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Anarchist’s Workbench is Done

March 10, 2022 by Bob Easton 6 Comments

It’s been done for a couple of weeks and is already suffering HSS, Horizontal Surface Syndrome, the collecting of stuff on almost any horizontal surface.

  • Design – Anarchist’s Workbench by Christopher Schwarz from Lost Art Press
  • Dimensions – 100 inches long, 23 inches deep, 34 inches high
  • Lumber – grade #2 Southern Yellow Pine from central Florida Lowes stores
  • Vise – Crisscross from Benchcrafted
  • Vise screw – 21 inch screw from Lee Valley Tools
  • Vise accessory – Crubber non-slip cork/rubber from Benchcrafted
  • Planing stop – Crucible Planing Stop from Lost Art Press
  • Holdfasts – Gramercy Holdfasts from Tools For Working Wood

Note: I have no affiliation, nor collect any royalties, from any of these products. I simply enjoy their quality.

Filed Under: Shopmade, workbench

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  1. Gav says

    March 11, 2022 at 9:26 am

    And a fine bench at that. How have your feet been on the concrete?

    Reply
    • Bob Easton says

      March 11, 2022 at 11:28 am

      Hi Gav,
      Fortunately, this old body has been very kind, no significant aches and pain and I don’t mind the concrete. Of course, I’m not spending 10 hours a day at the bench, usually only a couple of hours at a time, but no problems.

      …and living in a warm climate, I often go barefoot, making sure dropped chisels and heavy tools don’t fall straight down. 🙂

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  2. Jim B says

    March 11, 2022 at 10:48 am

    Is that “key” in the centre of the bottom stretcher purely decorative?

    Reply
    • Bob Easton says

      March 11, 2022 at 11:32 am

      Bingo! Jim, you win the prize (unspecified and worthless) for finding a measurement error. Yes, I cut that outer lamination an inch short. When considering how to hide the error, I decided to cut the piece in half and fill the gap with the “key” you discovered. Yes, purely decorative. Congrats!

      BTW, there’s an assembly error you haven’t asked about yet.

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  3. Matt McGrane says

    March 11, 2022 at 11:33 pm

    Dang, that’s a monster of a bench. I’ll bet you’re going to love working on it! I’ve got a question about your planing stop – more specifically, the chuck of wood it’s attached to. I’ve wondered why I see them so long. Seems like you’d only ever raise the stop 1/8″ to 1/2″, maybe occasionally a full inch, so it only needs to extend below the bench a little more than that. Why so long a piece of wood?

    Reply
  4. Bob Easton says

    March 12, 2022 at 5:33 am

    Good question Matt.
    I don’t have a good answer other than that was what the plan / drawing specified.

    I remember an occasion of raising a stop to 4-5 inches to work a large rough bowl. That height kept the heel end from kicking up as I worked. The bowl horse turned out to be better for that kind of work.

    The one advantage of the longer stop is that since it is a tight press fit, the length makes it easier to hit with a mallet from below. If shorter, one would have to bend over more to hit it accurately.

    Then again, perhaps Monsieur Roubo and Mister Holtzapffel had a dispute: “Mine is longer than yours.”

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