Modern furniture might be beautiful, but it's not always inexpensive. With a few hours worth of time and some simple supplies, you can make a bench like the one above from a single sheet of plywood — how's that for affordable?
Over at Instructables, user Brown6041 has come up with a fantastic and obtainable wood working project. They started with a single sheet of plywood and ended up with a modern bench to be envied by all.
The only tools you'll require are pictured above and even if you don't have a saw of that nature, you can rent it from your local big box hardware store, find them for cheap on Craigslist or borrow one from a friend. Sounds like a great weekend project! If you want to take it on, check out the full tutorial over at Instructables.
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An entire sheet of plywood makes a VERY heavy bench.
an entire sheet of plywood and all that glue makes a very heavy bench. ;)
I'm amazed somebody did all that ripping to a sheet of plywood. I would have zoned out and sliced my hand off...
I like the idea but I’d do it a bit differently and make it a slatted no glue bench that can be broken down for storage. Rip several 3 x ¾ inch pieces for the seat, then cut several shorter angled pieces for the legs, about a foot or so in length. The angle shouldn’t be super harsh, something like 80 degrees. Lastly, cut some spacers to go between the legs, size dependent on how big of a foot your leg will have. About five inches in on the long pieces, drill three holes for threaded rods, drill the holes exactly in the same place for all the slats, two higher one lower, repeat this with the legs and spacers with one hole on the bottom and the three up top. Half inch threaded rods would be best.
Thread a long slat onto the rods and alternate slat to leg with slats being the first and last, the spacers should be place in the same intervals as the slats. Blot up tightly and you have a bench. If you want it extra strong, use a few long slats on the bottom instead of spacers or make a shelf about half way up by drilling additional holes and using slats cut 1 ½ inches and bolting them in between the legs. This could be done with plywood or two by fours if you don’t want to rip all that plywood.