workbench

My workbench is probably my most proud accomplishment. I learned a lot, but grew more. It's 7+' long and is made of maple, walnut and beech. The base is all beech. The top is 8/4 maple with 2 boards flat, glued edge on and 3 on their edges glued to each other with dog holes cut into them. I have a standard record face vise with leather to soften the catch. There's a tool tray made of the mahogany. Its most interesting feature is the "enclosed tail vise". I got the idea from Scott Landis's "The Workbench Book", and it's turned out well. Please contact me if you have any questions about its construction.

Here's the finished bench as it sits in my shop today.	This view shows the face vise and the tail vise as well.

Here's a close up of the enclosed tail vise. The crank stays still and the enclosed dog moves closer with each clockwise turn.	Here's a little detail. I used the Beal wood threader to turn a left twist onto this 1" dowel. I cut a capture grove to hold it still and then added a handle.

Here's the enclosed tail assembly about to be put into the bench. The second shot shows it in use. It works very well.	Here's the frame for the bench.

This shot shows the bench ready to be assembled. you can see the mistakes I make on the top of each leg... You can also see how the underside is assembled.	This show shows the entire bench unassembled and ready to be moved.