FineWoodworking has this PDF on the web for free download/printing. No jointer or planer necessary, although I have both. I've been wanting a quickie bench to use the drawer boxes I made 40 years ago for a tool chest. The chest is no longer useful to me, so I sized the base to hang the drawers, and Robert's-your-mother's-brother.
http://www.finewoodworking.com/FWNPDFfree/011181054.pdfFor a top I used a hunk of salvaged bowling alley. Cheep. Watch for dead bowling alleys in your neighborhood. Use a sacrificial carbide blade as they are FULL of nails (
), fortunately pretty soft steel. Hint: the first few feet of an alley is maple; the rest is usually southern yellow pine. They usually want a premium for the maple, but the SYP makes a fine bench top.
