Step 8: Create Fold Down Miter Platform On Your Workbench To install the center legs, I just added plenty of glue and clamped the leg in place while the glue dried. Basically, I wanted this notched section to kind of straddle the center piece of the bottom framing, to provide more support plenty of glue surface. Rather than trying to notch out the legs, I again just glued up separate pieces to create my joinery here, which worked really well. I also went ahead and added the center legs to the base at this point, but I’m not sure I’d add these in retrospect, as they caused a little rocking on my uneven garage floor, which I’ll talk about in a bit. These will also function as stops for the dropdown miter saw platform, which you’ll see in a bit.

These pieces were actually leftover from my home theater build I did a few months ago, hence the random assortment of pieces I used here.Īfter adding the plywood, I also added some vertical supports that will help keep the center of the top from sagging over time. Next, I could work on adding the sheeting on the bottom shelf, and I used some random bits of ½ inch plywood for this. While the glue dried, I went ahead and cut the stretcher pieces that would connect the legs to length at the miter saw, and then I ripped them to their final width at the table saw.Īfter all of that ripping and cutting, my dust collector had definitely gotten full, and I wanted to give a quick shout out to this new wall mounted dust collector from Rockler.

The front and back legs on the workbench are oriented a little differently, so I did need to keep that in mind during the glue up, but otherwise things went smoothly.

I did still have to cut a few half laps, but this joinery method definitely saved me some effort.Īlso, I left the leg stock at that 3 ¼” width during the glue up, so I could trim the legs to width and clean up the edges after the glue up.

I designed the legs so that I could create half lap joinery during the glue up without actually having to cut the half laps, by leaving some strategic gaps. While the top dried, I could start working on the legs for the workbench, first cutting down the pieces at the miter saw.

Building miter saw stand