Finally finished my workbench. It is based on the Essential Workbench from FWW. Hard Maple with Jatoba aprons. 2 Lie-Nielsen chain drive vises, one 12” on the face, and the other 18” on the end. The top is about 29” deep by 90” long. It took about 4 months of on and off work on weekends and random evenings after work. The dovetails ended up being through dovetails with a piece of Jatoba laminated onto the pin board after I blew out one of the sockets while chiseling it out. It is finished with a couple of coats of a Bees Wax, Turpentine, BLO mixture. The top is about 2 1/4” thick with 5”+ wide aprons. A cabinet full of drawers is in the near future.
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NormG
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#1 posted 345 days ago
You did a wonderful job, I bet you will have many years of use of this bench. Love the woods used, great detail
-- Norman
Jon McGrath
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#2 posted 345 days ago
Great looking bench
-- Jon
Retsof
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#3 posted 345 days ago
Awesome! I love the contrasting woods in the legs and aprons.
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jcees
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#4 posted 345 days ago
Very nicely conceived and executed. Bravo! Nothing like working off your own workbench.
always,
J.C.
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BenI
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#5 posted 345 days ago
Great looking workbench! Definitely need to make one for myself now
-- Ben from IL
Greg
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#6 posted 345 days ago
Yes, this is splendid! I too, love teh contrasting woods and D/Ts. I am jealous!
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JohnMeeley
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#7 posted 345 days ago
The finish appears to be flawless. It just begs to be touched. During holiday meals, it would make a fine sideboard in any dining room also.
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mackcr
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#8 posted 345 days ago
Great looking bench!
Jamie Speirs
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#9 posted 344 days ago
Great bench
Nice clean and tidy no complicated bits
It is going to be a pleasure to use
I like the contrasting woods
Shows that shop furniture can also look good
jamie
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Chris Murphy
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#10 posted 344 days ago
that is a beautiful piece of work, well done….
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mloy365
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#11 posted 344 days ago
That is awesome! What a great bench!
-- Mike - Northern Upper Michigan
helluvawreck
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#12 posted 344 days ago
That is a really nice workbench. Looks like you did a fine job on it and you will be able to use it for the rest of your life.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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langley_dad
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#13 posted 344 days ago
Favorited!
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blackcherry
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#14 posted 344 days ago
Congrat on your new workmate, this turn out fabulous the wood choice are sweet eye candy for any shop. Great work thanks for posting…BC
thedude50
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#15 posted 344 days ago
looks good please add it to my thread the work bench of your dreams thread so the readers of that thread can see it thanks
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