Workshop Tool Bench from BEKVAM Kitchen Trolley

Having built a small garden workshop I needed a tool bench for my stationary tools such as a band saw and drill-press. An earlier project had resulted in a simple mobile stand for the band-saw from off-cuts of plywood and MDF. However the drill-press was much heavier at around 25Kg so a more substantial tool stand was required. But crucially it still needed to be mobile.

The BEKVÄM Kitchen trolley was the obvious starting point. It has two fixed castors and two legs making it both sturdy and mobile. It’s made from solid beech so will easily support the tool’s weight. And perhaps more importantly, it’s really inexpensive being just 35 GBP in the UK. To put that in perspective, the same quantity of beech from a timber yard would have cost at least 10 GBP more.

Materials

• BEKVÄM Kitchen Trolley (302.403.48)
• 18mm (3/4”) MDF (375mm x 520mm) (x 2)
• 9mm x 32mm Pine Stripwood (1.4m approx.)
• 9mm x 100mm OSB board (390mm length approx.)
• 3.5mm x 16mm woodscrews ( x 10)
• Wood glue
• SKYDD Wood Treatment Oil (Mineral Oil) 500ml

Workshop Tool Bench Video Tutorial

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