A Mobile Workbench for Small Workshops
If your workshop is in your garage and you also need to park your car in the garage, this six foot long Mobile Workbench could be the answer to your dreams.
You can keep this workbench against the wall when not in use. When working on a large project, you can roll it out into the floor and have plenty of room to work.
Then, when you're finished working on your project for the day, just sweep up and clean up the workshop, move the workbench back against the wall and you are ready to pull the car back in the garage.
Some woodworkers are fortunate enough to have a large workshop with all the space they need. Then again, many woodworkers are like me and have to deal with less than ideal space. That's the reason for this versatile workbench. It can easily be moved into different positions in the shop as needed and then easily moved back to the home location. But that's not all this versatile workbench has to offer.
Woodwookers need to clamp a variety of different sizes and shapes of workpieces. The following images provide a sample of the many ways you can use the T-Track and various clamps to hold your work securely in place.
You can easily make the clamps you need from small pieces of scrap wood that you probably
have lying around. Or you can purchase ready made Hold Down clamps from a variety of woodworking
suppliers. Just do a search for t-track and clamps
and you'll find lots products as
well as good ideas for using T-Track.
Being able to move your workbench around your shop and clamp an almost infinite variety of workpiece sizes and shapes is great. But the following features are also important.
Certainly those are all important. But can we build a really solid workbench with all those features that is also mobile? The answer is yes.
This workbench is made of 3/4" plywood panels that are screwed and glued to corner gussets for excellent strength and stability. Similar to the "unibody" construction of modern cars, this design is as strong and stable as traditional workbenches that use a wooden frame.
These plans call for T-Track to be placed on each end of the workbench and along the complete length of the front of the workbench.
After several years of use since I designed and built this workbench, it turns out I only use a small part of the T-Track these plans call for. You may want to give some thought as to how much T-Track you may need and only put it in those place.
At present, my workbench has the two strips of T-Track that run from the front to the back of the top surface and a strip on the front edge. The strip on the front edge is a about 24 inches long and centered in front of the two top strips.
This arrangement of T-Track along with some t-track hold down clamps enables you to clamp a wide variety of work pieces. Just do a search on "t-track hold down clamps" and you will see some ideas.
First are the Assembly Instructions. Looking through the assembly process first will give you a good picture of what is involved in building this project.
Detailed parts drawings are shown next. You can see all the details you need to make the parts for this Garage Workbench.
Finally, you can see a list of the parts and hardware needed.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Right Surface of the Left End Panel as show in the image above.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Left Surface of the Left Mid Panel as show in the image above.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Right Surface of the Left Mid Panel as show in the image above.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Left Surface of the Right Mid Panel as show in the image above.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Right Surface of the Right Mid Panel as show in the image above.
Apply glue to the surfaces and attach the Drawer Supports and Drawer Side Guides with 1 1/4" finishing nails or or 1 1/4" wood screws to the Left Surface of the Right End Panel as show in the image above.
Congratulations! Your Garage Workbench is Assembled!
