Think it was about £60 in wood and about 5 hours to make.
Wonder how long it will be before its covered in oil?
I finished my nice shiny new sturdy workbench this morning
Think it was about £60 in wood and about 5 hours to make.
Wonder how long it will be before its covered in oil?
Proper job Nice and chunky. Hope you never have to move it, it's a 6 week recovery from a hernia op
Good bench
Ideally the top should be metal for heavy work, but a sheet of hardboard is a good alternative.
Dave,
Do yourself a huge favour and move the vice closer to the edge of the desk, so if you put in stuff that's taller, it can still be clamped
square...
ETA - Looks great by the way!!!
[Edited on 21/11/09 by Steve Hignett]
that looks like a proper job!
as above, i'd cover the side by the vice in stainless sheet at the very least. contact adhesive and screws in the corners. apart from that
though, it looks top banana.
i wish i still had my old bench
tom
Nice job David!
I wish i had room for a decent bench 
top job! looks a real strong one.
Rob
As above - put a sheet of hardboard on top. It's quick and easy to rip it off and replace if it gets too mucked up.
Mind you - my hardboard's been on top of my (very similar) bench for the past 10 years and I haven't replaced it yet!
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Originally posted by BenB
Proper job
thats nice but yes your vice needs to be closer to the edge
I'd put a sheet of metal on it, you can also easily weld on it.
that looks real nice.
but im more jealous that you can see the floor in your garage lol
Ray
Thanks guys.
The vice isnt bolted down in the pic, its been moved and bolted now Its an antique that vice, the base is in the way to get anything long in it
vertically anyway.
I have a couple of sheets of steel I use to weld on, dont intend to fix one to the bench though as I can just move them around as I need to at the
moment.
It weighs about 45kg, so not too bad. Certainly sturdy though Its about 750mm deep and 1900mm long.
Should last me a few years anyway
good jobs ... only 5 hours to make!?!??!
is you sit on it and try to wobble it from side to side - any movement?
if it were me, I'd put addiiton right angle strips of steel in the corners.
a nice slab of black granite on top would finish it off nicely.
[Edited on 21/11/09 by 02GF74]
Yep, helps when Sarahs dad is a carpenter so I have access to all the proper tools and some professional help 
Its plenty sturdy enough, trust me, doesnt need any more bracing.
The legs are 4" fence posts which we put through the thicknesser to square them up, everything else is either 4x1.5" or 6x1.5"
timber.
The top of the frame is properly rebated into the legs and then glued and screwed together, the braces at the bottom are just screwed to the outside
of the legs.
The top is 5 strips of 6x1.5" screwed to 2 lengths of 2x2" which is then coach bolted to the side rails of the frame. There is then another
2x2" brace in the centre of the top underneath which is screwed to both the frame and each plank in the top.
That's the way to do it
looks awesome david. Too nice to use! Maybe if you oiled it first it wouldnt soak up black oil in use?
It looks better than many kitchen work units I've seen!
And now that you've got that done, you can find me the type 9 tail casing......
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Originally posted by owelly
It looks better than many kitchen work units I've seen!
And now that you've got that done, you can find me the type 9 tail casing......
Sorry about the delay Great bench - re the vice - the best place for it is on a 4" steel post standing next to the bench with heavy flat plates top and bottom (at least 6mm thick - the bottom plate rawl bolted to the floor and the top plate bolted to the bench with the vice bolted to it - that way any torque you apply won't move the bench and long term hammering doesn't affect it either and you can hang things down from the vice.
As above - nice and solid, should serve you for many years.
On my bench I put a piece of steel angle to protect the edges. It's also great for folding sheet over and tapping against to remove roll pins
etc. It sits in a routed rebate all the way round.
[Edited on 22/11/09 by SeaBass]