Some people say the drawers don't fit. It is not that the drawers are made improperly. It is that there are a few errors in the instructions for assembling the drawers on page 7 of the instructions (2022) copyright version shows the right drawer slot panel (12) an the left drawer slot panel (11) in the wrong position. The locations are flipped . both instruction paragraphs 18 and 20 have these errors. The drawer hardware has to be mounted so the boxed end of the slider is to the front of the drawer it is very hard to tell from the illustrations, the back end of the drawer slider is the opened-ended tapered down portion. If you reference the assembly drawing on page 11 you can see the conflicting drawer side panels. This video also says that the drawer sides are laminated MDF. The ones that I purchase in March 2024 are hardwood composite. Just the drawer bottoms are MDF. Don't glue anything unless you have test-fitted it first. They back out the screws a bit and glue if that is your plan. if you assemble the drawers as the instructions say then the drawers won't fit in properly, unless you modify the boxed end slider that is in the wrong position by bending it back. You will still have an issue that the drawer will not fully open because the detent mechanism is too far forward. There is another video review of this product that is showing the assembly on the older four drawer version and He complains because the drawers don't fully open, that's because he assembled the drawers incorrectly. I do find it remarkable that years have gone by and these errors have not been identified by the manufacturer and corrected.

I just purchased one for $160. I followed your instructions. Thank you

You have the best instructions for this workbench. Without your instructions it’s almost impossible to assemble this. I am a beginner and hope this will do fine for me.

Thank you for showing how to assemble this - I had trouble with the drawers but your instructions cleared that up. I put casters on mine and it's going in my kitchen for a workspace that I can roll out of the way when I am not using it.

I just bought one for $139.00 plus tax ($150 out the door.) I glued many section together for added strength, including the two top drawers. I did not add the large drawer because I realized it would provide ample wood to build a matching tool tray to the backside. I installed dowels in few sections for added stability. I glued the cross member in place as well. It is very solid now. I took out the felt in the drawers since they were more like fuzzy paper than real felt. I intend to line them with some cherry venier 1/4" plywood I have left over from another project. Built properly this table is a great buy. Also, the only MDF in mine was the bottom of the drawers, everything else was hardwood.

Very useful, thanks! I bought one of these and plan to fit in some 3/4" plywood to the underside of the top to give it some extra heft and strength.

Amazing video! Thank you so much! Just assembled mine yesterday, my very first workbench. Never too late. Much of my decision to purchase it was thanks to your awesome video. Very happy with it! Time to put it to good use. One of the vise tubes came with what looks like a rivet inside, will have to try and disassemble it to deal with that. Rather than that, putting it together was lots of fun!

Yep! I went to grab 1 on the last day of the sale. They'd sold out, but I GOT THAT RAINCHECK! So, here in a day or 2, I'll be cruising on over to pick her up. I'm SUPER PUMPED about this particular purchase for my new workshop, because finally, I'll be able to start getting some things done, for the first time! It's an exciting milestone that I've reached in my LONG journey toward my goals to eventually have a FULLY OUTFITTED workshop! All of the credit, all of my praise and all of the glory to Our Heavenly Father! Thank you God!

Thanks for the great video, the first one I’ve seen on the new 3 drawer unit from Harbor Freight. Your assembly instructions are awesome, as well as your critique of the unit. I just subscribed to your channel because of the very clear and well done video. Thanks again for your great work and I’ll be looking at more videos from you. 👍🙏

Thanks very much. I was looking for a vid on how to build my own, but at that price I can't resist getting one.

If you don’t fully tighten the legs onto the cross braces it is much easier to align the legs on your the table top. It just gives you a little bit of wiggle room. Very very helpful video. Easier with too people but doable with one.

This table is a great value. Very well made

I've had the same workbench that I bought 10 years ago. (My version has 4 drawers). I would only suggest using glue in addition to the screws in order to make it more stable. I keep thinking that I'm going to upgrade my bench someday but there's no need for me to do so.

Thanks, I didn't have a single table with a flat surface and just priced creating my own table top. I have bought this instead. I might build my own beefy top for it down the road, but this will get me to where I need to be for now. Cheers!

