This build is still in progress but on hold until the fall - I have many other projects I must complete first, some being weather dependent.
I've wanted a bench similar to this since I was about 8 years old, I'm 44 now.
It took about three months to nail down a design I liked that would tic all the boxes; twin screw vise, leg vise, accommodate a hold fast, drawers, and ability to be transported.
This is a series of firsts:
- first bench
- first dovetails I have ever cut on anything (these are done by hand)
- first mortis and tenon joinery
- first drawbore peg use
What left to do:
- Flatten the top
- Add faces to the twin screw vise
- Build my leg vise (there is a mortise in the skirt accept the leg, which will also be attached to the leg of the base)
- The two openings on the left will be fitted with proper drawers (whats there is just temporary).
- The opening on the right will have a raised panel door.
- Behind the leg vise is another opening that will have a door.
The top is hard maple, the walnut came from my grandfathers basement.
The base is mostly soft maple with a couple pieces of hard maple here and there.
The notches on the left end of the base allow room for the twin screws to pass.
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The inner panels have 1" of space between them which will allow room for a hold fast shaft to slide on through, in those two locations.
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I had to take these shots before I soiled it with my makeshift sliding panels.
Not a bad view to have while working at the bench, btw. Also, this shows one of the many projects I must complete, trim in this room.
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Like I said, soil it with makeshift sliding panels. This will make it a little more useful until I can complete it.
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