My First Bench

Good looking bench. Nice job.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very nice! I’m impressed! Thank you for sharing this!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

that is a very nice bench. I have make one soon also. Note to self don’t use Fir.. lol

-- Kaleo , http://www.kalafinefurniture.com

Great work on this! You think you’ll add a tail vise at some point or are you just using dogs as stops? What’s your work-holding strategy?

Did you flatten the top with that jointer there? Is that the LN #7?

And – welcome to LJ!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Nice bench a perfect details.

-- Jiri

Nice job, Now get to work!

-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://georgiacustom.com

Very nice, I’m jealous.

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Looks great….

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

The bench shows your ability to work wood and produce great results. Something to be proud of. Looking forward to see what comes off the bench next.

Really nice bench. I keep putting off making one because I can’t decide exactly what I want, and how elaborate I want to make it. Yours is quite elegant in its simple but perfectly-executed design.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Wow the Douglas Fir cupped on you. Was the wood still “green/wet” when you started? What do you think caused it? I might have found a source for some Douglas Fir and I was thinking I would make my bench out it.

-- http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/

Nice job. One of these days I’ll actually have a workspace big enough for a good bench.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I made my bench just about 10 months ago from douglass fir as well (I wanted Southern Yellow Pine as recommended by Chris Schwarz but it just isn’t available here locally). Have been real happy with the result, I built with a MC of just under 9%.

-- So Much Wood - So Little Time! --

Great looking bench! I like the clean, no nonsense lines. On another note, your shop looks really nice, would love to see some more photos of the shop and some details on what decisions you made while setting it up and what you learned in that process.

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)

Beautifully Done!

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us