Hello - I joined the site yesterday and posted in the general forum. I thought I would post pictures of my workbench project here. I have been wanting a good workbench for many years. I finally have the tools and space to get it done. We shall see about the time component.
I was working out of town this past year and managed to score a bunch of hard maple (for $3.55/BF) which I hauled home. I also have some 8/4 Walnut that I am incorporating into the bench. I have the LN tail-vise hardware and I also have a vise screw from LV for the shoulder-vise.
I glued up the top in sections which I haven't connected yet. I used maple splines to help register the faces. I will drill some holdfast holes (while I can still get them in the drill press) before I glue the sections together.
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This is a rough mockup of the layout to make sure I have my dimensions correct for the trestle rails and feet.
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Here is a mockup of the shoulder vise to check dimensions.
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Mortises cut last night for the trestle rails and feet
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Cutting tenon cheeks
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Cutting shoulders
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Tenons rough cut. I will tune them up by hand to fit them to mortises.
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I probably won't go into this much detail for the entire build but I will continue to post pictures of my progress.
Kris