Quote Originally Posted by Frederick Skelly View Post
Beautiful bench Nick! Like the hardware too. Been thinking about a Hovarter or Benchcrafted vise but haven't convinced myself yet.

Hey BTW, my pine bench top has lasted just fine. I don't expect to need to replace it. Have you had a different experience?

Fred
Thank you! When I was building this bench I thought I would use the leg vise a lot and not so much the tail vise. But I couldn't have been more wrong. The tail vise is the most handy thing in my shop right now... being able to firmly secure any board of just about any size to a huge unmoving mass in literally a matter of a few seconds is quite the difference maker. The leg vise is awesome too, I just thought I would use it way more than the tail vise.

Honestly, I've built a benchtop out of pine along with a few heavy equipment stands and have never had a problem with it. But I'm typically not hammering/pounding/chiseling/sawing on those either.