The NEw Fangled Bench

i have to kindly disagree with your statement. I posted my sketchup, which was a modification of Jeff’s sketchup, which I believe was in turn somebody else’s original!

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/benomatic42/blog/2711

That being said, yours is much prettier, since it has colors and stuff :)

One bit of advice—I put another identical stretcher between the back legs, and it took what little side-to-side “movement” there was and eliminated it. It’s easy to do since you’re already be cutting one, AND you can then build ‘fitted’ tool totes to store on top (or even put in a real shelf or something).

One other thing—I didn’t go to the length of drawing the pipes at actual diameters and with precise locations, and that was a mistake. I tried very hard to do the measurements before drilling, but found myself still a touch off… if you’re experience, this may be a non-factor for you, but I wish I’d just measured and done it in the first place.

I’m excited to see your progress, so make sure to post the pics :)

-b

This looks like a nice bench. I really need to add a good bench to my shop.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Cool, I too have been looking for the .skp for this. Thanks for sharing!

-jn-

-- jn

Personally speaking, it’s hard to go wrong with John White’s workbench. The FWW website is revisiting it this month and calls it “The Bench You Love to Love”. I built one about 6 months ago. It has worked well for me.
I’m adding some drawers, shelves and other improvements to mine and will be posting them soon on my blog.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

this bench predates my awareness of the fine woodworking world. Glad you posted it, that one appeals to me – and the current “benchless” state of my shop.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Isn’t that sketchup up a great package. Looking good Sawdust.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Great plan. Thanks for bringing this up again.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Fixed a few hard to spot issues while I added layout. Getting closer to building. Somday. . .

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You just added to the flavor of this site thanks for sharing…Blkcherry