After 10 years of building my shop and my skills and my craft taking a turn to more hand tools it was time for a new more functional workbench.
The story is told in day by day blogs listed in the index below.
Day 1 – Milling stock for the first of 4 top sections
Day 2 – Gluing the first section of 4 boards
Day 3 – Four Square first top Section – Selection of all top stock
Day 4 – Milling all top parts – Lessons learned
Day 5 – Milling process adjustments – Top section 2 glue up
Day 6 – Top section 3 glue up – Leg stock and milling
Day 7 – Dog holes, Dogs and plan modifications
Day 8 – Dog holes, build jig, route dog holes
Day 10 – Four square top sections – final top glue up
Day 11 – Top sections 3 & 4 glue up – mill and glue leg parts
Day 12 – Final top glue up – complete milling on glued up leg parts
Day 13 – Flatten the bottom of the bench top – Mill and plane front, back and end rails
Day 14 – Legs to length, top tenons cut and layout of mortises on legs
Day 15 – Mortises and peg holes drilled in legs
Day 16 – Finished all mortises, chiseled out square and worked on layout for legs
Day 18 – Completing the Four Square for Top, ends and faces
Day 19 – End milling rework, sized short rails, and bandsaw belt failed
Day 20 – Mortise router jig tutorial and completed leg mortises
Day 21 – Redesign of vise location and orientation & First two short rails fitted
Day 22 – Short rails mortise and tenons. Start installation of twin vise.
Day 23 – Short rails and corresponding legs completed and assembled
Day 24 – trim drawbore pegs , drilling pre-drill holes for lag screws and fitting long rails
Day 25 – Complete bolts and barrel nuts on long rails and twin vise install
Day 26 – Complete twin vise and tail vise installations
Day 27 – Fix Tail Vise Mounting Stock bolt holes
Day 29 – Treating the top and applying a poly finish to the base
Day 31 – Installing the bench top onto the bench base
Day 32 – Completed the twin vise install with with vise face
Day DONE ! The workbench is complete. Final Post
Below is an album of the final pictures.
