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Mobile Workbench with Shelves
A rolling garage workbench built from 2x4s, a 2x6, one sheet of 3/4 in plywood and four locking casters.
Get to know the build.
15 steps with drawings. Materials: lumber, plywood, casters and screws.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 48 × 24 × 36 in
- Stock used in the design
- 2x4 SPF, 8 ft; 2x6 SPF, 8 ft; 3/4 in plywood, 4 × 8 ft; Harbor Freight 3 in rubber light-duty swivel plate caster with brake; #8 x 2 in tan star flat-head deck screws; #9 x 2-1/2 in tan star flat-head deck screws; and more in the shopping list
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, Miter saw, Circular saw, Straightedge cutting guide, Drill/driver, Drill bits (1/8 in and 5/32 in for pilot holes), T20 star driver bit, Lag-screw pilot bit (5/32 in), Socket or nut driver (7/16 in), Clamps (at least 4, two of them bar clamps 48 in or longer), Small paintbrush, Safety glasses and Hearing protection.
Start with the plan.
Digital download. Materials, tools and the finished item are not included.
- Preparation packet PDF (shopping list, cut list, tools), 9 pages
- Build guide PDF, 30 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 10 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 30 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)