Page Top Assembly Materials Needed
Page Top Assembly Parts Drawings
Table Saw | Drill Press | Electric Drill | Woodworking Router |
Pocket Hole Jig | Sander | Screwdrivers | Common Hand Tools |
Item Name | Size/Length |
---|---|
Finishing Nails | 1 1/4" long |
#8 Flat Head Wood Screws | 1 1/4" long |
#8 Flat Head Wood Screws | 1 1/2" long |
#8 Flat Head Wood Screws | 2" long |
#8 Pan Head Wood Screws | 1 1/2" long |
#6 Flat Head Wood Screws | 3/4" long |
Pocket Hole Screws | 1 1/4" long |
Flat Washers | 3/16" ID |
Top T-Track (3/4" wide) | 23 3/4" long |
Front T-Track (3/4" wide) | 72" long |
End T-Track (3/4" wide) | 23 1/4" long |
Lower T-Track (3/4" wide) | 18" long |
Casters (Qty-2) | 4" wheels |
Locking Swivel Casters (Qty-2) | 4" wheels |
Item Name | Size | Material | Qty |
---|---|---|---|
End Panels | 29 1/4” by 19” | 3/4” Oak Plywood | 2 |
Middle Panels | 28 1/4” by 18 1/4” | 3/4” Plywood | 2 |
Base | 66 1/2” by 19” | 3/4” Plywood | 1 |
Back | 66 1/2” by 28 1/4” | 3/4” Plywood | 1 |
Top | 72” by 23 3/4” | 3/4” MDF Board | 1 |
Sub Top | 68” by 19 3/4” | 3/4” MDF Board | 1 |
1st Front & Back Sub Top Trim | 69 1/2” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood or Plywood | 2 |
1st End Sub Top Trim | 21 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood or Plywood | 2 |
2nd Front & Back Sub Top Trim | 71” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood or Plywood | 2 |
2nd End Sub Top Trim | 22 3/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood or Plywood | 2 |
Front T-Track | 72” | 1/2” by 3/4” T-Track | 1 |
End & Top T-Track | 24” | 1/2” by 3/4” T-Track | 4 |
Secondary T-Track | 18” | 1/2” by 3/4” T-Track | 1 |
Front Lower T-Track Trim | 72” by 3/4” by 1/2” | 1/2” Thick MDF or Wood | 1 |
End Lower T-Track Trim | 24” by 3/4” by 1/2” | 1/2” Thick MDF or Wood | 2 |
Top Drawer Supports | 18 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 1 1/2” Wood | 4 |
Drawer Supports | 18 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood | 16 |
Drawer Side Guides | 18 1/4” by 2 1/2” | 3/4” Wood | 12 |
Lower Drawer Side Guides | 18 1/4” by 3” | 3/4” Wood | 4 |
Lower Drawer Supports | 18 1/4” by 2” | 3/4” Wood | 6 |
Lower Back Supports | 14 1/2” by 2” | 3/4” Wood | 2 |
Center Lower Back Support | 28 1/2” by 2” | 3/4” Wood | 1 |
18 1/4”” Leveling Block | 18 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood | 4 |
16 3/4” Leveling Block | 16 3/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood | 4 |
28 1/2” Leveling Block | 28 1/2” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” Wood | 2 |
Stiffener | 66 1/2” | 2 by 4 (3 1/2” x 1 1/2”) | 1 |
Drawer Trim | 16” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 6 |
Vertical End Trim | 29 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Middle Trim | 30” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Vertical Divider Trim | 23 1/4” by 1 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Upper & Lower Trim | 65” by 3” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Center Drawer Front | 3 1/2” by 30 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 1 |
Top Drawer Front | 3 1/2” by 16 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
4 1/2” Drawer Front | 4 1/2” by 16 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
5 1/4” Drawer Front | 5 1/4” by 16 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
7” Drawer Front | 7” by 16 1/2” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Cabinet Doors | 19” by 14 3/4” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Inner Door Lip | 18 1/2” by 3” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 1 |
Top Drawer Sides | 19” by 2 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 6 |
3 7/8” Drawer Sides | 19” by 3 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
4 7/8” Drawer Sides | 19” by 4 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
6 5/8” Drawer Sides | 19” by 6 5/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
Center Drawer Ends | 28 3/8” by 2 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 2 |
Top Drawer Ends | 14 3/8” by 2 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
3 7/8” Drawer Ends | 14 3/8” by 3 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
4 7/8” Drawer Ends | 14 3/8” by 4 7/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
6 5/8” Drawer Ends | 14 3/8” by 6 5/8” | 3/4” wood or plywood | 4 |
Center Drawer Bottom | 29 1/8” by 18 1/4” | 1/4” Hardboard | 1 |
Drawer Bottom | 15 1/8” by 18 1/4” | 1/4” Hardboard | 6 |
Middle Shelf | 18 1/4” by 30” | 3/4” plywood | 1 |
Lower T-Track Support | 18” by 2 3/4” | 1 1/2” thick wood | 1 |
Lower T-Track Trim | 18” by 1” | 1/2” thick wood | 2 |
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