{"id":785,"date":"2017-04-08T21:38:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T21:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/?p=785"},"modified":"2017-04-08T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T21:38:39","slug":"making-a-working-bench-for-the-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/making-a-working-bench-for-the-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Working Bench for the Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/WorkingBench4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">I needed a new work bench for the garage. The bench was made with \u00be\u201cplywood and 2\u201dx4\u201dx6\u2019 boards.\u00a0 The 2\u201dx4\u201d boards were glued together and then cut to around 30\u201d in length for the legs.\u00a0 A dado blade was use to cut a \u00be\u201d slots into the legs to allow the plywood to slide into.\u00a0 This type of construction provides sufficient support to the shelves to allow the shelves to hold the heaviest of tools.\u00a0 The top of the bench was made from 4 each 2\u201dx4\u201dx6\u2019 pieces of lumber glued together then screwed to ensure strength.\u00a0 Because the lumber was not perfectly flat, a piece of \u00bd\u201d plywood was added to the bottom.\u00a0 6 pocket holes were drilled into the 2\u201dx4\u201d pieces at the top of the base to allow the actual bench top to be secured to the base.\u00a0 Note a slot was provided at the top of the base that would end up between the actual bench top and the base. This area provides sufficient space for the long wood clamps to be stored.\u00a0 The total cost of construction was slightly more than $100.00 as most of the cost was in the purchase of the plywood.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Obviously, I was in need of a shelf above the bench so after staining and securing the material all matched and ended up very functional.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a new work bench for the garage. The bench was made with \u00be\u201cplywood and 2\u201dx4\u201dx6\u2019 boards.\u00a0 The 2\u201dx4\u201d boards were glued together and then cut to around 30\u201d in length for the legs.\u00a0 A dado blade was use &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/08\/making-a-working-bench-for-the-garage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}