just one side of the triangle. If you have a miter saw, I believe 22.5 degrees is a standard measurement on the scale.
nice I'm going to make one this weekend
+Miguel Aguayo Awesome. It was so easy to do! Thanks for watching.
How sturdy are the end legs...downward pressure I'm sure is fine but back and forth seems to be a concern for me...I live the bench...I might put a brace on the legs as well...thx
You could put one more leg in the middle like on the ends if you were worried about it. But I have sat with another adult on this bench design and it doesn't move much. Maybe a 1/4 inch or so.
I cut my legs at 14 inches and the 22.5 angle is not working right for my cross pieces, the angles don't line up right. How do I find the correct angle I need? Also my bench is not 72 inches long, I think I cut it at 60 with my legs at 3 inches in. Any help would much appreciated
Do you have a speed square? If not, go get one for less than $5.
Attach your legs to the bench top. Then make a mark on the underside of the bench top where you want the cross piece to be and then put the top of the speed square on the underside of the bench top where you put the mark. Put the 90 degree vertical side of the speed square to the middle of the bench and the curved part of the square facing the leg that you want to brace. Then use a yard stick or other long straight device to go from the mark to the leg that you are bracing. Then you can see on the speed square what the angle will need to be.
How sturdy is this bench? I am looking to make one for my daughters dance team and three girls will need to stand on it.
+Dan D It will easily handle 2 adults and a child with no problems. I would say 3 girls (not sure of age or size) would be no problem for this.
Amazing tutorial mate, guess I need to get Pocket hole thingy
Josh Crawford Yes, you do. It is the best $30 USD that I ever spent for woodworking!
Nice job!
Thanks, I appreciate it! Thanks for watching.
Very nice bench. Very good instructions. I also agree with Hard69Rock's Cafe!!!
Yes, if I ever do this bench again I will try that suggestion. Thanks for watching!
so simpel.. thanks for video..
+sayyid jadid You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
Just got done making this bench really like the look and style of the bench. The only concern I have id that when we sit on it the legs are being pushed out ward. What could I do to stop the legs from wanting to bow outward?
I made two versions of this bench: the one you see in the picture and then a follow up version where I put a third leg in the middle. Just make another leg like the ones on the outside and put it right in between the diagonal supports. If you don't have room you may have to remove the diagonal supports and shorten them slightly.
i just add a 2x4 to span the legs and moved the supports to to the top of the 2x4 the angels got a little tricky but the bench still looks the same
Dumb question. How did you figure out that you needed a 22.5 miter cut angle?
Good question. I cheated and just followed the plans lol. This was not an original design by me. See the link in the video description.
great job. nice look.
Thanks! I appreciate that. Thanks for watching!
The clamp on the miter saw is for the purpose of not using your foot
Yeah it doesn't work.
Perfect 👌
Thanks!
Yes most saw accidents happen while cutting on the ground.
Nice bench.
You could try putting the legs on the bench before putting the feet on the legs. Might make the process a little easier.
+Hard69Rock's Cafe Good idea. I will have to try that next time! Thanks for watching.
What angle do you cut the supports at?
22.5
Love the video but the link doesn't work for the plan's. I will be making 1 this weekend :)
Try ana-white.com/2013/10/plans/happier-homemaker-bench.
Works for me. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Perfect it's working now
Why are you working on the ground and why are you using your foot to hold the board down ?
Why not and why not?
Wouldn't building the legs with the joints in a horizontal axis and the screws in a vertical axis, as you've done here, cause front to back flex and place additional stress on the fasteners?
Yes this design flexed a bit in the middle. I borrowed the design from someone else so to shore up the flexing I added a middle leg off camera just like the other legs. That took care of it without having to go back and re-engineer everything.
Very nice.
Thanks! I appreciate that.
Wonderful~~~
Thanks
geun ho kim You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
Well done.
+Hakeem M Thanks! Appreciate that.
Love it !
IIIofV Hey thanks! Appreciate that.
My pleasure, Love the video. I'm planning on making alot of these for an upcoming Wedding. I like your design so much I'm going to make one and see if the Bride to be likes it :)
Wow, that is cool. These would be great for a wedding. I hope she likes it!
I've made 16 benches for the wedding. i made them 8feet long with the dimentions for the 6foot. reason being i thought the flexibility to sell after the wedding to have the option to cut them shorter if desired. i thickness planed the tops for extra smooth and easier to sand in the end.
IIIofV
Very cool! How did they turn out? Got any pictures?
You are lucky to have chamfered corners of 2 by 4's.
Yeah, all dimensional lumber has chamfered corners where I am from. Is that not the case where you are?
pocket holes allow you to screw across grain instead of into end grain (weak bond). Don't have to be kreg...mine is $20 knock off, or plans on YT with metal couplers.
True. I usually glue and screw to save time. A lot of these joints don't need massive strength, at least not more than a good wood glue bond can create. I love my Kreg jig but it requires a lot more effort so I don't use it unless I feel the need for that strength or to hide screws.
I know I am not the only one that said this but man really not safe with that saw.
In the uk that will cost you about £50
Not so cheap
good☺☺☺☺☺
+hunter backs :) Thanks for watching!
All good, but I wouldn't put my foot across the mitre saw when cutting anything. Maybe buy a $5 clamp and build a small workbench first?
Yeah that isn't too safe. I desperately need more room to do my woodworking. I have a small workbench but it isn't conducive to working with long 2x4's
On the Stodoys website you can find professional help.
First build should be a work bench then proceed to do other projects
timothy mcswain I agree. I just need to make room in my garage. There never seems to be enough time!
Not very safe . Hope you don’t really need both your feet
I don’t think you should be holding down the like that ,
Very dangerous
Mind you business
i do believe i would have sanded and stained before i put it together.
put some glue is better
Glue is definitely great for woodworking projects. But better for what?
LDS
Yes?