workbench WIP
Cameron
I've asked a few questions from this group over the past ~month as I have been building my workbench and figured I'd post some pictures of the progress. The base is made from oak that I recycled from my floor joists when I renovated my kitchen 15 years ago (house was built in 1870, judging by the growth rings these trees outdated Columbus by a large margin.) The tongue and groove oak shelving was reclaimed from a painted mess of a construct that was in my basement for who knows how long. The base was glued together (legs are ~4"x6", most of the tenons are 1" thick with the original being ~1.5" thick before someone on here talked some sense into me and I cut them down a bit.) The top is made from 12/4 ash and ended up being 4 5/8" thick and is attached with through tenons (don't look too closely, they are the 1st I've ever made.) The tail vise is the Veritas' quick release and the leg vise is something I engineered up using a 30mm linear bearing/shaft, the general purpose vise from Lee Valley and a big chunk of ash. I still have to drill the dog holes, add some leather to/level the chops and do the final flattening (having a bit of tear out issues, started on the tail vise chop and it looked ugly so need to figure out my issue, thinking about a steeper plane angle vs the std 30 degrees on my #7 but I don't have a lot of hand tool experience.) The filler ended up as cherry when I couldn't bring myself to plane down 5/4 walnut for the job. I've got a coat of oil on the oak, leg vise and deadman.
