Thread: WorkBench Sizes

I wouldn't think there would be a 'normal' size. It would come down to how much room you have.

The bigger the better!!
You can never have too much bench space. Just when you think you have enough, you need more!!

My bench is 2.4 metres wide by 90cm deep by 90cm high.
I am limited in that mine is at the end of a single garage that still has to fit a large car in. I have about 10cm clearance in front of and behind the car with the roller door closed. Very squeezy.

I think you will find all members here will have thier own sizes to suite their own curcumstance.

Good luck, Steven.

I have been considering this question as well.

My main workbench is 1600 x 500.

It is easy to work at but often it is too narrow. Especially for assembly and working on chairs once they are assembled.

I have a 1900 x 1000 bench. It is good for glue ups and assembly.

The biggest disadvantage is that it is too wide to reach across the bench. You have to walk around the bench to put on and take off clamps. Plus it is difficult to clamp narrower pieces to the bench on all sides.

I have put together a new laminated top that will be 2100 x 800.

For what I do it feels about right for most things.
My plan was to have it 2400 long but when I put a 2400 sheet down it just felt too big.

Hieght is a personal thing and you should do what suits your work and your back!
The theory seems to be lower hieght for using handtools so you can get power. Higher for power tools so you don't need to bend too far.

I think 1500 wide would be a pain unless you had four people working at the bench.

Good luck.

Ivan,

Width and length depends on many factors but in general bigger is better. I agree with Scally that it can be too wide. Mine is 1800 x 900 and flows on from my TS/Router table. I also have a 600 extension that attaches to my end vice but can no longer use it as I have run

1050 is high if you want to work a 50 mm thick piece of timber and then place a tool (like a plane on top of that. When it is too high you end up needing to place downward pressure with your arms instead of leaning into it with your body weight. I made my height adjustable by inserting 120 x 19 mm bolts into the legs, This allows me to level the bench and adjust the height by about 70 mm.


In the end I settled for about 940 mm high.

3m x .8m x 1.03m it suits my height (about 6' 3"-4"). A bench can never be too big,

One case where big is better!! I have 2 . One, a gift, is 2.4x800 (not looking a gfift horse in the mouth but 900 would be ideal.The other is 1800 x900 and is simply a melamine covered sheet fo particle board 32mm thick anchored to a solid base. I call it my assembly table. I have cot severalcircular holes in it for clamping purposes.

Come and have a gander at my bench. I can (almost) guarantee it's the most solid thing you've ever seen.


Also it's 2.2Lx0.7Wx0.93H. All Aussie Hardwood (except the plywood shelf)

Ta FC,
Is that the one in the pic of your 'new' toys?

If so,
Yes
Took a gander at it.

Nah, that's my lathe bench. It's only 250mm wide (and hence slightly wobbly...but then it is on a non-flat dirt floor.......I was thinking of bolting it to the house frame. That'd make it stable!)


My work bench is the one covered in timber :biggrin:

Mines 1800x1100 by 950 high, I dont think its to wide... shes getting a bit wobbly tho!
The next two will be full sheet size, as I will mainly use them as assembly tables.

Originally Posted by BobL

I made my height adjustable by inserting 120 x 19 mm bolts into the legs, This allows me to level the bench and adjust the height by about 70 mm.
In the end I settled for about 940 mm high.

Ta Bob,

What I have done [ONCE]
is to Drill and Tap 5/8" or Whatever,
a piece of 6mm or 8mm Flat Steel the size of the Bottom of the Leg for each Leg.
This I then screw these to the bottom of each leg;
after I Drill 3/4" hole up the guts of the Leg;

Bolt and LockNut in each Leg Bottom plate. for adjustment

What I can do is to cut the Legs shorter if they're FAR to high.

The bigger, heavier the better.

Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz

. . . . .
is to Drill and Tap 5/8" or Whatever,
a piece of 6mm or 8mm Flat Steel the size of the Bottom of the Leg for each Leg. This I then screw these to the bottom of each leg;
after I Drill 3/4" hole up the guts of the Leg;
Bolt and LockNut in each Leg Bottom plate. for adjustment:

That really does sound like the deluxe version. All I did was bought an extra nut for each bolt and drilled a slightly oversized hole into the base of the leg to tight fit the nut followed by a 3/4" hole to take the bolt. I just belted the nut into place with a hammer - so far so good.