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Woodworking bench...

so... I think there's something in the genes... I fell in love with woodworking in the sixth grade, but never had resources until now to do anything about it. I've made a few picture frames in the last couple years, but my largest and most current project is the building of a workbench. Actually, my ultimate need was to use some handplanes and chisels on some of my work... which meant I needed a vise to hold the workpiece... which meant I needed a thing to fasten the vise to... (...which, for the attentive reader... :-) describes a set of dependencies not too unlike that of my favorite nursery rhyme...

I've been building this "24-hour workbench" for the last six months =:-).

My bench is still in the midst of being constructed. Here is the table top, along with the vise. It's currently being supported by several lumber pallets:

...and here is the leg-assembly. There are mortise and tenon joints between all leg pieces, along with some bench bolts that join the two end-assemblies together.

My hopes are to create some workpieces which are at most even half as good as those of my maternal grandfather, who was both a Master Carpenter and Cabinetmaker.

Posted at 09:38PM May 12, 2007 by Andrew Rutz in :-)  |  Comments[0]