Heavy Duty Workbench

I wanted a cheap but rugged workbench for the garage.  It would be used for  woodworking and engineering projects and I wanted to put the milling machine on one side of it.  Here's a design I thought would take some abuse and hopefully last a long time.

Started by cutting up timber for the 8 legs and glueing together.

Workbench legs glued and screwed.

Four completed workbench A frames.

6x2 cross members attached and then finished all edges with a router and chamfer bit.

The worktop was made using 3 layers of 18mm MDF glued together. The bottom shelf slides through and sits on the bottom members.  I routed an inset on the worktop to put small items where they won't fall off the table.  Finally the whole workbench is finished with 4 coats of Yacht varnish.