| Blog series by Rob | updated 305 days ago | 3 parts | 1724 reads | 30 comments total |
Part 1: base complete & hand planing the top
I’ve been working on a new bench and thought I’d share the progress in case anyone is interested. I read Scott Landis’ Workbench book and a few excerpts from the Swartz’s book and I’ve come up with this. I’ve totally cheaped-out so far, and so far no regrets. Everything accept the vise faces is going to be constuction lumber; 2×6’s and 2×4’s (where I come from these are made from Spruce). $60 is the total bill for the base and top ...
Part 2: Mounting the top and vise
My bench costs rose slightly today. I bought some lag bolts to attach the top to the base. $3.50. Let’s see, about 60 in wood, 65 for the vise, a bottle of glue; I figure I’m close to $135 into this so far. I still have to get some hardwood jaws for the vise but I’m pretty sure I’ll keep total cost under 150. Here’s a pic with the top attached …After flattening the top I went ahead and attached the vise. I found the instructions kind of complicated so...
Part 3: Dogs, Holes, and New Jaws
I substituted my cheap temporary construction lumber jaws for some good ash jaws. I’m so glad I practiced first because originally the jaws were about 1/8th below the bench top surface. Now they are flush. You can also see that I added some dogs and holes. I tried to cheap-out and use 3/4 wooden dowels for the dogs which will definitely get you by in a pinch, however, I think you will find replacing them all the time annoying. Also they don’t hold as well as the Veritas dog...
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