Thread: Small, Fast and Dirty

( I just posted this on the ANZLF, someone here might like it )
This is a fast and dirty but very strong and rigid small bench. Really it's just a glorified horse. Ideal for a small space, easy to shift away from a wall to work from both sides.
The only joints are the angled shoulders at the leg tops (rights and lefts). This aids assembly and brings the leg face out closer to the apron face for more of a furniture look.
Everything is Maxbond, ( renovating and I had 3/4 tube left and knew it would go off before used again ) clamped, bored and batten screwed together. In 2005 I knocked this up in a morning. The only vises are a Zyliss, a homegrown swivel vise and holes for holddowns. A face vise could be fitted. I haven't because I have high and low Joiners benches with many vises.
The bench is 930mm high, this allows me to bend at the waist to work, I'm 5' 10". The shelf/shelf rails, mostly to brace the bench. This was to be a bench for my eubs only but is used for many other jobs.

height...................930mm
top.......................1350mm x 350mm x 40mm ( 400mm would be better, I used the timber I had without going to extra trouble. )
apron...................1350mm x 115 x 40mm
legs......................60mm x 40mm
base.....................550mm x 70mm x 70mm ( for max stability )