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Work Bench- Finished

Project by James Lango posted 14 days ago 981 views 14 times favorited 28 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Well, here she is… 100% complete and ready to use.

Thanks for all your posts/feed back. The stretchers are rabbited for either a future shelf or a base of drawers unit. The last picture shows my answer to the tail vise situation. Hard maple runners tounge and grooved to keep her in line and true.
Not sure what i was thinking about the last 2 dog holes. (for some reason i thought the block on the front vise stood higher than the top, and i could use those 2 dog holes to hold work). All I did was make the last 2 holes shallower- cause the vise threads and left rod are smack in the middle of those 2 dogs. lol. Doesnt really matter, guess i’ll just need a shorter one for using those 2..

Some advice: I also thought i could get around the fancy “framed tail vise”. There is really no way around it! You need something to keep this baby straight. I have seen crazy examples of complex dovetailed tail vises. (and thought “i dont need all that, i will do it my own way”) If you’re going to spend the time to build a bench like this- dont think about shortcutting it. If I would have designed for a “good” tail vise, i would have saved tons of time and the turn out would be much nicer/tighter.

For those who are seeing this for the 1st time- i posted last week during the construction and wrote in detail..

So far, 1 brushed coat of Linseed oil- dried, and wiped off.
Thanks for looking, James

-- Longovette@Roadruner.com


28 comments so far

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Loucarb

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posted 13 days ago

That looks like it will give you years of service. Well done

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Vince

186 posts in 320 days


posted 13 days ago

Beautiful Bench

-- Vince

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GuyK

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posted 13 days ago

a true piece of art. great job.

-- Guy Kroll

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Timbo

282 posts in 456 days


posted 13 days ago

Great! You will enjoy working with that bench for many years.

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

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ken90712

312 posts in 80 days


posted 13 days ago

Nice! those are some meaty tails on that baby! Great job!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

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RexMcKinnon

643 posts in 86 days


posted 13 days ago

Are you really going to use it? Looks awful perty to be choppin and slicin wood on.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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Todd Thomas

4827 posts in 339 days


posted 13 days ago

looks great James…almost to nice to use :-) I’m sure you will get tons of work done with such a great looking bench….

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

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spanky46

736 posts in 281 days


posted 13 days ago

Gorgeous!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

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reymundo42

29 posts in 377 days


posted 13 days ago

James,
Very nice job,son. I’m in the middle of making the FWW workbench at the moment and unless someone has made a bench before, they have no idea how much time and effort went into your beautiful piece of work. Congratulations, “shezabeaudy”,mate.

-- Life is short...we should hurry to do good.

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Dudley

340 posts in 151 days


posted 13 days ago

That’s a great asset to any shop. Wish I had room for one. Bravo Zulu

-- Dudley Young USN Ret.

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a1Jim

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posted 13 days ago

great bench James looks fantastic

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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goldenhands

99 posts in 430 days


posted 13 days ago

She defenately is, lol, nice one :)

-- The way I work - the way I live. goldenhands

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NBeener

369 posts in 65 days


posted 13 days ago

Spectacular.

I’m thinking …. that bench would be equally at home in a formal dining room.

The clamp would make a fine napkin holder!

You did an awesome job. Hope you’re willing it to somebody. It’s gonna’ outlast the lot of us :-)

-- -- Neil

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RKW

77 posts in 338 days


posted 13 days ago

nice work james, looks great

-- RKWoods

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charlie48

35 posts in 60 days


posted 13 days ago

Very nice bench James, thanks for the posting

-- Only time will tell if it was time well spent

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nmkidd

379 posts in 64 days


posted 13 days ago

A really nice bench….....too nice to be used.

-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 13 days ago

Nice looking bench!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Shopsmithtom

407 posts in 1086 days


posted 13 days ago

If I had that bench, I’d make room in my living room for it…the heck with the shop. Then I’d have to figure out how I was going to get by without it in my shop. But it looks so very functional that I’d have to move it to the shop…then I wouldn’t want to use it for fear of marring it up… so back to the living room it would go then ….
It would be simply more than I could handle.

Seriously…It’s really beautiful -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

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woodworm

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posted 13 days ago

Very nice workbench.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 13 days ago

Wow…beautifull bench! Almost too nice to use! I really like the dovetails and the use of the colored stripes…that is an heirloom bench for sure!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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BarryW

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posted 13 days ago

My jealousy will get me nowhere…but I’d sure like to make myself one like that…excellent.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

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Cantputjamontoast

172 posts in 323 days


posted 13 days ago

Very very nice bench

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

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Splinterman

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posted 13 days ago

Hey James,

Very good job….great design and finish…...well done.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

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bigpops0259

197 posts in 1040 days


posted 13 days ago

Nice bench! Great job for a Buckeye.

-- Marty Ohio

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BTKS

480 posts in 355 days


posted 13 days ago

I LIKE IT!!!! Great work, BTKS

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Kent Shepherd

805 posts in 177 days


posted 11 days ago

Very nice bench
Go ahead and scratch it and get it over with

Thanks for sharing

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

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MedicKen

450 posts in 353 days


posted 11 days ago

Very nice!! now lets see some projects built on it….

-- My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist....medic20447@gmail.com

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hunter71

87 posts in 77 days


posted 10 days ago

Good timing as I am in the final planning stages of making myself a new bench. I have several including one with a granite top, but I want one that makes a statement like yours. Great job. Doug

-- A childs smile is payment enough.

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