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Although I'm not new to woodworking, the largest project up to this point was a coffee table that I made in 1977. Having no table saw or band saw proved not to be as big of a deal as I thought it would be. Hand and portable tools as well as a jointer and planer made to project doable. It just took longer than I thought it would.
It's kind of nice to think that if I can do this….who knows what else I can do. Lesser projects should be a piece of cake!
Brian

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That is certianly a high scale bench! Absolute excellent job!
 

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Looks like you'll be able to handle any size project now. Great job.
 

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Fantastic work. I would love to hear the story about the handwheels on that workbench. A very different touch. Looks like it would be very useful…
 

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Very Nice !! Love the Wheels on the Clamps !!

Welcome
 

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That a WOWerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Great work on a stallion of a bench….BC
 

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indeed "Lesser projects should be a piece of cake!" :) nice build
 

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Thanks One and All!
Jarrod…yes both the plans and the hardware were from Benchcrafted. The quality of both the plans and the hardware is spectacular.
The biggest hurdle was lifting and managing such large, heavy sections by myself. I was thinking of looking in the yellow pages for Sherpas.
 

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Should have called two men and a truck. Then told them the truck was optional. LOL Beautiful workmanship. Makes me wonder why I bought all the power tools.
 

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WOW! Beautiful bench. What woods did you use?
 

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The woods are Hard Maple for the undercarriage and bench tops, Curly Maple for the Vise Chop, and California Walnut for the two accent strips laminated in the benchtops. The crank handles that came from Benchcrafted, I believe to be made from Cocobolo
 

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Wow!
I mean that is a jaw dropping nice.
I think it would look good in the dinning room.

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One heck of a job. Really beautifully done. Use in Health
Nick
 

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gorgeous workbench!
 

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Amazing Bench, I am just trying to keep the drool off my keyboard while looking at it!
 

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Great Job Brian !!!! Very Sharp looking.
 

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That's one AWESOME bench! You will get a lifetime of enjoyment out of it. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
 

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Wow..thats great. I'd be scared to ding it!!! It is beautiful!
 

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I vote for beautiful too!!!
Maybe some day I can do work like that.

Thanks for sharing.
 
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