It’s amazing how close I was to being done the past several months. If you go back and look at my archives (don’t worry about it, I’m about to sum up), I didn’t make ANY progress from May to October because I dreaded the flattening and leveling that I needed to do. Once I got over that hump, I made ginormous strides in no time.
Since my last blog post when I called the bench level (enough), I have flattened it (enough) and planed/sawed the horns off the leg tenons. That was no joke! Last night I got the planing stop done and I bored the hole in the leg vise for the screw. Also no joke:
And you know what I did today? I put my first coat of BLO on it. My bench is literally finished. I still have all the parts (leg vise, planing stop, etc.) separated so it’s not assembled. But tomorrow I will have a fully-functioning workbench.
Final pics to come, but here are a couple of pics from this afternoon:
-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com
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RGtools
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#1 posted 585 days ago
Way to go Eric. This is looking magnificent. I know what it’s like to hit that lull in progress. I think every project has one.
Keep it up. That bench is a monster that is going to love working for you.
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#2 posted 585 days ago
beautiful woods…and workmanship.
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#3 posted 585 days ago
Spectacular! That first auger photo is desktop background material. Very cool.
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#4 posted 585 days ago
Very nice, cant wait to see the final assembly.
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#5 posted 584 days ago
Eric, thats a nice workbench!
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Eric
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#6 posted 583 days ago
Thanks very much everyone!!! Appreciate the support!
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#7 posted 583 days ago
Huzzah and Congrats! Looking GREAT!
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