Making a workbench from r diy.
Workbench top material reddit. If you are into handtool woodworking then neither as you need a stout bench for planing and a thick top side by side 2x4s work fine as well of laminated syp or hardwood kd fir will work too for bench appliances like dogs holddowns etc. Plywood or melamine is great for a power tool woodworker or as an assembly table. This path also requires the ability to sharpen the plane however and with a top this size you will be sharpening it several times. His idea was to assemble a box frame attach legs and then lay a top on the frame.
My question is the plans i m using says to use two 3 4 inch plywood for the top and shelves and then a slab of hardwood on top of that. 7 it took me a good long while to get the top flat. I made a 2 x6 top out of yellow pine 2x material and using a no. My first work bench this is my first attempt at making a work bench as i m just getting into wood working and wanted a sturdy surface for projects.
Depends on what type of woodworking you plan to do. I started on plywood tops as i was a power tool worker. What is the reddit diy community saying. One poster says that he was pondering creating a garage workbench from a free pdf he had done a lot of research on youtube.
The design for my new bench has elements from several different sources but it will mostly resemble a roubo style bench with a leg vise wagon vise and loads of holdfast holes.