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Cat Shelter Bench
A painted garden bench with a hidden, insulated resting place for a cat beneath the seat.
Get to know the build.
21 steps with drawings. Materials: lumber, foam board, OSB, plywood, hinges, bolts and screws.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 40-3/4 × 18-1/8 × 18-1/8 in
- Stock used in the design
- 1x2 SPF, 8 ft; 1x4 PINE, 8 ft; 2x2 SPF, 8 ft; 2x4 PT, 8 ft; 5/4x6 PT, 12 ft; 1 in foam board, 4 × 8 ft; and more in the shopping list
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, Level, Circular saw, Straightedge cutting guide, Jigsaw, Drill/driver, Countersink bit, Drill bits (1/8 in and 5/32 in for pilot holes), T20 and T25 star driver bits, Bar clamps (at least 2, 18 in or longer), Sandpaper, Small paintbrush, Safety glasses, Hearing protection, Work gloves, Dust mask, Utility knife, Sawhorses (a pair), Cardboard or protective pads, Scrap block of wood, Digital calipers, 3/8 in spacer strips, Drill depth stop; 1/8 in and 3/16 in bits for #8 screws; 5/32 in and 7/32 in bits for #9 screws, Hand screwdriver, Sanding block, dust brush and wiping cloth and Second person for handling.
Start with the plan.
Digital download. Materials, tools and the finished item are not included.
- Preparation packet PDF (shopping list, cut list, tools), 21 pages
- Build guide PDF, 68 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 21 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 68 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)