| Project by James Lango | posted 14 days ago | 981 views | 14 times favorited | 28 comments | ![]() |
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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
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28 comments so far
Loucarb
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posted 13 days ago
That looks like it will give you years of service. Well done
Vince
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posted 13 days ago
Beautiful Bench
-- Vince
GuyK
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posted 13 days ago
a true piece of art. great job.
-- Guy Kroll
Timbo
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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.
ken90712
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posted 13 days ago
Nice! those are some meaty tails on that baby! Great job!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
RexMcKinnon
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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!
Todd Thomas
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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….
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spanky46
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posted 13 days ago
Gorgeous!
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reymundo42
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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.
Dudley
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posted 13 days ago
That’s a great asset to any shop. Wish I had room for one. Bravo Zulu
-- Dudley Young USN Ret.
a1Jim
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posted 13 days ago
great bench James looks fantastic
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
goldenhands
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posted 13 days ago
She defenately is, lol, nice one :)
-- The way I work - the way I live. goldenhands
NBeener
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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
RKW
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posted 13 days ago
nice work james, looks great
-- RKWoods
charlie48
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posted 13 days ago
Very nice bench James, thanks for the posting
-- Only time will tell if it was time well spent
nmkidd
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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!
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 13 days ago
Nice looking bench!
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Shopsmithtom
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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
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woodworm
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posted 13 days ago
Very nice workbench.
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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"
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.
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Cantputjamontoast
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posted 13 days ago
Very very nice bench
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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.
bigpops0259
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posted 13 days ago
Nice bench! Great job for a Buckeye.
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BTKS
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posted 13 days ago
I LIKE IT!!!! Great work, BTKS
Kent Shepherd
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posted 11 days ago
Very nice bench
Go ahead and scratch it and get it over with
Thanks for sharing
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MedicKen
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posted 11 days ago
Very nice!! now lets see some projects built on it….
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hunter71
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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
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