Workbench From a Pallet

This is a concept that allows you to use an old pallet which you may have lying around like I did and turn it into something useful a workbench :D

Equipment list:

1. Hammer
   
2. Screws
   
3. Drill
   
4. Saw
   
5. Good weather!
6. a Pallet x2
7. and a buddy to help with the fiddly bits

We also used the nails from the pallet to hammer in the rest of the slats.

Measure with another piece of wood (if you want to be accurate use a tape measure) and measure how far you want the desk to come out from the wall. I wanted mine not to overlap the door so I took off about half of the pallet and used that.

Once you've measured it, size up the measurement with the pallet and the cut up to that mark on all of the pallets slats making sure its straight.

Now you need to take apart the halve of the pallet that is not being used so that you can use the slats as the desk top, after that you might need to take off the slats on the other half so that all the slats fit together with no gaps. Leave a few on the bottom because you may want to add drawers that can be made out of the off cuts.

But remember to save the nails!

Now you need to line up the slats on the top of the pallet so that there are no gaps between each one so you have a smoothish desk to work on and use the nails that you saved to hammer the slats back on.

This is a pretty lengthy project, keep motivated for best results :D

When I measured my desk up in the shed there was a wooden support that was in the way of a flush fit so I cut off some of the pallet so that it would fit.

Once you know that the workbench will fit in place and some legs to give it extra support but make sure that its at the height that suits you.

I measured it against my leg and marked it with the saw.

Setup any other bits you may want to add like electric and storage space and your done :P

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