I’ve been doing several posts on this during the build process. It’s finally done, so its about time I did a big writeup on it… Pictures of the project in progress can be found over here. The Workbench Project This is a typically called a “european style” or “german style’ bench. It’s the style associated …
I like to take pictures of my projects in progress. Sometimes I use a digital camera, but more often I just use my iPhone. The iPhone is lower quality images but they usually good enough, and since it’s always in my pocket I get a lot more images as I go along. Here’s most of …
It took longer to convice myself that all was ready than to actually do it – I glued the front part (about 5 boards or so) to the rest of the top. Now it’s even harder to move around and won’t fit in any jointer I know of.
Dry fitting the workbench base. These are all doubled up southern yellow pine, ripped from 2×10 boards from home depot.
Dry fitting the tail vise to the bench front and side. I found an error in the plans, an extra 1/4 inch in the height of the movable vise. Since it’s glued up and the holes are drilled, I have to modify things to move it up.
When you have a friend with a 16″ jointer and you need to flatten a benchtop, is it really cheating to do it this way?