{"id":223,"date":"2008-11-04T10:54:54","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T14:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:23","slug":"workbench-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/workbench-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbench: Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My extra long “English” workbench is done. The plan came form Christopher Schwarz’s excellent “Workbenches from Design & Theory to Construction & Use<\/a>.” I lengthened it to accommodate the longer workpieces commonly found in boat building. It is 12 feet long and 2 feet wide.<\/p>\n

Although made of common construction lumber (aka rather ugly Douglas fir), and with a thin top compared to some cabinet builders benches, it ends up being rock solid. While contemplating extending the length, I asked Chris if he thought a third set of legs would be needed. He suggested they wouldn’t hurt and pointed out a photo in his book of a bench with three sets of legs. I took a cautious approach and made the center legs a fraction of an inch short. The last thing I wanted was a teeter-tottering bench. Well, there’s no teeter-totter, and not much we can do to make those legs touch the floor. Maybe if I plop my truck engine on the bench? This is what they invented wedges for, isn’t it!<\/p>\n

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The Gramercy holdfasts<\/a> from “Tools for Wood Working<\/a>” work very well. They do need a top thicker than what I used. So, like I did for the dogs, I added doubling blocks under the holdfast locations. They’re great tools at an attractive price.<\/p>\n

All of the lumber dimensioning and most all of the fitting and construction was done with hand tools. The only things I used electrons for were:<\/p>\n