 Free Workbench plans - Easy to build and cost for this project is low, requiring about 20 hours in the shop and about $200 for materials. Like many woodworkers, I suffered from bench envy. I can not count the number of articles and plans I collected, but almost every one was a variation of the traditional joiners bench with wooden shoulder and tail vises. Nevertheless, I continued to dither rather than build. Why was I still using my MDF-topped-kitchen-base-cupboard bench that I would quickly thrown together when we would moved into a new home? Because sub-consciously I knew that what I wanted was not what I needed. In truth, the joiners bench is not the most suitable for the way most of us work today. And why should it be? A 19th century joiner would recognize few of the tools and machines we use today. They have evolved to meet changing needs or were invented because of expanded technological possibilities. Since a bench is simply another tool, i.e. a clamping machine, why should it remain frozen in time?
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