Crafting Table

The Crafting Table (originally called 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 libraries in villages, witch huts, and igloos.

Usage
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.

If you disconnect, move more than eight blocks away or close the crafting interface the items inside will drop in front of you.

Fuel
When used as a fuel in a furnace, a crafting table lasts 15 seconds (or 1.5 items).

Video
Note: This video is outdated as crafting tables now also generate in witch huts.

Trivia

 * The new icon for Minecraft (not the launcher) is a crafting table.

Gallery
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