I've Got Legs! -- (Hacker Bench Progress)

[Tom LaRussa]

The joinery is pathetic, :o it's out of plumb all over the place, :o and there are gigantic glue drips all over the thing, :o but it's got legs, :) it's upright, :) the vises are attached, :) and those are good things. :)

A couple days of planing the top and this thing will be ready to use!

Yeeeeeeeeee-Hawwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

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[John Miliunas]

Hey Tom, that's coming along quite nicely! Starting to look like the real McCoy. Well done! :) :cool:

[Erin Raasch]

Looks good & sturdy - isn't that what counts? :)

[Steve Wargo]

Maybe it's just the picture, but does the front vice line up with the dog Hole? Just curious.

[Tyler Howell]

Well done Tom,

I'm liking it. Bench on a shoe string. Just started reading up on one for me.
But hey Dude your avatar is creepin me out man:eek: .

[Tom LaRussa]

Maybe it's just the picture, but does the front vice line up with the dog Hole? Just curious.
By "front" do you mean the one on the end? If so, yes it does. :)

[James Giordano]

Looks good to me .


:D

[Aaron Kline]

Where did you get that front vise from? Your bench is coming along nicely.

[Michael Stafford]

Tom, good job on the bench. Clean up a little glue, do a little sanding, apply a coat of oil and it is good for a lifetime of use. I love my bench that I made and it is one of my "essential" tools. :D

Is that a shop dog in a couple of the pictures or a stuffed animal? Hard to tell. I miss my little yappy shop dog. :(

Good looking bench. :)

[Tom LaRussa]

Where did you get that front vise from? Your bench is coming along nicely.
Hi Aaron,

The vises are from an outfit called "Wholesale Tools." They are knockoffs of the standard "Record" type vise but cost only $19 each for the seven inchers, and about $29 for the larger, (9? 10? 11? inch), model.

Here is the website page showing their locations. http://www.wttool.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=WT&Screen=locations&PHPSESSID=6d9513c3678954b7e023fd9c7e293b87

:)

[Roger Turnbough]

Tom,

Nice looking bench. One word of warning though is, if you are bashing on something on your bench like pounding in mortises, make sure that you dont have one of those pine knots under your work. It will most definately leave a dimple the size of the knot in your work. (DAMHIKT)

Keep up the good work,

Roger
South of Chicago