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This project was my first adventure in building something for woodworking. The bench itself is based on the design from Chris Schwarz in his magazine articles for Popular Woodworking and Woodworking magazine.
I’ve written an article about building this bench, hosted at Wk Fine Tools: http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/dPearce/holtzBench/Holtzapffel1.asp
Alternatively, I’ll be posting a followup article, and additional details at my own site: http://www.pearcewoodworking.com/projects.aspx
































16 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 570 days ago
Looks sturdy and attractive!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Canexican
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posted 570 days ago
Great Job, a workbench is my next project.
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jockmike2
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posted 570 days ago
Nice bench, looks like you put some hours into it. mike
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Damian Penney
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posted 570 days ago
Did you face joint the boards for the top prior to glue up, and if so how did you do it? Didn’t see that step in your writeup. Looks great though!
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Dave Pearce
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posted 570 days ago
Hi Damian, all the boards were rough 2×8 southern yellow pine, which I ripped down on my cheap little 10 inch table saw using the sorry standard itty bitty fence. I used the saw to trim off the rounded edges a bit, but as long as they were close and didn’t warp out, I glued em up as is. Once the top was glued up, I used a Stanley No. 6 fore plane and a No. 5 smoother (cross grain, and with grain) to get the working side and underside flat.
Yeah, that was one of the steps I didn’t really detail out. I hadn’t take photos at that point, before WK asked me to write up my progress, so I had to sort of “write around” that part.
GaryK
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posted 570 days ago
Very nice looking bench. It should last a lifetime.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 570 days ago
Thats a very nice nice workbench!
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ShannonRogers
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posted 570 days ago
Great work. I really enjoyed your write up as well. Very detailed and I admire your ability to get this done with a limited budget and tool inventory. This is a testament to the fact that we don’t have to have the Norm Abrams shop to make great stuff. I am curious to hear how you like the independent twin screw front vise. I like the simplicitiy of it over a chain couple twin screw. It seems like it would be easier to work with in the long run.
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jjohn
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posted 570 days ago
Very well done. Sturdy and very useful. Just what ever wood worker needs. I think you made a correct choice for your first project.
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DAN
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posted 570 days ago
great posting and blog
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Dave Pearce
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posted 570 days ago
Shannon, thanks for the kind words (everyone else too!). I really like the independent twin screw vice. It took some getting used to, mostly I think because I have the metal screws, rather than the wooden set, which requires more turns to accomplish the same thing. Other than that, the holding power is pretty amazing.
WoodworkersResource
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posted 570 days ago
Great looking bench! Thanks for the post in how you built it as well. Very informative.
-- Craig, www.WoodworkersResource.com (Where Information meets Inspiration)
jcees
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posted 570 days ago
Checked out your post of the process building this beauty. Nicely done. Now get back to work!
always,
J.C.
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mjlauro
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posted 569 days ago
Excellent job on this bench. I though about building this one but went a different way. Final pics will be coming shortly. Anyway, certainly something to be proud of, Great work.
Kipster
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posted 569 days ago
I aspire to such an achievement, Thank you for sharing.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 569 days ago
Dave,
This is a gorgeous bench and you put together a nice commentary on its construction as well. I have one of these on my list so this proved to be very informative.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.