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Shop Island Worktable
A big rolling worktable with storage all round: drawers and open shelves on both long sides, open shelves facing one end, and French cleats on the other.
Standard size72 × 46 × 36 in
You'll need7 sheets of 3/4" plywood, 2 sheets of 1/4" plywood, 1 sheet of 1/2" plywood
Parts to cut90
Plan$20, once
Change any size and Benchside redraws it, recounts the material and rebuilds the plan.
Built around your shop
- Length, width and height
- Drawer bay width and drawer layout
- Shelves on the sides and at the end
- Cleat spacing, casters
How it goes together
- Build the carcass on the bottom: end panel, partitions and the center panel.
- Fit the shelves.
- Build the two drawer cabinets and slide them in.
- Glue up the two-layer top.
- Rip and hang the French cleats on the end.
The plan has every step written against the part letters in its cut list, with drawings of each part that has joinery.
What you can change
SizeLong sidesEndsCastersCabinets and shelvesTop (two layers)French cleatsDrawer boxesDrawer bottomsDrawer frontsDrawer cabinet backs
Hardware
| 10 | 18" full-extension ball-bearing side-mount slides, 100 lb, pairs |
| 4 | 3" heavy-duty swivel casters, plate mount, 4" overall height, 2 locking |
Plus screws and glue, counted in the shopping list.
In the $20 plan
- Cut list with every part lettered
- Cutting diagrams for every sheet and board, grain kept straight
- Printable build plan: overview, drawings, part drawings and steps
- CNC files (DXF, SVG and full-size PDF sheets, plus STEP and SKP 3D models): $8 more, now or later
Bought once for your design. Two weeks to change anything, then it locks in and it's yours for good. The 3D view and shopping list are free.
