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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:01 pm
by cdmclain
Fantastic work, I can only hope that my future workbench will come close to the one you built.

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:33 am
by wdphillips
Wow Dave, what a great job!

I guess there might be a use for the 20+ years of Woodsmith magazines I have stuffed away in boxes!

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:37 am
by garys
That's a beautiful bench. My workshop is in my basement and I don't have enough room for a wonderful bench like that. I build a small bench in my workshop. Mine folds down against the wall when I need more room, but it still serves my needs fairly well.
I'd love working on a bench like yours.

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:43 am
by burkhome
That is one fine bench. It should be a real pleasure to pursue your hobby on such a nice piece of furniture.

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:26 am
by scooters
Looks Beautiful!

How did you keep the glued up top pieces even without a lot of planing or sanding after the glue job. It took me quite a while with fairly simple cutting boards. I can't imagine the job on something this massive.

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:03 am
by robinson46176
Very nice indeed... Now I hope you can quickly get it scratched up and a few dings so that you can relax and work on it without always worrying about the first scratch. :)
I had a friend that always drove old clunkers. One year he bit the bullet and bought a brand new car. He said that the first 6 months were agony. He said that he about cried at the first scratch. The last I knew he was still swearing that he would never buy another new car.:)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:41 am
by spiderclimber
scooters wrote:Looks Beautiful!

How did you keep the glued up top pieces even without a lot of planing or sanding after the glue job. It took me quite a while with fairly simple cutting boards. I can't imagine the job on something this massive.
I am doubting you will get an answer to this. His original picture post was done on 3/23/2009 and he only ever had 3 posts. I am doubting he will be back to say hi unfortunately. But you could always check the plans out he used from the magazine. It may tell you. :)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:14 pm
by osx-addict
spiderclimber wrote:I am doubting you will get an answer to this. His original picture post was done on 3/23/2009 and he only ever had 3 posts. I am doubting he will be back to say hi unfortunately. But you could always check the plans out he used from the magazine. It may tell you. :)
If you follow the link he posted, it has his email at the very bottom.. :D

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:12 pm
by camerio
When we use the first link, we get to see all of his realisations, the second link brought me somewhere else (web ring)

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:47 pm
by JPG
scooters wrote:Looks Beautiful!

How did you keep the glued up top pieces even without a lot of planing or sanding after the glue job. It took me quite a while with fairly simple cutting boards. I can't imagine the job on something this massive.
Hand planing would not take long to even it all out! BTW who said it was 'glued'?