Workbench

Odrisan, member

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Inspired by Lon Schleining's The Workbench, Scott Landis' The Workbench Book, and articles and videos from Fine Woodworking,I built this 31" x 72" x 36"tall workbench with a maple trestle and edging.  The base and lower stretchers are drawn and pinned through mortises.  The upper stretchers are pinned bridle joints.  The solid 4"thick top is glued up MDF with maple edging making this one sturdy workbench weighing in at close to 500lbs.  It's finished with my own mixture of tung and boiled linseed oils mixed with bees and carnauba wax disolved in turpentine and thinned with mineral spirits with a touch of Japan drier to accelerate curing. 

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Odrisan writes: BeltwayBandit,

In each of the 4 legs there are 3/4 inch dowels that mate with the top. Along the top stretchers, I added cleats for additional dowels or lag screws, but the top is so massive that they weren't needed. The top simply rests on the legs and the dowels resist any movement of the top even when muscling through the last stroke with a plane before re-sharpening.
Posted: 11:24 pm on January 14th

roland68 writes: Very nice. I am about to build my first real workbench and was considering using MDF for the top. After seeing this one, I am convinced.
Posted: 3:35 pm on January 14th

BeltwayBandit writes: How is the top attached to the legs?
Posted: 11:47 am on January 5th

Barracuda writes: I'll be the first to say it.... SCHWEEET!! Nice work!


Posted: 5:04 pm on December 16th

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