Any Thoughts on Sjoberg's Nordic Plus 1450 Workbench?

If you are currently using a massive bench, you will probably not be happy with this bench. It is decent
for the price. You’re right, you probably wouldn’t save much, if any, building it. I guess it comes down to your expectations. I don’t know that I would want to use it, but I’m pretty picky about my tools. I have a bench I bought from Garret Wade a few years ago. It is a very good bench, but I want to build one that is much heavier.

The price is good, and the bench would be good for light weight projects, but is a little light for planing in my opinion. I have this bench in my store, so I have seen it

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

I’ve been looking at benches too, and while i’m not very familiar with that model the few commercially made benches i’ve seen in the flesh (as Kent says) surprised me a bit regarding how lightly constructed they were – they look fine in the pictures.

I’m sure they work, but my take in deciding to go the DIY route was that it’s the sort of thing i’ll get one real shot at and only want to do once – so i’d better do it right.

There’s lots of plans and other good information about. The one issue i’ve not really been able to bottom in deciding a spec for mine is whether it’s worth putting loads of work into a European style wooden ‘L’ vice at the end. Right now i’m more inclined to go for a metal end vice with well faced jaws and the possibility of two or three rows of dog holes. I’m not sure that an ‘L’ vice may not be more about tradition than functional advantage… ...

ian

-- Late awakener....

I saw one of these and was kind of shocked at how lightweight it was.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"