Excellent video -Thanks for sharing! I put this bench together with the directions in front of me, while watching your video, and like you said, some prior knowledge + common sense is definitely helpful!

Thanks for the instructions!

I bought this when it was on sale for $139. I absolutely love it I’m thinking to get another one put in my kitchen

I was lucky enough to find one that was as good as new for $50, and already assembled. For small jobs it works just fine.

Just ordered .. thanks for the review!

This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble kzfaq.infoUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!

I picked one up last week for $140 out the door. I was check out videos on assembly tips when I came across your video. I've watched it a few times now and plan to build it this afternoon. Great video!

I wish I could like this video more than once. Harbor freight needs to pay you for this. I mean it Thank you very much

Great video, thanks!

Got an email from HF with a coupon for this 60" hardwood workbench. I checked out the display and determined the staff didn't do the best job in assembly, but Hey! ...Any-hoo, bought the bench and took a good portion of the day to assemble (among some other chores). Everything worked out great except for the 3 large woodscrew holes to attach the top to the right leg assy. With the drawers installed before the table top, the bench worked great. I affixed the table top to the left leg assy first with the 3 large wood screws, leaving them loose for alignment when attaching the right side. The pilot hole spacing on the table top to the right leg assy was 1/2" or more off, so I pulled them todgether with q C-clamp for assembly. This of course messed with the bottom drawer and slides - not as smooth and easy opening. The only MDF is the felt lined drawer bottoms. The rest is finger-jointed Asian hardwood - stretching the term of "solid" to those that know better. But the price point can't be beat even for this borderline quality product. Some X bracing to the back of the unit, and some steel inside corner brackets for all the drawers would be a good idea. I will not use it for anything heavy duty as I have a steel welding table that I made 30 years ago and that baby don't budge. I will use the Yukon workbench mostly as a catch basin for Hoppe's No. 9 if you get my spin drift. I think the model I bought is an improvement from prior models for the lack of MDF and the drawer BB slides are pretty good.

Thank you! The directions that came with it are not very clear on the drawer assembly. Your video is great and helped me with that assembly. Took me a while, but it's done!

This is $140 right now with a coupon! Bought one that I'm going to assemble and put casters on so i can move it around my garage or out into the driveway. Looks like a great deal.

Good review thanks!

Great review, assembly looks somewhat straightforward. I will pick up some clamps too when I get the workbench.

Great video help me a tot.Thank you man

Super helpful. Thanks! BTW, I used some wood glue. Definitely helped tighten everything up. The workbench is rock solid.

Great job, thanks!

Thank you

Great video. We purchased two of these on sale for $139 each (internet coupon) -- and they're every bit as good as described in your video. I checked them out in the store, it was easy to see they were assembled sloppily. I would consider this a light-duty bench -- not for mounting heavy work. With that understood, it works fine. Unlike yours, my drawer side pieces are finger-jointed hardwood, vs. MDF. I have zero wood-working skills and found the bench pieces well-labeled and easy for one-person assemble. As with IKEA projects, it's a matter of getting in to the right head space -- earbuds and podcasts work for me -- and not proceeding further til you understand the instructions. Took me about 90 minutes each to assemble -- much of which was unwrapping the excellent packaging. HEADS UP: as others have noted: it is easy to get the side pieces for the drawers backwards. These were the #11 and #12 pieces on mine, and if you get these backwards the drawers won't insert. As others have noted, I actually would say the instructions are mislabeled for these two parts. Definitely take your time with the first drawer, do a test fit, and don't do the other drawers until you fully understand how they assemble. I am having wheels delivered today, so I can move the tables into a more square-ish configuration -- for bigger projects when the benches aren't up against the end of our garage. In a nutshell: solid, excellent value, strong design, easy to assemble and well thought out. Thanks for the very professional, cut-to-the-chase video!

Thanks for this! I might get one of these as part of a dedicated guitar work station :)

Just picked this up for $150 it was on sale. Planning on adding some retractable casters.

Assembled mine today. Vry much a four hour project. Attracted to it by price, but also by the legs. I like a higher bench. This accepts 2"x6" risers like they are from the factory. Overall: likely excellent for a putterer like me. For fine woodworkers, spring the extra dough for something from Rockler or their equals.

