| Project by mccreamark | posted 429 days ago | 1326 views | 2 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
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Hi this is my work bench ,I got the plans from Scott Landis’ Workbench Book and modified it to suit me needs.
I bought the lumbar 2” beech and this was my first ever project with my Felder combo I used every feature on the combo except the shaper but I used the high speed router spindle in the shaper to make the finger joints.
I finished it in Danish oil so I can touch it up,It has taken a beating since then but I resurfaced last month and it looks great again.The cross bars are ash as I ran out of beech some day I may change them to beech but I quite like the ash grain.
I has a 3” top with 4” edges and a old style vice and tail vice it cost €400 for the lumber and €100 for the vise screws from Axminster in the UK .
A Sjoberg bench with 2” top is 900 in Dublin and I wanted to make myself as a kind of graduation test for a woodworker.
I bolted the endcaps on with counter sunk carriage bolts the top is bolted to the base .The base is 4×4 legs and cross bar feet with holes to be screwed to the floor.
It,s 3 years old now and should out last me.
I still love it and feel pride when using it.
11 comments so far
John Ormsby
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posted 428 days ago
Congrats on your bench!
I also have a Felder and really love it. Your combo machine is a good one for your particular space. These are great tools and are very accurate.
-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca
Icemizer
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posted 428 days ago
That is sure some huge vise and a great looking bench!
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woodyone
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posted 428 days ago
Nice bench and i agree that sure is one big vice. Well done.
Woody.
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dsb1829
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posted 428 days ago
Now that is a good use for roller blades!
-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama
mccreamark
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posted 428 days ago
Thanks ,
good spot on the roller blades even Hoffenbach don,t have purpleheart and roller blades handles.If they do it,s probably an extra.
Mark
Douglas Krueger
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posted 428 days ago
With all the care and attention, it is obviously a well loved piece. Looks very user friendly.
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SteveKorz
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posted 428 days ago
Sweet… very nice look’n bench! Well done.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Cov
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posted 427 days ago
Nice bench! I need to build one – someday!
-- Cov, Loomis, CA, http://www.covingtonwoodworks.com
James Lango
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posted 427 days ago
THats a hell of a work Bench! Can you tell me where you bought the screw vice, and how much $$ Thank you
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Chris
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posted 426 days ago
That’s a fine looking bench you have there!
-- Chris
mccreamark
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posted 425 days ago
Here is the page from Axminster for the vice screws.
”:http://www.axminster.co.uk/category-Vice-Screws-208038.htm”