Bench Complete

[alex grams]

I have no noticeable racking when planing, and I laid into an end grain cutting board last night to level it and the bench stayed put.

[Hank Knight]

Great bench, Alex. I really like the leveler/caster set-up. That's the best solution to the mobile bench problem I've ever seen. Very nice job.

Hank

[Yuri Sadykov]

Guys, sorry for reviving old thread.
I see that bench and like it a lot, great one.
I have a question. You put vises in mirror position from what I usually see. Standard vise on right and end one on left. Are you left handed?
I am in early design stage for my future bench and though that such layout would be beneficial for me, though I am right handed. My rational was to have standard vise on right side, so one can clamp something in it for cross cutting by hand saw. Having the vise on left side does not allow for that, because bench top get in they way.

[alex grams]

Yuri,
I was shocked to see my old thread bumped, but you made the same observation that Greg did about my clamp location.

I honestly did not consider a right/left hand arrangement of the vices and just laid them out how I thought they would work best for me. (I am right handed). The idea of left or right handed never crossed my mind until Greg mentioned it, i just did it how it made sense to me.

I am sure someone else can further elaborate on the pros/cons of vice positioning, but I am happy with mine and find no faults in its use for planing/clamping/sawing.