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I bought a maple top thinking I would build a traditional bench but after seeing some made from fellow lumber jocks and reading Chris Schwarz's book on workbenches I came up with this. I used the maple top and glued two 3/4" plywood sheets to the bottom. The ends and side are 6 quarter poplar the legs, stretchers, and shelving are made from structural lumber from home depot. I added foot pads because my shop floor is very uneven. I finished it with boiled linseed oil with some maple dye.

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Very nice looking bench. You should get years of use from this workbench.
 

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Wow. It not only looks nice but it looks sturdy enough to hold up a small car too.
 

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Now that's what I call a work bench. Beautiful job! Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom
 

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It looks very strong bench.I like very much your other projects. nice jobs
 

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That's got to be the heaviest duty bench I've seen.
 

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I'm anxious to know about those vises. Is your end vise the one from Grizzly for 40 bucks. If it is, I almost ordered that same one a couple of days ago, its a great deal. I'm happy to see these type of vises on some workbenches. Not everyone can pay $200 for just one vise. On another note, very nice craftmanship.
 

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Thank you all for the kind words about the bench. The end vise is the Grizzly $40 dollar special and it works just find. No quick release but well worth the 40 bucks. The other is an Anant which is the old Record now made in India it does have the quick release and I believe it was right around $100 and it also is a very nice vice for the money.
 

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This is one sturdy looking beench you should will get much joy out of such functional art!
 

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That is one fine looking bench! great job.
Cheers
 

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Lou -

Very nice looking bench. Well done!
 

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looks very solid and I really like the hardware…well made…
 

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Good, solid looking bench. I like your choice of vises.

I am beginning the design of similar bench, and am having a dickens of a time getting the end vise. I ordered the $40 Grizzly Cabinet Makers Vise two weeks ago … got a message from them that these are out of stock, and they don't expect to get any more until May 24! I don't think it is smart to go ahead with the design of construction of a bench until I have the hardware I will be using.

There are plenty of 7" vises around (Woodcraft has a Groz for $45), but I think you need the wider 10.5" just to avoid racking and holding power.

I found similar vises at Veritas and Highland, but for significantly more $$$.

If anybody knows of any other sources, I'd like to know about them. I've been to numerous garage and estate sales, and have been watching eBay, but so far no luck.
 

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Nice… that looks absolutely perfect for woodworking, and the bonus that if there's ever a need for a bomb shelter, you're good to go!

Nice looking bench!
 

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Great project, great bench, and awesome dovetails. Thanks for posting.
 

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sweet bench! I LOVE looking at workbenches. :)
 
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