Finally finished "my" bench

[Cody Cantrell]

Rich, yes this is why I havent been keeping other benches although I see what the fuss about Roubos is all about. Hard to get rid of an Emmert.
Curt, I still have plenty of tools just try not to have many doubles.
thanks everyone for the positive comments

[Jim Koepke]

Nice bench.

Hard to get rid of an Emmert.

Would you like my address?

Not sure I could afford the shipping...

jtk

[Frederick Skelly]

Nice bench Cody. Good work!

[Megan Fitzpatrick]

My cats and my bench are impressed :-)

[Pat Barry]

Wow, well done. I love the storage. I did not do drawers because of the sliding deadman but I really love the convenience. I even thought about putting drawers on the back of the bench. Really well done, and cat approved too!

I also like the bench. You can use the pull out drawers to support your work in place of the sliding deadman though. Did you use metal drawer slides for the drawers or wooden runners?

[Cody Cantrell]

Wooden runners. I used the same system they showed awhile back in FWW.

[Cody Cantrell]

My cats and my bench are impressed :-)

Thanks Megan, I drew alot of inspiration from Glens article a few years back.

[Prashun Patel]

Pat, wouldn't planing with a deadman and open drawers get all the the very stuff you don't want in your drawers, in your drawers?

But your suggestion got me thinking: what about dog holes in the drawer faces?

[Pat Barry]

Pat, wouldn't planing with a deadman and open drawers get all the the very stuff you don't want in your drawers, in your drawers?

Good point.

[Phil Mueller]

Very nice bench Cody. I like Prashun's idea of dog holes in the drawer fronts...but given how nice they look, I don't think I'd be able to bring myself to doing that. Just use it for awhile...you'll come to know if you need a deadman or not.

[Kevin Hampshire]

Cody, was this shaker bench from plans or something you worked out the design?

[Cody Cantrell]

No formal plans, I wanted to be able to use holdfasts so when I designed it I put the drawer bank in the middle and doors on the side. Now I can put holes in the top on either side.