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The best workbenches are built from solid wood, but building a workbench top through lamination takes a lot of skill and money. The planked top is traditional approach to workbench design, that gives you the best solution all round - a heavy weight, solid wood top that s quick and simple to build.
Ideally, for our woodworking bench, we re going to have the longest piece by 36 deep and 96 wide, and the smaller section of the L-shape is going to be 36 deep, and 60 wide. We will be building this workbench with a 34 height in mind, so adjust as necessary. The only self-adjustments you will have to make for this are the length of the leg boards.
The first thing to be built for the workbench is the top. The top surface is the only surface I want to make sure stays knot and defect free .or as close to that as possible. To make sure that happened I sorted my boards based upon their edges. As the boards are glued up to form the top the edges are what will be exposed.
The next day, cut it flush. Use a block plane to ensure it truly is flush. This will be the top of the bottom layer of the bench top, so gouges aren t a problem. Wiping up glue with a damp cloth can lead to stains and finishes applying unevenly. That won t be a problem here, either.
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