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This is my workbench. It is made from hard maple, top, red oak legs, and yellow birch stretchers. The bottom shelf is laminated birch plywood 2" thick. The stretchers are 2-1/4" x 6-1/2". The legs are 5-1/2" square. The top is 3-3/4" thick. It's dimensions are 96" long, 24" wide, and 37" tall. It has four vises. It has an inside corner to use while hammering or punching supported in a corner.


The square holes in the centre row are for a plane block stop, or clamps.
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All the vises are trimmed in Purple Heart.
The leg Vise is from LV and is 5-1/2" x 4" laminated birch and maple, it also has a crisscross.
It has a crochet crook mounted just to the left of it
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The wagon / tail Vise is from LV, and the Chanel is only on the top so waste may fall freely.
It also comes apart for cleaning.
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The face Vise mounted on the end in the corner is from LV.
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The QR cabinetmakers Vise is a 7"General.
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The bench has 2 lengths of battens that can be used to secure wood on one plane.
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The deadman is made from yellow pine.
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All the dogs are made from maple dowels and have 5 degree notches on the tops. It took around 100 hours to complete. It has a number of ways to secure wood to it including battens. It weighs over 400 pounds. Thank you for looking at my workbench. I welcome any comments suggestions or humor!

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Great bench. Well planned and executed. My compliments.
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Damn! That's one hellofanice bench. Well done.
 

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WOW!!! Great Bench. Thanks for the extra inspiration and more ideas to incorporate into my bench!
 

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That is a super workbench. You certainly have accommodated every option for clamping and holding you work.
 

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Great looking bench. Got to get started on mine soon. Could you give me a little more info on wagon vise? Maybe a pic from bottom side? I've got the same screw that Im planning on using and getting all the ideas I can.
 

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You win ! That has to be one of the nicest most user friendly effective bench's I've seen. Sorry but I will have to call the vice squad on you though. ;-)

Sweet !
 

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That is a super workbench. You certainly have accommodated every option for clamping and holding you work.

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Great looking bench. Got to get started on mine soon. Could you give me a little more info on wagon vise? Maybe a pic from bottom side? I ve got the same screw that Im planning on using and getting all the ideas I can.

- Troy Cleckler
Sure thing Troy.
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Without any instructions this is what I came up with. The chop / wagon is removable in case something gets spilled on the Vise. It took a lot of measuring. In the end, it came out working very well.
 

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super nice bench. Can't have too many vices!
 

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The end-all, be-all of all clamping solutions. Nice work!
 

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I cant think right off how I would use an inside corner, but I think its a good idea. I like that its a little different than most other benches.
 

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all i can say is WOW. I has me speach less
 

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Meh…...needs more vises.
Just kidding…....nice bench. Looks beefy. Last bench you'll ever have to build.
 

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Very nice indeed! Well done! Thanks for Posting.

Rick
 

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Wow! Thank you all for the great comments. It sure is nice to see your work get appreciated. If anyone has any questions at all I will be more than happy to answer as best I can. As you can see my bench is diffrent than most because I use every space all around it. It's not uncommon to have 5 people standing or sitting around or working at it. One thing that may get added is an embedded steel plate, not sure how big yet, but thick. Any other suggestions?
 

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I could look at workbench builds all day… and could look at yours longer! Helluva first post I must say. This is a great build. Congratulations. I used purpleheart on my workbench as an accent as well.
In answer to your signature line I can only say. "You gotta ask yourself one question….Do I feel lucky"
 

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I like it really nice job something to really to be proud of
 

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holy vises batman! do you use the little general vise when you have all the others?
 
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