$30 Bench from 2x6s [Only 3 Tools and 30mins]

Hey guys, I'm Jameson with Rogue Engineer. And today we're going to be building a simple outdoor bench out of four two by sixes. Let's get started. Now, this is actually a spinoff of the Leopold bench. And I actually just built a bench just like this out of two by eights. However, I got a lot of comments asking for the same design in two by sixes. So I've altered the design to build it out of two by sixes. Now for this project, you're going to need four two by six by eights. You're going to need some three inch exterior grade wood screws. And you're going to need a circular saw and a speed square. The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to cut 48 inch boards out of each one of these boards. And that will be for the seat and the back. And then we'll move on to the angled cuts for the legs. Now, if you have access to a miter saw, you're not going to need the speed square really. However, if you don't, using a speed square is an easy way to find miters and mark them. So in order to do that, you set the speed square on your point, your end point, and then you pivoted over to the angle here on the edge, which we are going to be cutting at 20 degrees first, which I know it's hard to see, but is right there. So I'm going to line that up with the edge, and then I will mark this angle right there. So on the first two boards, we're going to be using those as the long leg. I've already gone ahead and I'm going to cut that 20 degree angle on one end. And we're going to measure over from there, 38 and a half inches. And then we'll make a mark and cut a 35 degree angle. We're going to mark that the same way with the, with the speed square. We're going to set that point, that pivot point right on our end. And we're going to come over here to 35 degrees, mark it, and then we're going to cut it with a circular saw. All right, so we got the two long legs cut and out of the way. Now we're going to move on to the two short legs. We're going to start with the same process. However, the first cut is going to be at 40 degrees. And then we're going to measure from that point over 19 and three eighths of an inch. And then we're going to come back and make a 45 degree cut. Now I've got my off cut for my shorter leg, and I'm actually going to be using this to make a small cut. And this is another piece that's going to be used to help support the seat. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to use this 45 degree angle here that I just cut. I'm going to come over three and a half inches, and then I'm going to make a 90 degree cut right there. Now on the long legs, what I want to do is I want to create a taper on the back, and this is going to align the back of the bench for us. So the way that I'm going to do that is I'm going to measure over an inch and a half from this point on the 20 degree angle. And then I'm going to measure down this from this point, 12 and three quarters of an inch. I'll then connect those with a straight edge. And then I'm going to cut that with the circular saw. Now with this design, I've tried to make it as simple as possible. With the short leg, we've got a 40 degree end that's going to go towards the ground and then a 45 degree end at the front of the seat. And what that's going to do is it's going to give you a little five degree slope towards the back of the seat. So what we're going to do when we're aligning this is take a scrap piece of wood and that's going to act as our ground or floor. And then we're going to align these nice and level. And I'm going to align the back of this front two by six of the back of this top two by six with the edge, the front edge of this longer leg. Then we're going to install this with four screws going through and into this other longer leg. And then I'm going to come back with this 45 degree piece that we cut earlier. I'm going to pre-drill it since it's such a small piece of wood and I'm going to install it right there. Once I get done with that, I'm going to flip everything over and mirror that for the other leg. All right. So now it's time to attach the seat. Now we're going to be using those 48 inch two by sixes that we cut earlier. And we're going to line the front of this up with the front of that shorter leg. Now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to be screwing this down with those three inch wood screws that we've got. However, on the front one, we're going to want to come in on more of an angle that way we don't blow through the bottom of that short leg. Now for the back, I've gone ahead and flipped this thing on its side. That way I can hold that board in place and then screw from the top. We're going to align those 48 inch boards that we cut earlier flush with the back of that taper that we cut on the long leg. And then we're going to put two three inch exterior grade wood screws in each one. The boards we use for the back are going to be spaced about a half of an inch to match the seat. So I hope you guys enjoyed this simple and easy outdoor bench build. We've also got another build, just like it made out of two by eights, which I think is a little sleeker. However, you've got a little bit more expense in lumber. I've also made a matching Adirondack chair that will compliment this bench very nicely around your fire pit or wherever you're putting it outside. If you want the full plans for this build, make sure you click that link right there and it's going to take you on over to the website. If you haven't hit that subscribe button yet, make sure you hit that one right there. And until next time be safe and happy building.