Thread: Suitable timber for Paul Sellers style workbench

If I was going to build a Sellers esque bench I'd probably make it out of 90x45 (or 35) pine from the big green shed. I'd buy 4.8m or 6m lengths as that stuff comes from europe and is nicer than the shorter 2.4/2.7m lenghts.

By the time you dress the 90x45 you're probably closer to 85 or so and according to his blog post you want to be 75mm, so you could just rip them down a bit more or have a thicker top.

anyways, that's what I'd do

He's using spruce, so I'd expect that the closest easily available match here would be radiata pine. I'd guess he is even using construction grade timber from the stamps on it!.

also if you want clamps like what he uses the place I've found to get them from is http://www.toolsforschools.com.au/pr...ps-light-duty/

thanks for the suggestions MrPete. I take it by "big green shed" you are referring to that hardware retailer that has large green stores?

and thanks for the link about the clamps too!

That's the one mate and their competitor would be the big blue shed

Originally Posted by MrPete

That's the one mate and their competitor would be the big blue shed

...or seeing Woolworth's annual report with Masters earnings, that'd be more like the 'big broke shed'...