Workbench

 

After woodworking for a couple years now I figured I should build a proper work bench.  I wanted it to double as an out feed table for my table saw.

I started by cutting up some 2x4s and gluing them up to make the bench top.

Then I worked on the base of the bench.

Attached the top to the base by cutting Morris in the top and Tenoning the legs through the top.

I also some drawers that god under the bench.

I made a vice based on a vice that Pask Makes made on his YouTube channel.

Nothing like a dirty work bench to show off that it works.  In hindsight I wish I’d made the top a little thicker, and the bench a little heavier overall so that it moved less when I’m using it.  I still have plans to add some weight to it to keep it from moving when I’m using it for hand planing.

I’d love to upgrade the vice with a Veritas Twin Screw vice or one of Andrew Kline’s fancy vices.