My new workbench

[Donnie Raines]

Well....my standard in taking photo's has presented it's self again.....and that is poor quailty. I don't like tooting my own horn...but this thing came together just as I had hope it would. The bench is not very big....about 6 foot long by 23 inchs deep. It stands about belly button high. I used cherry and quilted mapke for the top and hard maple and quilted maple for the carcass and dawer fronts. The drawer sides are built of qtr sawn curly sassfrass. I have not organized the drawers at this point...but I will.

The frame is full mortise and tenon with pocket holes(hand cut...:rolleyes:) for some points of the drawer runners. I have only applied one coat of danish oil and I will apply another two or three. At the left side I installed a "holder" for hand tool work.....smoothing and things of that nature. I have never really needed a big vise so I used this little Groz that I have had laying around. Thanks for looking.

Oh...as for the date in the pix....I could never get that to change(cheap camera).

[David Fried]

Donnie,

Glanced at the title and first picture. Thought there was a mistake - that's a nice dresser! Very nice!! Nice choice of wood. The matching vise jaws are really sweet. Use it and enjoy it!

Dave Fried

[Tom Pritchard]

Donnie, that is a great looking bench! Plenty of storage space, which is always a big plus! Just curious, how high is the benchtop?

[Matthew Poeller]

I agree. That is a very nice "dresser". That would look too nice to go into my shop that is for sure.

Are you planning a designer only shop or something.

Again, just, WOW>

[Rick Schubert]

Donnie,

I saw the first picture and thought the same as David. If you ever get out of woodworking you can move it into your bedroom. Nice job. I need to build one for myself but keep putting it off. Enjoy it and get it dirty!!

Rick

[Jay Knepper]

Quilted maple drawer fronts, 'eh? Now that's what I call conspicuous consumption. Ya did good, boy.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Donnie that is not a bench that could go in my bedroom as a dresser. My lovely wife probably wouldn't let me use that for a bench. That is one mighty fine looking bench.

[John Bailey]

Donnie,

I've seen worse looking formal dining tables. Nice job!!

John

[Vaughn McMillan]

Donnie, if that's a workbench, I can only imagine what the cabinets in your house must look like. ;) Real nice work. I envy you guys who have nice hardwoods like that available at a price where they can be used for shop projects.

- Vaughn

[Jim Becker]

Very nice, Donnie. Does the job and looks really great, too! Nice combination.

[John Hart]

Now Donnie...That is EXACTLY what I envision for Benches in my shop!....someday....maybe :o

Nice work!

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Wow! Now that is a sweet bench Donnie! If I built something like that for the shop, LOML would kill me....

Maybe someday when I get caught up on the "List" :)

[Donnie Raines]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I was a little gun shy at first on useing the quilted...granted I have lots more...but I wanted something with nice figure to look at when I was in the shop. The color diffrence you see in the pix is not as evident when you view in person.....again that my cheap camera talking.

I don't recall the exact height if the bench....but I am 6 foot tall and it comes to my belly button....:rolleyes:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Donnie....beautiful bench! I will NOT be showing this to my wife as I can tell you she wouldn't allow me to spend the kind of money that wood would cost in our hardwood deprived area!

[tod evans]

nice bench donnie!

[Rich Torino]

This is going to be kept in the dinning room right??
Great looking bench....

[Tyler Howell]

Don't scratch it or get any gunk on that piece of fine furniture.
Very nice Donnie

[Donnie Raines]

Don't scratch it or get any gunk on that piece of fine furniture.
Very nice Donnie
No glue or other stuff will get to this bench. Only hand tool work will be done on this one.....my other bench will see all the dirty work.:cool:

[Chris Rosenberger]

Very Nice. I would be afraid to use it.

[John Miliunas]

Why is it your shop furniture looks better than the stuff I have in my house????:confused: Very, very nice, Donnie. I don't know where you get your stock of figured stuff from but, I sure do wish I had a load of it around here!:) Great looking bench!:) :cool:

[Donnie Raines]

Why is it your shop furniture looks better than the stuff I have in my house????:confused: Very, very nice, Donnie. I don't know where you get your stock of figured stuff from but, I sure do wish I had a load of it around here!:) Great looking bench!:) :cool:

Thank ya sir for those kind words.

I wish I could tell where the wood comes from...but then I would need to....wellllllll.....you no the rest.

Actually this was an odd buy for me. I puchased an entire stack of stuff from a guy that called me. I have plenty of quilted to last me a while.:p :)

[Mark Stutz]

Great looking bench, Donnie! I agree with your philosophy of having nice things to look at while in the shop. Well done.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Great looking bench, Donnie! I agree with your philosophy of having nice things to look at while in the shop. Well done.
That right there is why I have no mirrors in my shop. :D

- Vaughn

[Corey Hallagan]

Wow! Nice bench Donnie!

Corey

[Mark Stutz]

That right there is why I have no mirrors in my shop. :D

- Vaughn
LOL:D :eek:

[Norman Gallaher]

Mine is built out of 2 x 6 and MDF. Not worth taking a pic of

Norm:cool:

[Jason Tuinstra]

Donnie, sorry I've been a bit AWOL lately, but I'm sure glad I didn't miss this one. What a great looking bench! It has a nice Hancock Shaker Villiage look to it. And as always, we can count on you to put that wierd looking wood to good use :p I'm sure this thing is rock solid! Thanks for showing it off.

[Dennis McDonaugh]

Nice looking bench Donnie. I especially like the quilted maple.

[Jack Diemer]

Curly wood for vice jaws. You should be shot.

[Anthony Anderson]

You have just raised the bar for my bedroom dressers...If I ever find the time to build them. Beautiful work Donnie. Bill

[Martin Shupe]

Wow! Donnie, that is some bench! Can you show us the curly sassafras drawer sides? Excellent job, as expected.

[Donnie Raines]

Curly wood for vice jaws. You should be shot.

Those were my cut off's....:D :cool:

[Donnie Raines]

Wow! Donnie, that is some bench! Can you show us the curly sassafras drawer sides? Excellent job, as expected.

Hi martin,

No photos of the drawer sides. It looks just like the stock I used on my router table and cabinet.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=26476

take a look at the side of the router table.

[Donnie Raines]

Donnie, sorry I've been a bit AWOL lately, but I'm sure glad I didn't miss this one. What a great looking bench! It has a nice Hancock Shaker Villiage look to it. And as always, we can count on you to put that wierd looking wood to good use :p I'm sure this thing is rock solid! Thanks for showing it off.

I figured I would use all this funky stuff on this....don't won't to mix it in with the good stuff.:cool: :D