Apply wood glue on the tenons and insert the legs back into the mortises. Rotate each leg to its original, marked position.

You can construct it in a day or two using materials available at any home center or lumberyard. The finished bench will occupy a 2 x 5-ft. footprint—easy to fit in most basements or garages.

Using these DIY workbench plans, you’ll turn out a bench that’s heavy enough to be secure, simple enough for any handy person to build, and durable enough to last longer than you.

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There are tons of variations for building your own, but over on Instructables, gearboxdesigns shows off a simple bench that’s pretty easy to make and comes in at around $65.

This simple workbench plan offers plenty of shelving for storage, both above and below eye level. The back incorporates pegboard for handy tool display. Vertical shelf supports make room for ...

To build the base for my workbench, I simply used the 2-by-4s to make two boxes that measured 16 inches by 48 inches by 3 1/2 inches tall. (The 2-by-4s were stood up on their 2-inch edges.) ...

A package of workbench projects, No. C150, is $16.95 and includes this plan plus a plan for a woodworking bench. A catalog picturing hundreds of do-it-yourself projects is $2.

This bench uses doubled 2"x4" legs, which makes it ideal for mounting a reloading press and supplies. It’s made from common, readily available materials and is fairly easy to build.