Perfect timing. Picking mine up on Friday.

I have one. It was either build one for $600 in lumber alone, plus plans and hardware for Vice and all. I was in my local HarborFreight, turned around and couldn’t believe my eyes. No reviews, but I ended up deciding to get their credit card for additional savings. Parking lot sale right now… this bench is $160. If you take advantage of first credit card use, you would score pretty nicely. It’s allowed me to begin building planter boxes and jigs, rather than spending a lot of money and time just setting up to be project ready. The dog holes lead down into the drawers. So if the holes are not plugged, you’ll have a drawer full of sawdust. I plan on making hood down clamps and other bench accessories. I’ll also be sanding off their clear coat (I called to ask about the finish) to apply several coats of my good UV outdoor rated varnish since it’s on the back porch covered with a moving blanket. For the price and quality to get started or for the weekend projects, I too would recommend the bench.

Thinking about leaving the vice off and using this thing in my kitchen as a bar table!

I picked one up because there’s no way I could build it myself for less, and what the heck if it needs a more solid top I can build that… Of course a butcher block top that size in my area is more than the entire bench delivered to my door…

Makes a good tv stand

thank you for this video. Going to use this for an island in middle of my kitchen. perfect size. I just need to raise it up to make it level with my counters, And maybe add a better finish on it. Do you think I can just add some feet on the bottom to raise it up? Thank you so much for the video.

Couldn’t build this on you own for that price. Some mdf or ply under mounted to the tabletop for more stability and you are golden. HF is getting better products as of late.

Just bought one of these on sale for $150. This deal comes up pretty often. Do you think it would make it sturdier to use glue where wood pieces meet? I’d have to lightly sand those areas first to remove the varnish.

Only issue I had was installing the back of the long drawer. The holes in the drawer bottom did not line up with the pilot holes in the back board. And it didn’t matter if I reversed the board. They still were about 2 inches off. The drawer bottom goes only one way…felt to inside and holes in it to the back for screwing down as you show to the back board. So I know I had it correct. This would be an issue if someone didn’t have a drill and bit to drill through the holes already in the bottom and into the back board to create their own aligned pilot holes in the back board…which is what I did to correct the obvious manufacturing error. If you screwed it without pilot holes you might cause splitting in the backboard edge! Also no need to clamp the extended slides like you did. Just leave them all the way in and carefully align each drawer slide and slide the drawers in. You’ll hear them snap as you pass the locking tabs and once you hear that just slide them the rest of the way in.

beautiful, wish I had room?

wish they had this so that the vice could be on the left side of the bench top, the space where i need to put this i wont be able to use the vice at all

You missed installing four screws that further secured the base to the top laterally. Also, in the beginning of assembly, one of the cross pieces has a Yukon sticker. I put it upside down. Only cosmetic but I'm too lazy to turn it up right.

I am enjoying your videos. You have a very good presentation which I appreciate. Would this table be suitable for a mini lathe ? Peace be with you

i bought one yesterday, but when im finishing assemble it, i saw that it didnt come 2 pieces (the front drawers) Im upset because I live far from the store and have to make the trip back, the pieces are number 9, but the workbench is solid.

Great workbench for for price. I think the drawers are a little finicky though.

8:28 When you call it composite material it implies particle board or something with a vaneer. From what I can tell it's all glued-up and finger-jointed hardwood. Sorry if it sounds like a criticism, nice vid 👍

I am thinking a out making a bathroom vanity out if it. Wonder how the top will hold up

By the looks of where the top drawers are situated (underneath dog holes) they would just become saw dust collector drawers.

Great bench. The rails for the drawers were installed poorly and out of alignment on mine but for $149 I’ll replace the rails and reset the drawers.

Do you think this would be sturdy enough to wood turn with? I have a mini 10-18 lathe that's about 75 lbs. Or would I have to weigh it down more to make it sturdy and reinforce it?

Can you install a vise block on it?

Could this be assembled with the vice on the left for left handers ? presumably the drawer slides would need to be reversed ?

