Finished a New Workbench
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I’ve just finished a new work bench, I worked on it over a 6 week period and figure there are 40 to 60 man hours in the build. It is very simple, an asymmetrical split slab, a split fill and tool holder, a base with a lower shelf, a face vise, and a few 3/4″ round dog holes for holdfasts. It is 900mm high, 630mm wide, and 2470mm long. The slab is 100mm thick. Back of the envolope I figure it weights about 500lbs.
4 August 2014 at 3:49 am #60071That’s it that the kind I want great work there old boy it must of cost a fortune to build. I would add one more thing to it a large moxon vice on the opposite side of the bench. You know what I mean a moxon vice to be part of the bench and inline with the top off the bench.
4 August 2014 at 11:49 am #60080I’ve been following your progress on your blog. Great to see the bench finished. It looks fantastic and will serve you well!
Looking forward to seeing some of the projects made on the new bench.
George.
[quote quote=60080]I’ve been following your progress on your blog. Great to see the bench finished. It looks fantastic and will serve you well!
Looking forward to seeing some of the projects made on the new bench.
George.
[/quote]Thanks George,
I often wonder if anyone reads the blog :-). It doesn’t matter if anyone does, but thanks again for taking the time, because it is more of a journal I keep for myself than anything. It just replaces some of the spiral notebooks with notes on projects.
For folks that have not read the blog, this bench has been kept very simple with no tail vise, wagon or other, and no deadman. I’ve found from working on other benches, for my work, every thing can be done with stops, battens, holdfasts, and the occasional “f” clamp. Anything other than those simple appliances just get in the way and slow me down. As always YMMV.
BTW, it is already a working bench with a few chisel marks and I expect more to come along with stains, and dents. It sure was pretty when finished but once it starts showing signs of work it will become beautiful.
I’ve made a couple of small dovetailed boxes on it so far. It is solid as a rock for sawing, chopping and paring as I expected it would be and because it is a clone of the previous bench (with a few things removed) everything falls to hand.
ken
5 August 2014 at 1:59 am #60107Been following your progress too…very nice. And I share your sentiments about beauty…its beauty reveals itself through use.
Thanks,
It was a good build, because of the simplicity a reasonably quick one but by the end I was ready to finish and get on to other projects. Most of that was because of the difficulty of handling the weight and size of workbench components in a small one man shop.
I’m making a few small boxes as transition projects and it is nice working with small joints and wood that can be handled with one hand. Some larger furniture to follow soon.
ken
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