Workbench - Free Plans PDF & Cut List

A solid garage workbench is the first piece of shop furniture most woodworkers build. This cut list produces a 5-foot bench with a back panel and a lower shelf, all from two sheets of 18mm plywood — cabinet-grade Baltic birch if you want the bench to outlive you, or sanded shop ply if you don't mind a project-quality finish.

The top is a single 1520×760mm panel, designed to sit on the side panels with a 30mm overhang on each end so you have somewhere to clamp work. Add a row of bench-dog holes 96mm on center if you'll do hand-tool work; leave it solid if you mostly use it as an outfeed table for a table saw. Pre-drill the cross braces and shelf supports before final assembly — it's a lot easier to glue and screw on the floor than once everything is upright.