A Solid Foundation to Build a Future - A New Workbench #3: The Top
This has been an off and on project for me for several months. I have put it on the back burner to take a few commisions and finally got around to working on the top. To make things easier on me from a time stand point I bought a premade butcher block top and added the aprons saving me the time of milling all that lumber. The first thing that I tackle is routing the tongue on each end that will support each end cap. I route a 3/4” groove on each end cap. Next I layout the dovetails on each apron and cut the tails first on my band saw and then the pins. I try any means necessary to remove the waste. Ultimately I end up removing most of the waste with a router and then foll...
