Garden Potting Bench

A standing-height bench for potting up plants, with a slatted worktop, a lower shelf for compost bags and a high shelf for pots.

  • Advanced. A longer build. Best with a few builds behind you.
  • About 10 hours. 16 steps, each with its own drawing.
  • 1016 × 559 × 1524 mm (40 × 22 × 60 in). Width, depth and height when finished, in pine.

$39.99 for your first 3 months ($0.44 a day), then $99.98 every 3 months. Cancel any time.

The pine potting bench against a brick garden wall, with clay pots, seedlings and a trowel on the worktop, herbs on the top shelf and a sack and a watering can below
Plan
CO-013
Time
10 h
Parts
27

What comes with this plan

Everything you need to build CO-013, in the Cutonce app. The lists, the drawings and every step come from one model of the piece, so their numbers agree.

  • Cutting list

    27 pieces in 8 part types, each with its size, to tick off once cut.

  • Shopping list

    The boards and fixings to buy, and the parts each board gives you.

  • 16 steps

    A drawing for every step. On a cutting step the length to cut is the largest thing on screen.

  • Drawings

    The exploded view with every part numbered, and dimensioned plans of the finished piece.

  • Watch the build

    Each new part glides into place on the drawing before you fit it.

  • PDF

    The whole plan as a PDF, to print or keep.

Garden Potting Bench, exploded view with numbered partsExploded view, parts numbered by type: 1 Back leg, 2 Front leg, 3 Side rail, 4 Long rail, 5 Top rail, 6 Slat, 7 Top shelf, 8 Back strip.11223456678
View
Exploded
Part types
8
Exploded view. Each part type keeps its number in the cutting list, the drawings and the steps.
Garden Potting Bench, assembledThe finished piece seen from the front and one side. Overall size 102 × 56 × 152 cm.
View
Assembled
Steps
16
Assembled, in pine. 16 steps take you from boards to this.

Made from pine, 1016 × 559 × 1524 mm overall (40 × 22 × 60 in).

Tools you need

Hand tools and a drill, and the kit to wear while you cut.

Tools

  • Tape measure
  • Pencil
  • Try square
  • Hand saw
  • Drill
  • Drill bits
  • Clamps
  • Sanding block
  • Brush

Safety kit

  • Safety glasses
  • Dust mask

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$39.99 for your first 3 months ($0.44 a day), then $99.98 every 3 months. Cancel any time.

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Garden Potting Bench, assembled (line drawing)The finished piece seen from the front and one side. Overall size 102 × 56 × 152 cm.
Plan
CO-013
Time
10 h