Thread: Sharing the journey – workbench

Er Wongo - did you "run it in" before taking the pic

Looks nice and solid. Now all you need to buy is a scraper

Cheers!

Great looking bench Wongo. Keep the Pic's coming

Originally Posted by silentC

Only problem is it's left-handed. ......

Dont you just hate that Silent C. I bought some used ViseGrips the other day at a flea market. When I got them home I found out not only where thay left handed but Metric too. Bugger I have to throw them away.

Originally Posted by junkboy999

When I got them home I found out not only where they left handed but Metric too. Bugger I have to throw them away.

You can send it to me and when I find an imperial one I'll return the favour.

I hate it that nearly every measuring tool here has both types of measurements.


Peter.

Ok it is game time.

Did I say gluing is stressful? It is a 2 steps process. First glue the wood into 2 slabs each 33cm wide. Run them through the thicknesser and glue the 2 slabs together.

Flood the wood with turp before passing them through the thicknesser. It will soften the wood and give a smoother cut.

…… to be continued

Originally Posted by Wongo

Flood the wood with turp before passing them through the thicknesser. It will soften the wood and give a smoother cut.

…… to be continued

Does this turps idea work with all timbers , I have a big run of wet macracarpa comming up in 50cm wide slabs and it has proven slow on trial samples .
Rick

Looks absolutely great Scott! I'm getting butterflies in my stomach just imagining it finished. do i presume correctly that you will use a veritas twin screw vise as the end vise? keep up the great work! it's going to be beautiful.

Thats gunna be a nice work bench Wongzo

Yup ..............looking great Wongo!!!! .........keep us posted on your progress!!!!

REgards lou

Great Scott.

Well made and it should be a pleasure to use.

I think we might need to test it out next week.

Dont you just hate that Silent C...

The funny part about it is that the guy I bought it from said if he made another one, he'd put the leg vice on the left hand side because he's left handed and found it awkward to use on the right. I told him it is a left handed bench because the tail vice would normally be on the right. Oh well, will make a good fumping bench anyway...

Looking fantastic, Wongo.

Originally Posted by rick_rine

Does this turps idea work with all timbers , I have a big run of wet macracarpa comming up in 50cm wide slabs and it has proven slow on trial samples .
Rick

I am not sure mate but it should give you a better chance to get a clean cut. The idea makes sense to me anyway.

Originally Posted by ryanarcher

do i presume correctly that you will use a veritas twin screw vise as the end vise?

Ryan bro,
Nope, I don’t really like the twin screw vise. Instead I am using a pair of wonder dogs and bench dogs. I think they are just as good.

Stunning work Wongo. That is going to be one heck of a bench.

So where were we?

Ok it is time to cut the ends off. I used a straight bit to cut about 2/3 of the thickness of the bench, cut the waste off with a circular saw. Turned the bench upside down (did I say it is hard to flip the benchtop by one person? ) and used a flush trimming bit to finish it off.



The Vice:

I bought the Veritas large front vice from the 2004 Sydney show. Mounting the vice is probably not that difficult but I was very nervous. I did not want stumble right at the end. I added leather to the jaws to protect work piece.

Too be continued……