It’s been ages since I posted anything woodworking related so thought I’d do a work in progress of my sharpening bench.
I’ve been doing big sharpening sessions on my hand tools recently. When all my sharpening gear is out ready to use it’s so much more appealing to sharpen rather than setting up my sharpening station.
So I’ve decided to build a dedicated sharpening bench. The plan is it’ll hold my tormek slow speed grinder and my sharpening stones, all ready to go with no fuss. I’ll incorporate drawers underneath as well as some built in storage for water for the tormek.
Inspiration came came from Tom Fidgen’s bench
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I got a blank tool wall set up behind where the bench will go. This will be used to store everything related to sharpening in addition to the drawers.
I had some silky oak that I had laying around the shop, I got quite a lot of it so decided to use that for the base. I got some darker timber (unknown species) which I’ll use for the top.
Dimensions will be about 1200mm wide and 420mm deep.
Anyway here it goes…..
Rough cutting to length at my track saw station (one of the best additions I’ve made to my shop)
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Ripping the boards after dressing
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The silky oak was only 25mm thick, so after milking down I will laminate 2 x boards together. Should end up with a finish dimension of around 40mm squared.
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For the bottom stretchers running the length of the bench I’ll do through wedged tenons as there will be a cabinet that sits on top with drawers etc.
Easy way to do this was use a blade that’s been ground flat.
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Glued up
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This is the timber for the top - just need to glue it up.
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Would love to see everyone else’s sharpening setup, I’m looking for any inspiration I can get!
Next up will be assembling the frame with mortise and tenons (and domino’s).