How to Build an EASY DIY Mobile Workbench with Drawers!

hey guys it's Sarah from Woodshop Diaries and let's build a workbench with storage drawers and a flip top in case you're wondering why I put the flip top on here it's because I'm going to be adding a CNC machine on this bottom shelf I didn't want it to take up valuable real estate on the top of my workbench but I did need access from the top side so I just came up with this flip top thing alright so let's get building this video was sponsored by my friends at makebemi a drawing program for your DIY projects we will discuss some of its features later in the video for now let's get building I built this workbench from basic two by fours and three-quarter inch plywood you can find the full materials list in the description below along with the plans to get started I trimmed down the two by fours to build the frame of the workbench I wanted my workbench to be approximately 36 inches tall and the casters that I bought were five inches tall so I cut eight two by fours to 31 inches to make the legs I know it's just a workbench and it's going to get beat up over time but I still didn't want any splinters so I did take the time to sand each piece here before assembling then I paired up these pieces and glued and screwed them together to make four legs the legs were the easy part but then I had to decide how I wanted to design the rest of this workbench [Music] so I used make by me to draw out a few different ideas until I finally settled on this one make by me is a program that allows you to design your own woodworking projects piece them together and get a visual of what it's going to look like before you ever make any sawdust make by me is free to use and it's a great tool if you're new to designing and drawing out your projects you can shop for common materials to Simply insert into your project and then just piece them together these materials are already sized correctly so you don't have to worry about knowing or remembering nominal versus actual dimensions the 3D renderings look really nice and you can change the wood type or paint pieces to get a more realistic view of your finished project once you've drawn it digitally it provides you with a materials list a cut list and step-by-step diagrams of the assembly you can go in and make notes and add some text to create your own plans check out makebummy for yourself at the link in the video description they are continuously adding new features so be sure to click what's new when you head over and start creating all right now back to the build once I decided on my workbench design I continued building the framing with two by fours and pocket holes and screws [Music] you'll notice that I ran the top two by fours vertically but the bottom two by fours are run horizontally you could definitely run them all vertically but I like the bottom ones on their side just to give me a few more inches of drawer space at the bottom as I assembled I made sure that the legs were all running the same direction with the flat side facing the front and the back [Applause] [Music] [Applause] once the frame was built I flipped it upside down to attach the Caster wheels now I'll link the wheels that I used here in the description below but any heavy duty Caster wheel would work fine for this you don't have to have anything specific so that I wasn't screwing everything into end grain I did angle the plate a little pre-drilled then use some washers and one and a quarter inch screws to secure a wheel To Each corner from here the rest of the build uses plywood so I started breaking down my sheets using my circular saw and Craig rip cut Bubby attempted to help nope no no no no no no no no no no [Music] foreign but after some convincing him and Lucy decided the best way to help was to provide company and moral support from a distance anyway about the plywood first I ripped a six and a half inch wide piece down the length of one of my sheets then I ripped another piece the same width off the end if you're building this for yourself I highly recommend checking out the cut diagrams in the plans I trimmed these pieces down to make two side panels and a Long Center support for the drawers and the middle Shelf keep it simply simple I use pocket holes and screws to install these pieces into the workbench I installed these so that they were about three quarter inch inset from the inside of the framing and you can see here that I just used a scrap piece of plywood as a spacer block once these were in place I installed the Long Center support between them with pocket hole screws making sure that it stayed centered and square as I went then I used two more plywood pieces to run between the Long Center support and the bottom 2x4 framing these pieces will basically just give me somewhere to mount the drawer slides to later and with that a drawer framing was complete and it was time to actually add the drawers since the side panels weren't flush along the inside I had to cut some scrap blocks to add here before mounting the slides I just glued and screwed these into the side panels just like you see here once these were in I flipped the workbench on its side to install four pair of 16 inch ball bearing drawer slides into these sections I have a four part drawer building video series detailing how to build and install drawers from start to finish on my channel I will link that in the video description if you'd like more information on building drawers once the slides were in I built four identical drawer boxes I started by cutting down my plywood pieces obviously and again to make the most out of your plowed sheets be sure to check out the cut diagrams in the tutorial linked below since this was just a shop project I skipped Edge painting on all of these pieces which saved me a ton of time also I normally cut dados in my drawer boxes to install the bottom panel but in this case again since it's just a shop project I skipped the dados too in this case I assembled the four-sided drawer boxes using pocket holes and screws then I cut quarter inch plywood to fit over the entire bottom side of each I just glued and stapled these onto the bottom to complete the drawer boxes now normally I like to install my drawer boxes onto the slides without removing them from the project but since these were so low to the ground and I was already tired of working on the floor I removed the part of the drawer slide that mounts to the box and just screwed it into each side of the drawer foreign once the slides were installed onto the drawer boxes I slid them back into the workbench and called it quits for the day but I came back the next morning to wrap things up I thought it would be easier to install the drawer fronts before adding the shelf on top so I went ahead and cut four drawer fronts from three quarter inch plywood there should be an eighth of an inch Gap around all sides of the drawer front here but since I didn't have the top in place to eyeball the spacing I used some eighth inch shims on the bottom to help me keep my vertical spacing correct while I screw these in from the inside of the drawer box once all the fronts were installed it was time to add the middle shelf that goes on top of the drawers for this to fit the corners need to be notched out where the legs are so I used a Craig multi-mark tool to mark three inch squares at Each corner and cut these out with a jigsaw this part really isn't totally necessary but it also doesn't hurt I drilled a three quarter inch pocket hole at Each corner to secure into each leg you'll see in just a minute now as much forethought as I put into this I never did consider the fact that I wouldn't be able to get the middle shelf in through any of the openings in the framing so once I realized that it wasn't going to work I decided to just remove the top 2x4 so that I could get this panel in place everyone always asks why I don't use glue on everything and this is just a prime example of why once the Shelf is in I reattached the top 2x4 and at this point it really was pretty easy since the screw holes were already there to line it back up with I use one and a quarter inch screws through the top panel to secure it to the plywood framing below after the Shelf was screwed on I realized that the pocket holes at the corners were not really necessary as this panel wasn't moving at all when I pushed on it but it wasn't going to hurt to take a minute to just drive in the screws anyway just in case to finish up this bottom section I added some simple black drawer pulls to each drawer and now all that's left is the top if you wanted a stationary top you could simply screw it in place through the top panel or just use some corner brackets from the bottom to attach I wanted the top to flip open to do this I centered a piano hinge on the top panel and secured it between the plowed Edge and the top framing I cut two pieces of 2x4 to fit together at a 90 degree angle then I cut another 2x4 with one in binder 40 degrees and the other mitered 50 degrees to run between them thank you I installed these with door hinges just the basic door hinges that you use in your house first I screwed the hinges to the brace then I screwed the brace into the legs of the workbench so that they were about three quarter inches below the plywood that way when the plywood is flipped over the braces are right at the bottom to support it this allows me to swing these braces out and flip the top up so that I can access the inside of the workbench but also it still gives me a surface area to work on uses a desk or whatever and when I'm finished with it I can flip the top that closed swing the braces back in and use it as a regular mobile workbench I love that it's got drawers on both sides and plenty of space below for open storage I hope you enjoyed watching it come together and if you're interested in building your own check out the plans or Draw up your own totally Custom Design in make by me linked below if you want to check out all the latest projects and plans be sure to subscribe to the channel and follow along thanks so much for watching friends and until next time happy building [Music]

Channel: Shara Woodshop Diaries

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Length: 13min 44sec (824 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 08 2023