The bench is built from construction grade lumber of the sort you can buy at any home center or lumber yard.
Building a woodshop workbench. In this article mason mcbrien builds a workbench designed for student use at the center for furniture craftsmanship so it has to be an easy to build no nonsense affair that can stand up to lots of use and abuse. From design theory to construction use. In america beech will blow your balls off. The base step one cutting the parts to length.
Building a real woodworker s workbench. Beech is good example of this. I built mine. When it comes to price of timber this is hugely dependant on where you live.
I ve had a roubo style workbench at the top of my wish list for quite a while after reading through christopher schwarz s workbenches. Design and build a woodworking workbench. If you have any questions about the build ask them in the comments. Build a simple and stout workbench.
Hence why every commercial bench building company over here opts for beech. This side of the world it s cheap as chips.