Hi All,
I recently had a friend drop off 60+ pieces of red oak and ash. I have decided to use some of it for a new work bench. I am basing this on Christopher Schwarz's 18th century bench from his second book. I am building it 35" high with a top around 24"x 90". I will be building a leg vise and most likely a Veritas twin screw end vise. The top will be made up of laminated 3 3/4" x 5 5/8" pieces or the red oak. I am using a mix of hand tools and power tools. Too much work for hand tools alone. Any suggestions are welcom. Here a few pics of the work so far.
Rough material:
First few peices of the top
Legs: