Workbench - mishmash of types.

I like it!! It’s looks solid and the purpleheart makes the bench pop out!!

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Great job. As you say, looks almost too good to use. This time next year it will be well settled in with plenty
of stains and scratches to give it character.
Hope you do great work on it. It’ll last a life time.

Rgds,
M.

-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.

Very nice bench. That’s one of the more substantial shoulder vises that I’ve seen. This should give you a life time of use, if you can get past worrying about scratching it. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

Lovely bench. Sweet execution. Bravo.

always,
J.C.

-- When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. -- John Muir

don´t care about the holes , you will see that in time you will bee glad you have made them
they will bee handy to have when you glue up panels
the way you have build the bench with a shoulder vice and the endvice and a sliding jack
I think you are pretty the dreambench for many people , the only different I can I wuold change a little
is the length if I had to build it

congrat´s with the build of a beautyfull bench :-)

take care
Dennis

Very nice

-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!, http://www.witzkewood.com

It will be fun rearranging your shop for the new mistress. Great looking project. Enjoy it.

-- Steve, 'Sconie Great White North

You did a nice job, the various woods give it character. Be careful with sharp chisels! (I bought a large Sjobergs workbench and a couple of months after I got it..whoops 6” gouge out of the top when I was carving something.)

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It’s absolutely spectacular and that’s some thick purpleheart stock! You won’t be dinging the corners on that thing anytime soon. I think the dog holes are completely appropriate! You can either drill them now or with every project that just…can’t….quite…reach. Might as well do it while the drill’s warmed up. I’ve been studying the benches for a couple of years now & I think I’m just about ready to start collecting lumber. Like yours, mine will have a massive shoulder for the same reasons. Deadman check. I’d like a wagon as well, I think. Excellent!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Fantastic! Someday I will tackle something like this. I think the use of ash makes a lot of sense. It is relatively hard and very cost effective, at lieast it is here in Michigan right now. I’m sure you will get decades of use out of it.

-- Bobthebuilderinmichigan

very nice! The purpleheart is a nice touch, congrats on a fine bench.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - http://www.willmego.com/

Mishmash is the best mash.

-- Caulk and paint are a poor carpenter's best friends

Very nice bench. Looks beautiful with the purpleheart trim.

-- Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. --- Psalm 39:5

very cool workbench

-- I am not so rich to buy cheap tools.

Nice looking workbench.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker