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Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - rmchin - 05-06-2008
Nicely done.
I really enjoy yours and Jonathan's workbench threads.
Martin
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Skewdge - 05-06-2008
Congrats, everything everybody said and more... excellent work of art. I hope you don't mind if I ever build a bench like yours maybe with a different hardwood other than purpleheart even though that contrast looks original and beautiful.
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Skip J. - 05-06-2008
Skewdge said:
I hope you don't mind if I ever build a bench like yours maybe with a different hardwood other than purpleheart even though that contrast looks original and beautiful.
Hey Skew;
Maybe CT should copyright that look?????
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Peter Tremblay - 05-06-2008
Well CT, That is a very very beautiful bench. I'm almost sorry to hear that it is done. This has been one of my favorite threads. In fact I think it was this thread that first clued me into the existence of Woodnet. I did a google search for "workbench" and somewhere down the list this tread was there.
Thanks for sharing it all with us.
Peter
Ps. What are you going to make next?
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Scoony - 05-06-2008
Great bench. You have really inspired me to build a cabinet for my bench. Now I have to decide on wood to use.
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - msweig - 05-06-2008
Nice job, and congrats. Feels great, doesn't it.
And even better, the benchtop is already covered in stuff
mark
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Bibliophile 13 - 05-06-2008
There just aren't enough of these little faces to express it.
So bravo!!! That is one of the best looking benches I’ve ever seen. Thanks for letting us follow you all the way.
We’re going to be bumping this thread for years.
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - MauleSkinner - 05-06-2008
Very nice, CT! We'll expect lots of pics of projects being built on that bench.
...and now that you've got the process down, can you knock me one out in maple and rosewood by next weekend?
David
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - bgeyer - 05-07-2008
awesome.
i read somewhere in this thread that this is just the first bench. you thought of improvements along the way. so, have you started the next? did the addiction to bench creation continue?
you did great work. thanks for sharing all 101 pictures!
Re: CT's Most Excellent Workbench Adventure - Crooked Tail - 05-07-2008
Thank you guys, for all your comments. It does really feel good to have it finished. No design patent on it, if you like please copy (something about flattery...)
The workbench did get used in building the cabinet part, and indeed, I don't know how I got along without it before. Sooooo much nicer than the shop bench from Woodcraft that I was using before.
There are, however, a couple of things I would have done differently if I'd realized them at the time.
1) I would have made the frontvise jaw extend all the way to the edge of the bench. I don't know why I didn't, just a brain fart I guess.
2) I would have used the Lie-Nielsen tailvise hardware instead of the LV hardware.
3) I would have spent the extra dough and made the legs out of maple, instead of poplar. Workbenches aren't cheap, but ought to last forever, so spend the money to make it right!
4) I would have made the dog holes closer together. They are 5" apart, they should be 3" or 4" apart.
5) I would have used a solid laminated top, instead of the two wide boards in the middle. Again, spend the money and do it right. I haven't had any trouble yet, but I see flattening issues in the future and, well, it just would have been better!
I've saved this thread in its entirety, and I'll see if I can mirror it on my website for when it eventually poofs from here. One of these days when the weather is bad, I'll try to condense it into a cogent article.
For my next project, I'm planning on building a Chippendale chair out of walnut. However, I need to practice with my new carving tools and get semi-proficient with them first. A chair is probably the one project that this new workbench probably won't be all that helpful for.
Go figure. But I need bedroom furniture, in tables, and a Chippendale secretary... so it will see plenty of use. Thank you all again.