Crafting Table

"One recipe that pretty much everyone memorises from the first time they play Minecraft is how to make a crafting table. It's four planks arranged in a square, of course. You'll also find crafting tables occasionally in the wild - in village libraries, witch huts and igloos. Who knows what those witches are crafting?"

- Duncan Geere

The crafting table (previously known as the workbench) is one of the most essential blocks in Minecraft.

Obtaining
Crafting tables can be mined with any tool, or without a tool, but the axe is the quickest.

Natural generation
Crafting tables generate naturally in village libraries, witch huts and igloos.

Crafting
Pressing on a crafting table placed in the world will open the 3×3 crafting grid which allows you to craft more items than with the crafting grid in your inventory.

Fuel
Crafting tables can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Trivia

 * The new icon for Minecraft (not the launcher) is a crafting table.
 * The original inventory screen before January 29, 2010 was the crafting table interface, meaning there was no way of putting on armor yet, and the player could not be seen.

Gallery
Pracovní stůl Werkbank Mesa de trabajo Établi Barkácsasztal Banco da lavoro 作業台 조합대 Werkbank Stół warsztatowy pt-br:Bancada de Trabalho Верстак 工作台