Great plans for a small shop. I have a three-car garage and not a ton of space to setup a permanent benchtop. This modular system is fantastic. Very versatile and provides many configuration options. The plans were easy to follow. I consider myself handy, but I have not done a ton of precision wood working. I purchased the plans, router template/fence and the universal spacers for this job and things turned out perfect. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a versatile solution for a small working area. I will be doing other Bear Mountain builds for sure!!
I'm just starting to get into woodworking and thoroughly enjoyed this build. Zach makes it easy to follow and modify your build based on your own needs with the optimizer calculator.
That said it did create some confusion for me when trying to figure out the drawers, I don't believe the software took into account for the drawer fronts but eventually I figured it out.
I only built 3 of the 4 in the bundle as I'm waiting to purchase a new miter saw before building the cabinet.
Thanks again for your thoughtful plans Zach, and it was certainly worth the cost.
Built workbench, now starting shelves on the one with drawers.figured you ran all 2x lumber thru planer but you confirmed with the left bench and I’m so jealous I don’t have one. Will buy the flip bench plans and build a future planer into it. Sure like your videos and plans and just ordered your corner clamps after buying another brand that didn’t fit. Thanks buddy for the great instruction!
Working towards my garage woodworking space and just began the miter saw stand portion. Excited to make the remaining pieces! Love the modular aspect for my small space
Loved this build. Extremely detailed in both the plans and the video. One thing I really like is after I bought these plans, there were a few update emails sent applicable to the plans. I have never really done any woodworking. The cut lists were detailed and the build list was complete. It was as a great project and I look forward to more from Bear Mountain!
So far I have enjoyed these build plans, very detailed and easy to follow, I look forward to finishing this set of modular benches next weekend. Thank you !
Haven't built them yet, but studying the plans I have a comment on the miter saw drawing.
On page 7, the height dimension is too high for the miter saw table.
It needs to be reduced by the height of the miter saw cutting platform above its base. It should be 36-7/8" assuming a miter saw working platform height above base of 4.25". I think the dimensions are correct in the rest of the plan, but I can't really compute what the long legs need to be since you don't cite the height of the casters.
The plans were great and easy to modify for my wife’s height difference. I made six of them for her fabric arts makerspace and they were a big hit with the ladies.
They were requested to be 36 inches in height, with the locking casters and a minimum of 27 inches of clearance for their legs and chairs because they were going to put sewing machines on top of them and the pedals on the bottom shelf. I also added a drawer to one side of the cart that was accessible from both sides of the 24 inch dimension. This way you could use it whether you were left or right handed. I can’t tell you how easy it was to make six identical work tables/ sewing carts. I highly recommend this set of prints.
First, I'm an 80-year-old blue-collar worker. I've spent most of my life working in the trades, and your tutorials are excellent Young or old alike something special for the new and refreshing for the older great job
The plans are really well laid out and clear and the video helps. I really like that the plans are customizable to height and size of my tools. Well worth the purchase.
I just finished building 3 of the modular units. The instructions and videos were outstanding. I am a beginner wood worker and these were the first big items I tackled. I have a few comments/suggestion. I adjusted the plans to reduce the height to 36 inches and I trimmed the 2x4s to 3 in. I used the tool provided to adjust the plans. For the most part this worked great however I had 3 issues: 1) I could not get the bottom shelf in the saw stand with these adjustments, 2) the draw fronts and back panel for the mitre saw stand was off by 1 in, and 3) I had to adjust draw slide locations for the altered height. I suggest the plans include some notes on a few of these issues to help other newbies like me. I also purchased the spacers and clamps and they were awesome. Highly recommend these products!!!
Very clear and precise instructions, well laid out and clear.
Great stuff
easy to fallow instructions
Plans are well written and the calculators make it easy to customize for custom table and took heights
Easy to follow plans. Great bundle for woodworkers. i have purchased many plans. I have received plan updates ascm they come available. Rock solid..
Les plans sont précis, faciles à suivre. Pour le moment j'ai fait le module pour la scie à onglet.
Nice plans but to expensive in todays lumberprices
In process of completing these builds. So far, all is going great. This will definitely allow me to reconfigure my limited shop space into a more organized and efficient setup.
Can’t wait to build them. Detailed plans .
I made one bench so far. I love it. Made mine at 38" its been really comfortable to use. Instead of a router table mine mostly houses my dust collection system. Table is used with the Table Saw and Miter Saw so why not have the dust collection just move with the cart.
This was honesty my first ‘real’ project. The instructions were easy to follow especially with the video. Great job
Haven't started the build yet, but I've looked at the video and the plans and I think it's going to be fine.
Loved the plan format. I especially love the project estimator for each piece.