Gizmodyne's Workbench

Nice .. and yes indded.. a little (or lot) pretty!!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Looks great to me!

-- Paul, Texas

Nice bench Giz.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Good strong looking bench Giz. What color are you going to stain it?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Looks great. Also looks like you got a bench stuck on your chisel :-) The bench taking a little retribution :-)

-- ICN, Bill, (http://www.coachbillcowan.com)

Great looking bench.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Bill-

I am not going to stain it. Though some stain has dripped onto the maple. I may just danish oil the base and sides and wax the top. I still need to add benchdog holes.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Bill-

I am not going to stain it. Though some stain has dripped onto the maple. I may just danish oil the base and sides and wax the top. I still need to add benchdog holes. I also am thinking about adding a cabinet to the bottom with some drawers. Right now I have all of my portable power tools stacked there.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Are you going to add a tail vice? I’m also thinking about building a cabinet for mine. I would like to have all of my handtool storage below the bench.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I am not sure about the tail vice Wayne? I am going to add a simple stop to the left end.

At the shop where I take classes, none of the benches have tail vices and I have not missed it. I don’t do tons of hand work. Mainly I use the vice to hold a piece to trim a tennon or chisel a groove square.

I would want to get the Veritas, but I need to hold off on the woodshop expenses for a while.

What do people use the end vice for anyway?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Giz. Your writing about adding Bench Dogs. if You look at my Mini Bench I have a picture of the Jig I used to evenly space the holes down the bench. here I used 3/4 quarter ply and added a lip on the side to give me the setback from the edge. I then drilled 2 – 3/4” holes with a forstner bit. I then put a dog in one hole and moved the jig down the table drilling as I went. It gave me all evenly spaced holes and the same distance from the edge. clamp a board on the bottom as you drill to cut down the chipping on the underside.

My pictures showes 2 jigs. That was because I had two different spacing on each side.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks for the tip. I will definitely do that. What type of bit?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

3/4” forstner.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks Karson: I will try to get on it and post some pics.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Nice looking workbench!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker