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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
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    That is one handsome bench and welcome to the Forums. What an entry!

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    Thanks so much Paul, I really appreciate it! I hope we can all inspire each other to build nicer and nicer things

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    That looks like a piece of furniture that belongs in the house, brilliant work. looking forward to a couple more photos showing the whole bench.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony_A View Post
    That looks like a piece of furniture that belongs in the house, brilliant work. looking forward to a couple more photos showing the whole bench.

    Tony
    Thanks Tony, i really do appreciate it.
    My missus is happy that it currently resides in the living room whilst i make space in the garage for it.
    I will definitely post a few more pics when i figure out how to use the damn camera properly.....they have so many buttons and settings these days, although i bet the 3 year olds of today could figure it out faster than me!

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    I’ve already put a thread up on my bench build but seeing as everyone else has posted may as well.
    This is a big bench, it’s heavy (148kgs) and it’s well and truly “overdressed “ for it’s purpose but I’m not concerned. The whole story is here: My take on a bench build
    It took me about three weeks to construct. I can’t believe I waited 40 years to do it.


    Function: general work in my joinery shop, layout, machining, assembly. But the actual use in reality has been minimal because nobody wants to be the first person to scratch it , also, we have been without power for over three weeks so we have been working at other jobs off river.

    Dimensions: 2100 long, 950 wide,950 high,148kgs

    Materials: New Guinea Rosewood, Qld. Spotted gum, mild steel.

    Vise: The vise is a heavy cast iron quick action called an Iron Rack, it opens to about 300mm and will crush a walnut easily. I bought it from a member of this forum.

    Link to build: My take on a bench build

    Brief description: Laminated top, box legs with concealed wheels, angled tool trays and shelf.

    Things I like about it: It’s quite different, but still practical, it’s easily moved around the shop, it is a conversation starter.

    Things I would do differently: probably not much, I don’t plan on making another one for next time. But possibly I would use the next smaller sized wheels ( current ones are75mm) so the legs aren’t so chunky.

    Inspiration: Mainly from reading this very thread and looking at everyone’s builds. YouTube was a good source, and also from the many benches I’ve used and seen in various workshops all around Australia.

    Photos: https://www.woodworkforums.com/membe...94-albums-1290

    All the best, Peter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riverbuilder View Post
    Inspiration: Mainly from reading this very thread and looking at everyone’s builds.
    That's great Peter, very satisfying for me all these years later!

    The bench looks great...for the moment
    One has to take the first scratches like a man though.
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    Yep, it's good to see a few more benches trickling in. Anybody contemplating a new bench who reads through this thread will surely find some inspiration that leads them to a bench that suits their requirements, their means, and their abilities!

    Cheers,
    IW

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    POST TITLE:
    Nicholson Knockdown Bench - copied Chris Schwarz' plans with some modifications.

    PRIMARY FUNCTION:
    Hybrid

    DIMENSIONS in mm:
    1800 x 600 x 900

    MATERIALS (timber species etc):
    Treated pine [emoji19]

    VISES INCLUDED:
    Holdfasts only, might add a crochet hook later. Still need to route a bunch of dog holes but I have enough for now.

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
    Wanted something simple for my first bench, something that I wouldn't be afraid to mark up. Achieved that today by accidentally routing a big hole in the top of it. New router, still figuring it out [emoji23]

    THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE
    It's heavy. I planed some Jarrah on it today and it didn't move a millimetre. Still have a bottom shelf to install too so will be adding more weight to it.

    THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE
    Not much. Will probably build a Roubo in a year or two once my hand tool skills improve and I've got the right timber available. But for now this is perfect for my needs.


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    @Bueller,

    What a smart looking bench it is! A job well done, and a very sensible choice of timbers. Congratulations sir!

    I wish you luck too with the Roubo, when the time comes I am actually looking at doing your journey in reverse, having built a roubo (on this same very thread a couple of posts back) I am investigating a knockdown nicholson from treated pine/oregon to use as a portable setup when I renovate the house. Your's is a good source of inspiration!

    Thanks against for posting.

    Cheers,
    Siggy

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    Thanks Siggy! Your bench is a stunner, hope I can aspire to something that nice when I build mine

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    I think there's a very great deal to say about a bench like bueller's - quick 'n easy, beat the crap out of it and don't care, replace some bits as required, nice big flat apron to use. When the flash bench comes along it can be used for "other stuff" (like REALLY beat the crap out of it )
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    beat the crap out of it and don't care, replace some bits...
    Have you been watching me work?!? [emoji23]

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    An Australian Hardwood work bench for an Australian Cabinet Maker. With a passion for Australian Antique furniture.
    The bench was designed with details of 19th Century Australian furniture in mind . In Particular the half column chest of drawers seen from the 1840 period.
    Been meaning to do add my bench to this thread this for some time .

    PRIMARY FUNCTION:
    Make a living on . Doing Hand made Cabinet work. Storage of collected user tools , jigs and anything else . Ive got a drawer full of chisels , a drawer full of saws . Pencils , chalk , crayons , string and chalk lines . And plenty more stuff that weighs a ton .

