Ron Paulk posted a proud video showing off his awesome homemade workbench and found himself inundated with requests to build similar benches for his fans. Instead, he created a business selling plans to workbench aficionados, which has brought him enormous satisfaction, as he describes in this video. As he describes, the customers for the plans especially love the fact that they built their workbenches themselves, modifying them to suit their particular needs.
How the Paulk Workbench Unexpectedly Became a Product Design Hit