Reply To: Bench: How important is it for the upper leg rail to contact the bearer?

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Benoît Van Noten
26 August 2019 at 1:12 pm #602867

Put the “correct” leg-frame on the left side (if you are right handed) and put the one with the gap on the right side.
If you look at the 2012 workbench built: https://paulsellers.com/2012/06/making-the-workbench-7/
you will see (two last drawings) that Paul proposes an option about the right leg-frame with such a gap (2″) to accommodate an end-vise.
So it should not be a problem even if you don’t fill the gap.