For the last year or so I've been trying to come up with a way to haul my tools and a work bench in the motorhome. I've built a classic style tool chest but it was way too big and heavy to use and have now settled on Japanese tool boxes as the answer for tool storage/transportation. The hangup has been a usable work bench. I ran many designs through my head but for all there was always a "yes but", until I ran across Will Myers' video on building a Moravian work bench. All the "yes buts" were answered.
The build process is well under way. I found a nice European Beech 8/4 slab for the top and I'm using some HD construction grade DF for the base. I expect after the September Oregon trip I will re-make the base using Beech or Poplar. Once completed the bench will break down into 7 component parts the heaviest being the slab ( a 8/4 X 1500mm X 280mm hunk of Beech) heavy but still easy to manage.
You can't tell much from this photo but here are the almost completed legs in position for measuring/marking the location and size of the long stretcher mortises.
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After chopping the long stretcher mortises I will add a short dove tailed stretcher to the leg set to finish the base.
I have a wood screw on order for the vise, once it arrives the bench should be finished in a few days. BTW, I'm thinking about using a two tone Milk Paint finish on the base....Hide the DF don'tchknow.
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