I responded to a post about a wagon vise and a person commented on the color of my bench. I did not wish to hijack his thread but I thought I would respond with a new post.


In( The Workbench Book), Scott Landis shows a picture of of a 19 century shaker bench, that is in a museum in Hancock Massachusetts. I matched the color as best I could with paint samples. Anyway it is chalk paint, antiqued, then used Van Dike Brown glazes and a coat of Minwax antique oil finish.


Because I responded to a post about a wagon vise I would post a couple more pictures of the bench but it is to point out that one does not have to spend a lot of money on vise screws. I know I have less that $150 total in vises.The tail vise being the most expensive, at about $75. I think I got it on sale for less but can't be for sure.


Anyway a couple more pictures showing that there are other ways of getting ( thinking outside the box) a great bench besides spending a lot of money.


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