Michael Koons
02-01-2012, 9:57 AM
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I'm posting this picture mostly as a "Thank You" to this group for all your help and advice as I embarked on building a nice workbench for the shop. I borrowed the design from several workbenches and made some adaptations on the fly, but it's mostly based on FWW's "Essential Workbench." I did not put in the Lee Valley end vice, mostly due to cost but I'm very happy with the shoulder vice the way it is.
I still need to hand plane it to "dead flat." Right now, it's flat to 1/64" across the width, but I'd like to get it flatter. I'll work it with my #7 plane over time to flatten it out. I also will build the drawer unit that FWW published for the workbench, but I have to build some stuff for the family first. :)
If anyone wants to know about the process for the 2 1/2 thick maple top or anything else that went into building this, let me know. Thanks to everyone for tips on techniques and processes. This is a great group of experts and your advice is greatly appreciated.
Mike
I'm posting this picture mostly as a "Thank You" to this group for all your help and advice as I embarked on building a nice workbench for the shop. I borrowed the design from several workbenches and made some adaptations on the fly, but it's mostly based on FWW's "Essential Workbench." I did not put in the Lee Valley end vice, mostly due to cost but I'm very happy with the shoulder vice the way it is.
I still need to hand plane it to "dead flat." Right now, it's flat to 1/64" across the width, but I'd like to get it flatter. I'll work it with my #7 plane over time to flatten it out. I also will build the drawer unit that FWW published for the workbench, but I have to build some stuff for the family first. :)
If anyone wants to know about the process for the 2 1/2 thick maple top or anything else that went into building this, let me know. Thanks to everyone for tips on techniques and processes. This is a great group of experts and your advice is greatly appreciated.
Mike