LSD Workbench #1: LSD Hickory Bench
This workbench has had an interesting history. The Hickory was donated by National Lumber Supply. This Hickory makes up the majority of the top. The trestle (base) is constructed in Ash. The height was set for shorter students, actually using a student in one of the fundamentals classes as a model for the bench height. The height is around 30” – so considerably shorter than our normal benches. The bench trestle got it’s start as a demo for the Fall 09 workbench class. The joinery is standard mortise and tenon for bases. I made a choice at the time to have some natural edge being exposed on the left hand side. As the bench has progressed this may have been a mistake. As...
