Woodsmith Workbench

Jordan,

That’s a beautiful bench, and welcome to Lumberjocks.

Don’t concern yourself about using pine for your bench. It is perfectly appropriate for a bench.

Paul Sellers is a great woodworker from the UK and he has used a pine workbench for over forty years. He works almost exclusively with hand tools. In the youtube video I linked to he is building a workbench similar to his own, and he talks about how going with a different wood is unnecessary.

You’ve made a nice bench and it should last you a lifetime.

what a great looking bench.my current workbench is pine also and it is just fine.thanks for sharing.

-- It don't have to be straight,it's just a suggestion!!!

looks good to me, my first bench was 2×4’s and particle board… also huge and more or less a clutter catcher. It has long since been decommissioned and rebuilt into several different things since. But you gotta start somewhere to figure out what you REALLY want and need. I think the point of Fir is that it tends to come, and stay, much straighter than other sorts of pine.

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Nice bench Scott and welcome to Lumberjocks. Look forward to some projects!!!

-- The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. "Helen Keller"

Nice work Jordon

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Very nice! Have lots of fun with it :)
You could post some more pics…

-- - Greetings from Brazil - --

I will post some more tonight once I get it cleaned up. This was taken during the assembly of my current project.

-- Jordan, BC

This is a nice design and it looks like you did a great job. This looks a lot like mine, including the cutoff storage underneath :) I used the same design for the base, but I used laminated dimensional lumber instead of the MDF sandwich, basically the same top as in the Paul Sellers video in the link, above.

This is a nice design a beautiful bench!!

-- Dimitrios Afidnes Greece

Looks good and sturdy. Throw 4 of these on there and it goes anywhere like an outfeed table.

http://www.woodcraft.com/product/2001989/3723/3-caster-double-locking-swiveling-with-4-hole-mounting-plate-414-tall.aspx

My current bench is a leftover aquarium stand with a mdf sandwhich top also. The mdf does’nt hold dogs well at all, its the only thing I will change in the future.

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Very Nice Indeed!! Thanks for Posting!

Rick

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i made the same bench sized for my needs.easy build and very sturdy it is.great job and welcome to LJ’s.

-- Jeff,Tucson,Az.

I added some further pictures after a bit of clean up.

-- Jordan, BC

Nice build. You started the hobby the correct way in my opinion with a good solid functional workbench.

-- John, Phoenix-AZ

Great job. I have the plans for this workbench, too, though I didn’t end up building it. You’ve done a great job!

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