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Stability is perhaps the number-one requirement in a workbench, so the storage area on this bench is designed to add weight and lateral stability to the legs, while also providing three drawers, a cupboard, and a large shelf for tool storage.

The toolbox top, bottom, sides, divider, and back (pieces 21 through 24) are cut from one sheet of ¾" hardwood-veneered plywood (see the Material List on page 13). I used birch ply, a good color and grain match for the maple in the rest of the bench and far easier to find as a stock lumberyard item than maple ply. Use the elevation drawings to lay out rabbets on the appropriate edges of these pieces, and then mill them with a ¾" straight bit chucked in your router table. For clean and safe cuts, make several passes to mill each rabbet.

Material List

		T x W x L
39	Drawer Slides (6)	¾" x ¾" x 15¼"
40	Top Drawer Sides (2)	¾" x 3" x 15½"
41	Top Drawer Front and Back (2)	¾" x 3" x 22"
42	Lower Drawer Sides (4)	¾" x 5⅛" x 15½"
43	Lower Drawer Fronts and Backs (4)	¾" x 5⅛" x 22"
44	Drawer Bottoms (3)	¼" x 147/16" x 217/16"
45	Drawer Trim (1)	¼" x ¾" x 228"
46	Top Drawer Face (1)	¾" x 3⅝" x 23½"
47	Lower Drawer Faces (2)	¾" x 53/8" x 23½"

Use the same bit to plow dadoes for the drawer slides and divider. Glue and clamp the top and bottom to the sides. Dry fit the back, check for squareness, and glue it in place.

The front edges of the case are trimmed with walnut (piece 25). Apply this with glue and 3d finish nails. Set the heads, fill them after the glue dries, and then scrape or plane the trim flush with the plywood. Now, you need to build and install the legs before coming back to finish the rest of the toolbox—the door, top trimmers, and knobs (pieces 26 through 30).