Thread: Finished off a work bench

Up until now I was working off of a small bench as well as an old dining table which was too low and not sturdy enough. Not to mention it had no vise and a few other things like its limiting size. Started this last bench weekend and finished it today.
Pine construction with an MDF top that has a small round over to the outer sides. Oak vice jaws and side rails that sit just below the MDF.
I had some spare Ikea drawers so just made up a plywood box to enclose them.
I drilled some holes in the vice and on the MDF top for the bench dogs at the vise end and at the rear side I have a few holes drilled just for some bench hold downs I have.
I got two veritas vises second hand but was mostly wanting the twin screw vise rather than the tail vise. After thinking about it for a while, the thing I didn't like about the tail vise which is an obvious issue with all vises is the limited jaw space you have. I used a piece of T track I had and some T bolts with a few little handles to make an adjustable stop for the vise. This way I can accommodate lengths from about 0-1.8m long by adjusting the position of the stop block. At first the stop block would tilt up so the top was not clamping the piece in the vise so I added a 2 degree angle to it and I also glued a piece of sand paper on the back and it helps immensely. This vise works quite well.

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