How To Make A Bench Seat

To make this project easier we had the timber cut to size at Bunnings.

How to make a bench seat. Pre-drill with the 3mm drill bit and countersink. Steps 1 Cut your timber. STEP 1 Lay out sleepers for planter boxes and bench in an L shape 27 x 2m and 600mm wide.

A sturdy bench is one of the most versatile furniture you need either in the backyard or home for providing additional seating for guests and family members. Repeat this process to attach the rest of the decking boards to make the seat of the garden bench. All the details and pictures necessary to build this bench are included in the plan.

Measure and mark where you want the three hinges. Check the corners for squareness before attaching the 12 strips to the frame. Like the image shows the bench seat rests on two blocks which sets it 16 off the ground.

Yet another easy-to-build DIY bench is available at My Outdoor Plans. Ours doesnt have the dust catcher so we made our own by creating a vacuum attachment to catch. At corners make sleepers overlap joins on row below.

Step 4 Prepare the bench seat frame. For the top of the bench we used three 2x6x8 tongue-and-groove planks. Details here biggerthanthe How to Make Tufted Bench.

Step 5 Frame the bench seat. Drill pocket holes at both ends of the 10 supports and insert 1 14 screws into the perpendicular components. Sand the bench using a DeWalt orbital sander.