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   rx | Jan 20, 2007 07:06am | #1

   Possible Alternate. There is a work bench made from plywood in the Tools & Shops Annual Issue, Winter 2005/2006 No. 181. It is customizable and appears to be fairly stout. The article claims it can be made for under $250.00. It is on my to do list.

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   kummell | Jan 20, 2007 07:18am | #2

   I'm in the midst of building that plywood bench.  2.5 sheets of plywood, a partial sheet of MDF, some screws, some glue, a vise and some hardwood for an apron/edge.

   I bought a vise at woodcraft today (an entry level groz one  - $60).  So I'm probably around $210 in materials now, plan/hope to finish it tomorrow.

   My advice so far is, be careful with the spacers in the legs for placing the stretchers.  My problem - I ripped a bunch of plywood at 3 9/16, which you laminate and then trim down to ~3 1/2.  I wasn't thinking and just put a 3 9/16 spacer into my legs as I was assembling, so I might have a bit of play I need to fix.

   Good luck!

    

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   DavidCockey | Jan 20, 2007 02:46pm | #3

   Take a look at John White's message in this string:

   http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=33927.1

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   Marmadoon | Jan 20, 2007 03:53pm | #4

   Thank you for your reply. I did as you suggested and that finally took me to the past issues link where I found the article.