    DIMENSIONS in mm:
    2290 long x 730 deep x 950 high .
    lots of extra dimensions listed on post 37 of My Jarrah workbench thread .
    Dog holes 125mm apart

    MATERIALS (timber species etc):
    Second Hand Jarrah large beams , Ex winery demolition. Red gum Threads on face and tail vice. Casuarina sticks in vice threads. Vic ash drawer sides . Qld Maple drawer bottoms and back boards. Reg Gum knobs on Drawers.

    VISES INCLUDED:
    Face Vice and Tail vice with Red Gum timber threads . Threads cut with Dieter Schmidt tooling.

    LINK TO YOUR BUILD THREAD (if applicable):
    My Jarrah Workbench

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
    Built 21 years ago, now 2020 , 17 years after I left school and started a Cabinet Making apprenticeship. Right when I really needed it . A bench with a well. A Tail vice and dogs. Storage space underneath. I had worked on a few benches before this was made. And the best was the experience I had on an Antique Red Gum bench with a wedged together base , a well and face and tail vice.
    THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE :
    Its the best tool in the workshop. The weight of it, when things are clamped to or on it means they are fixed and not moving when being worked. The board jack / Sliding dead man . Its a thing that handles small drawers up to long table to boards I can hardly move they are so heavy. They get clamped in face vice and rest on the board jack for joint shooting . The well, So much stuff is clamped to the front with clamps hooked at the back of the top in the well . Its great . A tail vice is a must! Once you use one you cant be without it .

    THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE (in retrospect):
    I'd beef up the drawers . A drawer full of steel things has an effect on the drawer components . And although I did add a little to them , more thickness in sides and bottom would be better, and a different construction would be better. The much older method of running drawer bottoms from front to back would be a big improvement . The short span being much stronger. Even though they suffer from moving gaps letting dust through . It doesn't matter. The long bottom span I have is sagging . Not dragging but three times Ive had drawers out for split in the bottom join repair in 21 years . Not to bad . But when they do split the drawer gets locked by the weight of tools pushing the back half of the bottom down , stopping it from opening by hitting the back of the drawer rail. I could do a re work of them possibly . It'll never be a problem again if I do that.

    I made the tail vice to tight when I built it . It would go from screeching in winter to free in summer. Took me a few years to get around to loosening it up with thin long blades . Build them loose or suffer .


    WHAT or WHO INSPIRED SOME OF THE INCLUSIONS (provide links):
    John Brown . My Uncle John . Gave me a plan of a fancy bench. Nothing like what I designed but it started me down this track.

    A Cabinet Maker named Kenneth Neff . 1, He showed me his Shaker bench which blew me away.
    And 2, He handed me The Workbench Book By Scott Landis. Id never seen it . I had my own copy within a month.

    After that I set about sketching details like drawer storage under the top, and wanting to keep the tail vice and base in balance . Not having a huge over hanging tail vice. Details I liked from 19th century Australian Antique furniture were incorporated. The half columns and the turning style of the vice thread ends. Plans were then drawn up and , cutting list drawn up and roughly six months later I had my work bench. The bench was sealed with an Oil based sanding sealer then given a french polish finish and wax.



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    @auscab

    Wow. That bench is absolutely gorgeous! Love the drawers behind the sliding deadman.

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    Rob, the fact you've earned a living at that bench for 21 years & wouldn't change anything substantial says a lot for your forward-planning abilities, (and the bench is not too shabby either!).

    Plus one for a tail vise - an essential bit of kit for a cabinetmaker, I reckon. Mine is about 35 years young, and showing no sign of wear so far. It was one of the first bench screws I ever made & by sheer fluke, I got the threads just right (made a few duds afterwards, as part of life's little learning curve). The vise never wobbled & never bound except just before Christmas last year. After 5 months of the driest, hottest period I've ever experienced in Brisbane it was getting a bit tight. Now the weather has returned to a semblance of normal, it's fine again. I would have expected it to become looser as the parts dried out, but the reverse happened - wood always has its surprises!

    Cheers,
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    POST TITLE:
    A hardwood work bench


    PRIMARY FUNCTION:

    Work area
    Storage for tool boxes
    platform for suction clamp


    DIMENSIONS in mm:

    1450 long x 720 deep x 900 high .


    MATERIALS (timber species etc):

    American oak (external walls)
    pine, internal walls
    18mm ply, drawer bottom

    VISES INCLUDED:
    no manual vise


    LINK TO YOUR BUILD THREAD (if applicable):



    BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

    I needed a workbench that will house my tool boxes, the pull out drawer for the canisters was not planned from the outset.


    THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE
    :

    oak makes a good bench top. liked the canister drawer a lot

    THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE
    (in retrospect):

    not yet as I have just finished building it.



    WHAT or WHO INSPIRED SOME OF THE INCLUSIONS (provide links):

    Festool workstation
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