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After a year of trying to sharpen on my work bench and the mess that was difficult to clean I decided to build a dedicated sharpening bench.

Since I had some quarter sawn white oak left over from a project that I intended to build for my daughter (she did not go for the arts and crafts era designs), I proceeded to use it for my new sharpening bench.

The frame is quarter sawn white oak and the panels and drawer boxes are cherry. The panels are re-sawn and book matched. The drawer bottoms are baltic birch 3/8" ply and the drawer pulls are also white oak.

The finish on the oak is a trans tint and denatured alcohol mix finished with 2 coats of poly. The panels and drawer fronts are min wax antique oil finish which I will eventually coat with poly. Drawer boxes are finished with 2 coats of shellac and then waxed.

The top is attached with only clear silicone at the corners and it is very stable.

The only metal in the project are the screws holding the drawer pulls and also holding the rear drawer stop. The joints are all festool dominos.

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Hello Mark,
Pardon me for saying so but that would make a nice desk.
Beautiful job.
Keith
 

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Now THAT'S a sharpening bench!! Blades will become sharper just in the presence of such a nice bench. I like it!
 

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Cool, wish I had room for that.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
 

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Man , when you make something for your shop you just go all out. That is a super nice sharpening bench and you've done a wonderful job. Congratulations.
 

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Wow! Just wow. Very cool idea.
 

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Hehe, very nice. I would put that in my living room :)
 

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I would be happy as a clam to put that in the kitchen / office. If that's your idea of shop furniture I'd love to see your in home furniture.
Great work, BTKS
 

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Ditto what others have said….that's no sharpening bench… that is a desk to be displayed proudly in any room in your house!
 

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That is hands down the nicest sharpening bench I've have ever seen.
I agree with the rest of the guys.
That is nicer then my desk in my home office!
 

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:-O very nice table and eqiebt after it with some great sharpening tools

are you sure your tools have the nerve to get near it….LOL

thank´s for sharing

Dennis
 

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Very nice. You've done well.
Was it a hassle to source the marble?
 

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Mark,

That's gorgeous! Now go out and have someone else sharpen your blades so you don't mess it up! ;-)

Thanks for sharing.

L/W
 

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gorgeous, my sharpening bench is an old workmate. I don't even know how to sharpen
 

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Love the Style! Great Job
 

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Great idea - I have been sitting on a left-over granite slab - remnant from a kitchen cabinet build. We found multiple stone importers in the downtown Seattle waterfront area - 4th Ave SODO (near Home Depot). We purchased color-matched & sequentially cut pre-fab granite slab counters at 3/4" thick x 26"w x 8'L Green China color with bullnose on 3 sides for only $120 ea. Craigslist, Materials in the Seattle area will list their postings.
 
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