Rick Fisher
06-12-2011, 8:15 PM
I seem to have finished building my new bench today..
This bench is Eastern Maple and Sapelli. The Sapelli was left over stock that was sitting in my garage for the last couple years.. figured I would use it up ..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170971.jpg
The bench is 39-1/2 deep.. It serves as an outfeed table as well, and I am quite tall.. I read countless threads on benches, but my gut feeling was that I wanted a big bench top..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170973.jpg
There are 12 drawers.. The drawers are all dovetailed, maple boxes.. with BB Bottoms.. I went with 24" full extension slides because of the overhang on the front.. The drawer fronts are made from scraps of Sapelli and Wenge ..
I got those handles for a buck a piece .. dead stock sale..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170974.jpg
I ended up installing a Lee Valley tail vise.. (twice) .. lol That piece of maple actually came as stock for the top.. So I put it aside and used it for the front rail.. Its not the fanciest figure, but it was sold as regular 8/4 stock..
The bench top is 2-3/4 and the skirt is 5-1/2 "
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170975.jpg
I am still installing dividers in drawers.. so I suppose its not quite finished..
The Tail vise is awesome.. I highly recommend one.. I thought it over and over and decided that 99% of the clamping I would do was going to be handled best by a tail vise..
This bench is Eastern Maple and Sapelli. The Sapelli was left over stock that was sitting in my garage for the last couple years.. figured I would use it up ..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170971.jpg
The bench is 39-1/2 deep.. It serves as an outfeed table as well, and I am quite tall.. I read countless threads on benches, but my gut feeling was that I wanted a big bench top..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170973.jpg
There are 12 drawers.. The drawers are all dovetailed, maple boxes.. with BB Bottoms.. I went with 24" full extension slides because of the overhang on the front.. The drawer fronts are made from scraps of Sapelli and Wenge ..
I got those handles for a buck a piece .. dead stock sale..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170974.jpg
I ended up installing a Lee Valley tail vise.. (twice) .. lol That piece of maple actually came as stock for the top.. So I put it aside and used it for the front rail.. Its not the fanciest figure, but it was sold as regular 8/4 stock..
The bench top is 2-3/4 and the skirt is 5-1/2 "
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1170975.jpg
I am still installing dividers in drawers.. so I suppose its not quite finished..
The Tail vise is awesome.. I highly recommend one.. I thought it over and over and decided that 99% of the clamping I would do was going to be handled best by a tail vise..