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Lonnie Bird Style Workbench

comments (0) January 2nd, 2013 in Reader's Gallery

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The finished bench. The rear vise jaw is buried in the front board of the top. This board is fastened with lag screws if I ever need to repair or remove the vise.

The final top glue up. The top was hard work! I made two sections with 6 laminations, ran them across a jointer and through a planer, then glued them together.

The base assembly showing the bolts and threaded rods in the long rails.

The finished bench showing the holdfasts and planing stop.

The bench top is flush with the front leg surfaces for ease of clamping long boards.

The finished bench. The rear vise jaw is buried in the front board of the top. This board is fastened with lag screws if I ever need to repair or remove the vise.

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My new workbench is based on the ones in Lonnie Bird's shop, with a few alterations. The finished bench is 37" high, 8 feet long, and 26" wide. The vise is the large cast iron vise from Lee Valley Tools. There is a planing stop on the left end and three hold fast holes in the top. The bench is constructed from 8/4 German Beech. The legs are 4" square and the top is 3 1/4" thick. The long rails are joined to the legs with mortise and tenon joints with 3/8" threaded rods in the top and bottom of the rails. The short rails are joined with bolts and nuts. The only glue is in the top. It is finished with two coats of wipe on poly. The bench is very solid and does not budge when I'm planing. I'm very pleased with the bench and how it turned out. It has surpassed my hopes and expectations.

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