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Essential Workbench - Williams

cwilliams07, member

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Bench Left

Bench Right

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Made from the Essential Workbench design available from FineWoodWorking.  Utilizes mortise & tenon and dovetail joinery.  Benchtop, apron and vises made from hickory; the different shades are natural variations in the hickory.  The base is from Florida oak. Front vise is the large Veritas, and the end vise is the Veritas twin screw model. Finish is boiled linseed oil and turpentine mix. The lighter piece on the front apron is purely decorative.

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Comments (5)

cwilliams07 writes: Thanks to everyone for all the compliments. In answer to David's questions, I chose to follow the plans closely but some modifications were made out of necessity. Personally I'm very pleased with the design as the plans call out and like the 28" depth for the bench. It seems to be the right depth for my arms and work. I estimate that the final bench weighs ~280 lbs.
Posted: 10:56 am on November 12th

markmech2002 writes: clean and simple - excellent job. I really like the apron feature wood highlight
Posted: 1:56 am on November 1st

dmueller57 writes: Very nice job!

I have purchased the same plans and have started to accumulate the wood. I am doing the base out of Tiger Maple and the top out of Hard Maple. Did you follow the plans exactly or did you make modifications? I am thinking of making it only 24" deep instead of the 28" called out in the plans. What did your bench end up weighing?
Posted: 12:43 pm on October 30th

Sauroman writes: It really is beautiful
Posted: 4:21 pm on October 26th

stoptheinsanity writes: This is a beautiful piece of work all the way through.
Posted: 6:18 am on October 25th

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