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After doing a search for benches and reading about the various ways people have built them, I am thinking about building a workbench out of standard 2x4 construction. I am thinking my bench will either be 2'x5' or 30"x5'. I have spoken with a local cabinet shop that if I brought all the material planed/jointed and ready to glue, they would glue it up and run it through their 42" finish belt sander until perfectly smooth for about $40-$50. I figure thats worth it.
My real concern is weather it is worth it to build the bench out of construction lumber. All I find locally is the Hem-Fir, which is a harder softwood.
So, for those of you that used this type of lumber did it hold up pretty well? Would you use it again? TIA
Mark
My real concern is weather it is worth it to build the bench out of construction lumber. All I find locally is the Hem-Fir, which is a harder softwood.
So, for those of you that used this type of lumber did it hold up pretty well? Would you use it again? TIA
Mark