Hollow Core Door Workbench

I did purchase two hollow core doors to lay on portable saw horses.

Hollow core door workbench. Learn how to build this cheap workbench by following these simple plans. It s made from only fifteen 8 ft long 2x4s and one sheet of 1 2 in. Start by laying the door on the floor and position two collapsible sawhorses upside down on top of it a foot or so from each end. Hollow core doors however won t work for this project.

Hollow core doors would not make a very good workbench top. Make sure your door opening reinforces the wall above and on both sides of the door. This is intended to be an assembly table not a workbench so it s not going to hammered or chiselled on but i needed something tougher than the bare door. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.

Primed textured 6 panel hollow core composite interior door slab with bore model 61070 delivery unavailable. The surface layer is very thin either 1 8 material like a soft skin masonite material. Old solid wood doors make sturdy benches. Solid wood doors even.

How to make a work bench from old doors. I used hollow core doors for a workbench when i built rc airplanes you can use t pins to hold balsa to the flat surface of the door great for that type of work but the pressure and weight of woodworking will punch through the hollow core door in no time. Read our guide. While your hollow core door desk or work bench won t have any built in storage add one or two inexpensive wheeled carts with drawers beneath the door and you ll have plenty of space to store.

Would not take hammer blows pounding etc. Portable workbench made from hollow core door. 1 point 4 years ago. They re just not tough enough.

Seabrooke louver louver white hollow core pvc vinyl interior bi fold door model seall48 255 90 255 90. Elite vinyl satin silver accordion door model el4880s 93 72 93. My choice was a sheet of 1 2 mdf top and bottom. How to frame a door.

We found a solid core door on crai. Hollow core doors have very weak skins. An old hollow core door makes a perfect workbench that is both lightweight and easy to store.