Workbench From Odds and Ends

Awesome bench.

Specatular. I love the trestle legs.

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

I like the design. The top is Awesome.

-- Peter, A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

Hi,

Nice bench… I wonder why use Sketchup when something like Draftsight is freely available? I’ve found Sketchup to be clunky, but that’s just me.

I use Visio to do my drawings.. but have started learning Draftsight.

SirFAtty – I’ve used AutoCAD and SolidWorks for years, so I think that experience has made a transition to SketchUp pretty easy. I’ve not used Draftsight, but will have to check it out. Thanks for the insight!

pretty cool bench!

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I like that bench! When I get all this bloody stuff off of my porch I was thinking about making a dedicated planing bench along those lines (with an added Japanese style planning stop on one end). I take it with those legs you don’t get much in the way of racking?

Excellent Bench…. Love that Finish…..

-- What we do in life will Echo through Eternity........

There is no reason not to expect high kudos on this wonderful salvage. I’m glad you were able to recycle some “junk” into something you will use proudly. It should inspire you to do your best on all the work it sees!
BTW I love SU, but I will look at Draftsight. I thought I had mastered just about every CAD program out there, but Draftsight is new to me.

Dan

-- Dan Krager, Olney IL http://www.kragerwoodworking.weebly.com

A nice big heavy bench

what more could you ask for

Thanks for the drawing info

I must try PC/Cad drawing sometime

The painters complain about my designs

being drawn on the wall. :)

Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Who would not be proud of that bench. Great job.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Great, solid bench. I love it when odds and ends come together.

-- Doug, Reed City, Michigan

Much nicer than my first bench I’m about to build :)

-- measure once, cut twice...

Nice bench should serve you well . You built it so you should be proud of it and kudos to you for sharing.

I can’t wait to build my bench. First step, get space…

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