Can I swap the top of the work bench, just so the vice is on the other side ??? (facing to the left side) , that's about all, as my right side is going toward a wall. Thanks.. If anyone knows, I'm putting this together tonight,

I'm planning to use mine as a gun bench.

I'm a hand tool inclined hybrid woodworker who has been looking somewhat at this bench and it's predecessor. How does it hold up against racking forces in either direction lengthwise or across like with hand planing tasks? I plan to build a beefy semi Roubo style bench in my workshop space but would use this one in my apartment which is apart from my workshop space.

How flat is everyone finding the top surface to be? I want to use this as a base for building R/C airplanes with a pin surface on top (foam, drywall, etc). Thanks!

the sample in the store was wobbly. Was it wobbly after you tightened all the screws?

I just finished putting mine together, my only issue is that the large draw and one of the small draws just will not close. they get half way and stop. any advice on how to fix this? Thanks

I bought one of these. I STILL have no idea what the pegs, metal squares, and holes on the top are for. Can someone break it down for me? I heard something about a vise, and I have a vise, but...how do the pegs and holes help me put on a vise? I ended up finding an oak hardwood dowel, cut it into the right lengths, and tapped them flush into all the holes to make the top smooth. What am I missing? No one in any video explains them and the manual doesn't either.

Will the table top on this take hold fast clamps in the dog holes?

My drawers aren’t fitting in there.. any recommendations?

Where is it made?

159.00 Black Friday plus 60 bucks in HF money---was a no brainer!

Everything I unbox from Harbor freight is parts missing. Broken, dented bent, scratched .... Imagine how much more profit they'd make by SOME quality control. Returns must be crazy

This is exactly what I need! But in England, that would be about £500-600/750-850USD! (Maybe MORE!?) You guys get stuff so cheap in America! We get screwed! Lol 🙄🤦🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

had to return twice, three workbenches three broken drawers. not worth the headache

Right sure... just try hand planing on it...😂

@ Shopfix. My God, what a whoring mess! Nothing fit right. Pounding parts in, putting parts on wrong. Jesus. Well, I certainly agree with the other commenters. This is a great video! I wasn't able to understand the written instructions very well at first until I watched your video. Thank you!

IKEA marketing concept. It appears to work.

Were you able to do it by yourself?

Currently on sale for 135 for inside track members!

It says hard wood, but what kind of wood, poplar?

Harbor Freight has 5 versions of this bench, all with different model numbers. I never bothered to look, so I didn't get the one that was on the floor at the store, that one has 4 drawers, all versions are made in viet nam and probably in the samr workshop. Out of the box, the YUKON version of their work bench is a piece ofJUNK, that said, I purchased one about 2 weeks ago because I would never be able to build one from the ground up for that amount of money, I paid $160.00 + tax. Be forwarned, DON'T TRY TO USE A HAND PLANE WITH THIS BENCH, it will rack to the point of almost splitting the legs. I am now in the process of rebuilding the bench pretty much totally. I had an old solid core door that I cut to the inside dimention of the the bench top and glued that intothe cavity, that turned a 3/4 inch bench top into one that is now almost 2 1/4 inches and youcan dance on it. I have a ways to go to finish my rebuild, I will probably spend another $ 150.00 on the project, but I will have a real bench that wil stand up to hard work. The drawers are real garbage. Don't pass on this bench if you don't mind doing some work to it, you will not be able to build one like for less than $ 300.00.

$70 off for inside track members right now

I have 2 of them. I would not buy another one of them. The bench is not sturdy enough to keep from rocking when you are working at the bench. The vise racks too easily when using it. The older one is about 5 years old and is not holding up at all. It’s falling apart. I can only use the newer one now and only for light work.😮

$159 black friday deal

I got this bench 5 months ago. It's junk. Already falling apart. I wouldn't recommend anyone to waste their money on this bench. It was good at first. Then I used it for projects and it showed how cheap it is.

better when I got it on sale for $150

Drawer install is an absolute disaster Bench itself is good Drawers are junk

I'm thinking of picking this up for my Leatherwork shop. Putting a small anvil for setting rivets on it. Do you think it's sturdy enough for that, sir?