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Easy Work Bench

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   This is one easy work bench to build.  I was able to complete this within a couple of hours.   All you need to get is 1 sheet (4'x8') of 7/16 " OSB plywood and 5 2x4x8's.  When I bought the plywood from Lowe's I went ahead and had them cut the plywood in half(2'x8'), mainly because I don't have a table saw at home.  Anyways.  The original plans that I found are at hammerzone.com  Material List:   5 - 2x4x8   1 - 4x8 sheet of 7/16" OSB plywood   1 - 1lb of 3" galvanized deck screws   1 - 1lb of 1 5/8" galvanized deck screw    The first step is to cut the 2x4's.  The original plans that I found had the legs at 32".  To me that was too short.  I ended up making the legs at 44".   Once you cut the 4 legs, you need to cut the stretchers.  There are 4 long stretchers that are 48" long, and the 4 end stretchers are cut to 24" long.    The second step is to assemble t...