I finally built it, Work Bench!!

[gary south]

I am so excited about my new bench I wanted to show it off. I have been dreaming about this for 2 years and running a full time wood working business it is hard to break away to do something like this. Well I finally broke down and did it.



This bench measures 52" wide x 89" long with a vise 21" wide x 2 1/4" x 6" solid maple. I still have to drill for dogs which I have taken alot of advice that I have read on Sawmill that I plane to follow.




The top is made of 1 1/4" thick 1" thick oak on ends that makes up the butcher block style top that sits on 1 1/2"s of Amberosa ply (similar to baltic birch).



There are over 23 drawers that will finally hold my routers, nailers, cabinet hardware, router bits, screws, and much much more.




I dove tailed all the drawers and constructed them out of Baltic Birch 1/2" boxes with 1/4" Baltic Birch bottoms.

VERY VERY HEAVY!!!! I still have to move it to the other end of the shop you dont see in the pictures and the shiny look is that the finish is still wet.

I hope you enjoy!

Gary
GW Custom Woods

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Beautiful bench Gary! Well done sir!

[Rick Lucrezi]

Very nice, sure wish I had one in my shop. When the house is done I can start thinking about stuff like that.

[Craig Nickles]

Very nice.

[Ken Higginbotham]

That's too nice to work on

[Mike Null]

Very well done.

[Mike Wilkins]

Very nicely done. I just have one question. Why not more than one vise??
With this much real estate of a worktop, it would be limiting to have just one clamping option. Still a real nice bench. You must have a decent-sized shop.

[Von Bickley]

Gary,

That is one GREAT work bench/table.......

[gary south]

Very nicely done. I just have one question. Why not more than one vise??
With this much real estate of a worktop, it would be limiting to have just one clamping option. Still a real nice bench. You must have a decent-sized shop.

I dont do alot of hand tooling work as most of my work is power. I incorporated this vise as my son is starting up his panel business and I noticed when he works he likes things to be held down. So, I am thinking that bench dogs will be good to utilize. I was looking at it (bench) last night noticing that I could put a small vise on the same end but from the front side.

Thanks for the feed back.

Gary

[Jim Becker]

That's a nice big bench with great storage. Nice work.

[Jude Tuliszewski]

Man, that is a lot of real estate. I wish I had room for a work bench that big. Great job.

[John Thompson]

Great bench.. and large enough to double as an assembly table... not to mention major storage under-neath..

Sarge..

[Bruce Page]

Nice BIG bench!
You're going to love all that storage.

[mike holden]

That is one mighty fine bench!
I envy you.

Now, to make something with it! (grinnnn!)

Mike

[David Christopher]

thats not a work bench....its a fine piece of furniture