About a year ago I decided that it is time to build a work bench.
I decided that I would make it out of pine and in particular the pine that gets discarded on rubbish collection days, bed frames and such. Well I have been keeping an eye out for quite some time and it seems that people are not throwing out any beds. I did however have a pine table that I could use so I started with that.
On one collection day I noticed some large posts that would have been part of a fence. It turned out to be Oregon so I ended up with a frame made out of Oregon and a top made out of Oregon and Pine.
I made the frame first which was a mistake as I under estimated the amount of wood for the top. I shorten the frame after gluing the top out of the longer pieces I had. The middle pieces were cut in half so that I could get more depth in the top. To prevent having too much of a hollow in the middle I ended up gluing the shorter pieces under the top. I still have one more piece to add but ran out of wood :doh:.
I flatten the top via a router and sled. I originally had one made some time ago for another project and fished it out for this project. I was putting this router bit to it's limit and yep you guessed it out it came along with digging out a couple of groves. I ended up making a new sled just so I could get this done. Attached the vice was just with some coach screws couple of pieces of pine for the vice faces and it's done. Sounds simple but really took a long time to get this to this stage.
I know it is not pretty, it just needs to be functional so I have started working with it to see how it feels. Since taking the photos I have slopped boiled linseed oil on the top and expect that I will continue to do.
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Making something like this took up too much space for too long especially considering the area I have to work in. I need to add dog holes but not really sure where.
All comments or concerns are welcome.