Dale Murray
05-21-2016, 10:51 PM
This build is still in progress but on hold until the fall - I have many other projects I must complete first, some being weather dependent.
I've wanted a bench similar to this since I was about 8 years old, I'm 44 now.
It took about three months to nail down a design I liked that would tic all the boxes; twin screw vise, leg vise, accommodate a hold fast, drawers, and ability to be transported.
This is a series of firsts:
- first bench
- first dovetails I have ever cut on anything (these are done by hand)
- first mortis and tenon joinery
- first drawbore peg use
What left to do:
- Flatten the top
- Add faces to the twin screw vise
- Build my leg vise (there is a mortise in the skirt accept the leg, which will also be attached to the leg of the base)
- The two openings on the left will be fitted with proper drawers (whats there is just temporary).
- The opening on the right will have a raised panel door.
- Behind the leg vise is another opening that will have a door.
The top is hard maple, the walnut came from my grandfathers basement.
The base is mostly soft maple with a couple pieces of hard maple here and there.
The notches on the left end of the base allow room for the twin screws to pass.
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The inner panels have 1" of space between them which will allow room for a hold fast shaft to slide on through, in those two locations.
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I had to take these shots before I soiled it with my makeshift sliding panels.
Not a bad view to have while working at the bench, btw. Also, this shows one of the many projects I must complete, trim in this room.
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Like I said, soil it with makeshift sliding panels. This will make it a little more useful until I can complete it.
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I've wanted a bench similar to this since I was about 8 years old, I'm 44 now.
It took about three months to nail down a design I liked that would tic all the boxes; twin screw vise, leg vise, accommodate a hold fast, drawers, and ability to be transported.
This is a series of firsts:
- first bench
- first dovetails I have ever cut on anything (these are done by hand)
- first mortis and tenon joinery
- first drawbore peg use
What left to do:
- Flatten the top
- Add faces to the twin screw vise
- Build my leg vise (there is a mortise in the skirt accept the leg, which will also be attached to the leg of the base)
- The two openings on the left will be fitted with proper drawers (whats there is just temporary).
- The opening on the right will have a raised panel door.
- Behind the leg vise is another opening that will have a door.
The top is hard maple, the walnut came from my grandfathers basement.
The base is mostly soft maple with a couple pieces of hard maple here and there.
The notches on the left end of the base allow room for the twin screws to pass.
337845
The inner panels have 1" of space between them which will allow room for a hold fast shaft to slide on through, in those two locations.
337846
I had to take these shots before I soiled it with my makeshift sliding panels.
Not a bad view to have while working at the bench, btw. Also, this shows one of the many projects I must complete, trim in this room.
337847 337848 337849
Like I said, soil it with makeshift sliding panels. This will make it a little more useful until I can complete it.
337850