Thread: New Bench

Good onya Tom, good to get started on something, innit?

Wot about some pics mate? Bit of a pain to do (when you're rattling along making progress you don't want to stop to take pics) but is good to record your journey and share it with yer brothers.


Cheers mate...............Sean

Shall do scooter. How was the Barbie?

Great, Tom we all had good fun, food, & fellowship

More Fs than me honeymoon


Cheers................Sean

some pictures of stage 1 of my new bench. And one of my current bench, so you can see why i need a new one. The dog is just there for his good looks.

Tom,

Can see why you want the new bench, should be good - keep the pics up.
What are you going to use for the joinery? M&T? Do you intend to build a cabinet to go under the bench?

Looks like you're gunna have a nice top to go on it.

Cheers.

Joinery will be a bit of a mixture, including Mortice and Tenon, Finger joints, loose splines, and plain old nuts'n'bolts. I'm following a plan in a book i just bought, and as is my usual way, i try to follow along as closely as possible to the detail in the drawings.

have spent a bit more time on the bench since last post, made up the section of the top with the dog holes, and some other bits. Today was an absolute bugger, I made a stooopid mistake. I was in the process of joining two parts together, both of which had taken quite a bit of effort to prepare, and i glued them wrong way round. i realised this after a serious glue up, with about 12 clamps, and the usual swearin and sweatin. Had to pull the mongrel apart, re glue it and start again, only to find that it wasnt quite right anyway. GRRRR. mornig wasted.

Redid saturday's stuffup. Much better to tackle these things with a clear head. Took my time, laid everything out and checked it BEFORE I opened the glue bottle. Laid out my clamps and dry fit it first. fit together nicely and took about 1/2 an hour. What an amazing difference in quality of work when your not putting yourself under stress!!

Well, so much for the progress shots, but i have now finished building my bench. I followed plans from a woodworking book, and am very pleased with the result. In the 24 hours since its been finished, i have cut and fitted a niezentite mortice and tenon joint all with hand tools (not my normal method) and stabbed myself with a chisel, not serious.

Nice work Tommy. It's looking sweet.

I see your helper is the same as mine. What's his name?

I'm also building a bench, similar to yours except with a large metal tail vice and 2 rows of dog holes. You must be pretty stoked to have finished. I know I will be when mines all done.

Excellent bench Tommy; you must be very happy with it

Thanks McFly,

Helper is Charlie, and is only an occasional helper. He was having a holiday at our house at the time that picture was taken. Its a dogs life.

Thanks Auld. I saw you posted some pics of a new bench yourself not so long ago, what a difference a solid bench makes, dont you think?

Impressive effort, and you are quite right a sturdy bench does make life a bit easier. Out of interest which book did you take the plans from? it doesn't look unlike one of the Lee Valley plans, or the workbench book for that matter.

Cheers, John.