PAUL SELLERS’
WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS
AND CUTTING LIST
PAUL SELLERS’ WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS AND CUTTING LIST
NOTE
When putting together the cutting list for my workbench, I worked in imperial,
the system with which I am most comfortable. I was not happy, however, to then
provide direct conversions to metric because to be accurate and ensure an exact
fit this would involve providing measurements in fractions of millimetres. When
I do work in metric I find it more comfortable to work with rounded numbers,
therefore I have created two slightly different sets of measurements. This means
that in places the imperial measurement given is not a direct conversion of the
metric measurement given. Therefore, I suggest you choose one or other of the
systems and follow it throughout.
© 2017 – Paul Sellers
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PAUL SELLERS’ WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS AND CUTTING LIST
WOOD
QTY
DESCRIPTION
SIZE (IMPERIAL)
SIZE (METRIC)
(THICK X WIDE X LONG)
(THICK X WIDE X LONG)
4
Leg
2 ¾” x 3 ¾” x 34 ⅜”
70 x 95 x 875mm
1
Benchtop
2 ⅜” x 12” x 66”
65 x 300 x 1680mm
2
Apron
1 ⅝” x 11 ½” x 66”
40 x 290 x 1680mm
1
Wellboard
1” x 12 ½” x 66”
25 x 320 x 1680mm
4
Rail
1 ½” x 6” x 26”
40 x 150 x 654mm
2
Bearer
1 ¼” x 3 ¾” x 25”
30 x 95 x 630mm
4
Wedge
⅝” x 1 ½” x 9”
16 x 40 x 228mm
4
Wedge retainer
⅝” x 1 ½” x 4”
16 x 40 x 100mm
HARDWARE
QTY
DESCRIPTION
SIZE (IMPERIAL)
SIZE (METRIC)
1
Quick release vise
9”
225mm
4
Dome head bolts (including nuts and washers) for
bolting legs to aprons
⅜” x 5”
10 x 130mm
2
Lag screws (with washers) for underside of vise
½” x 2 ½”
12 x 65mm
2
Lag screws for face of the vise
5/16” x 2 ¾””
8 x 70mm
2
Lag screws for back apron
5/16” x 2 ¾”
8 x 70mm
Various screws of various sizes
PAUL SELLERS’ WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS AND CUTTING LIST
TOOL LIST
• Square
• Knife
• Brace and bits (or screw gun and bits
to suit)
• Pencil
• Router plane**
• Tape measure
• Plough plane**
• Combination gauge (or marking gauge
plus mortise gauge)
• Rabbet/filletster plane**
• Tenon saw
• 10” steel rule*
• Handsaw
• Jack plane*
• Chisel set ½”, ¾” and 1” (12mm,
18mm and 25mm)
• 10” rasp*
• Chisel hammer or mallet
• Winding sticks
• Hammer (steel)*
• 10” flat file*
• Smoothing plane
*Optional
**Optional but highly recommended
EQUIPMENT LIST
• A workbench or improvised support of some kind such as:
ɐɐ Two saw trestles or…
ɐɐ a portable, folding workbench or…
ɐɐ a picnic table.
• Seven or so 36” (91cm) sash clamps (for frame clamping and
clamping the laminated top)
• Some shorter sash clamps, bar clamps or G-clamps
PAUL SELLERS’ WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS AND CUTTING LIST
66”
1.68m
2 3/8”
65mm
Apron
(inside face)
5 1/4”
135mm
2 3/8”
65mm
5 1/4”
135mm
11 1/2”
29cm
90°
90°
9”
230mm
9”
230mm
38 1/2”
98cm
4 3/4”
120mm
4 3/4”
120mm
27”
68cm
66”
1.68m
11 1/2”
29cm
Wedge
1 1/2”
40mm
5/8
”
16mm
9”
228mm
2 3/4”
70mm
1”
25mm
2 3/4”
70mm
3 3/4”
95mm
Top rail
Rail joinery
Bottom rail
1”
25mm
Note:
Haunches on the
top rail tenons are
optional.
Note:
The bottom rail
is longer than the
top rail to allow for
protruding tenons.
1 1/2”
40mm
”
12mm
1/2
Tenons
centered
5”
125mm
”
18mm
3/4
”
18mm
3/4
3 1/4”
82mm
”
11mm
3/8
”
18mm
3/4
6”
150mm
PAUL SELLERS’ WORKBENCH MEASUREMENTS AND CUTTING LIST
1 5/8”
40mm
27”
68cm
12”
30cm
1 5/8”
40mm
11 3/4”
30cm
1”
25mm
11 1/2”
29cm
11 1/2”
29cm
1 ⅛”
29mm to
centre of hole
1”
25mm
”
6mm
1/4
Wellboard detail
”
10mm
3/8
38”
97cm
3/4
”
18mm
6”
150mm
”
12mm
1/2
19 1/2”
49cm
9 1/2”
240mm
Leg frame assembly
end view
Note:
This is the haunch
recess which
you only need
if you are using
haunched tenons.
2 3/4”
70mm
25”
63cm
Leg mortise hole layout (inside face)
5”
125mm
1”
25mm
2 3/4”
70mm
12 7/8”
335mm
3/4
”
18mm
34 3/8”
87.5cm
3/4
”
18mm
6”
150mm
9 1/2”
240mm