New benchwork

Here is a more (less?) minimalist approach to benchwork. I screwed a 1" x 2" ledger board to the walls. The longer leg of the layout is made from two bi-fold door panels. The shorter leg (mainline?) is 3/4" birch plywood. The back edges of both legs are screwed onto the top (narrow) edges of the ledger. The short leg is only 6" wide until it flares into the longer leg in the corner. The ledger provides plenty of support, especially since it gets both sides of the corner piece. Supplemental support for the door slabs comes from wall brackets by Lowe's. The doors are joined with a 1" x 4". Thanks again to Lance Mindheim for that inspiration.

Even my lovely and long-suffering wife is impressed with the new look.