bloggo ergo sum » diy http://bloggoergosum.com Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:47:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Carpentry Project #2: A Workbench http://bloggoergosum.com/2006/03/16/carpentry-project-2-a-workbench/ http://bloggoergosum.com/2006/03/16/carpentry-project-2-a-workbench/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:58:50 +0000 Ben http://www.collinslabs.com/~bc/2006/03/16/carpentry-project-2-a-workbench/ read more »]]> I recently bought a power saw (with a laser guide!) with some money that my in-laws gave me for my birthday. I used the rest of it to buy lumber from Home Depot as well as hardware (wood screws, mostly) to build a workbench.

If you’re interested, here’s a diagram I drew using METAPOST.


Workbench Schematic 1

The sources are available here: workbench.1.mp

After a weekend full of scratches, sweat, and a sore back (for lack of a table to work on!), I got this:


Completed Workbench
Completed Workbench #2

A very satisfying project.

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