Hand tool workbench #4: Legs

Good job Vance

Great work here.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Vance making great progress. Paying close attention to squareness will pay off when it all comes together in the end.

-- "With every tool obtained, there is another that is needed" DonW ( Kevin )

I found this by seaching “Paul Sellers Workbench” within lumberjocks. Did you ever finish this? Your blog series ended here and I didn’t see it in your projects. After watching his videos I’m very interested in building one. I just wanted to research what ohters had done too. I’m sure I can build it just from his videos. Thanks

-- Randy -- Austin, TX by way of Northwest (Woodville), OH

Yes. I finished it.
It has worked fantastically! I do have it on rubber mats so it doesn’t slide on the concrete.

Thanks for the follow-up – that looks great! Yours is the second one on LJ that I saw that had the well toward the back of the bench. The Sellers video build I watched showed him putting it dead-center. Is this a personal choice you made or did you follow another set of plans I am not aware of. If you had to do it over again, would you change anything? Thanks for taking the time to respond!

-- Randy -- Austin, TX by way of Northwest (Woodville), OH

I don’t have any problems with the bench. I’ve made a bed on it and I can’t think of too many things bigger than that. The plan is from Paul’s book. It is a smaller version of the one in his video. I did add an extra 2×4 to the top lamination to make it a little wider. I would recommend reading his book, it really helped me build the bench. It was tough getting everything flat. I never used a plane before starting on the bench. I would suggest getting the glue up as flat as possible while gluing the lamination. I actually had to make a third apron because my first one I could not get flat without planing it down too much. The top still isn’t completely flat. I also don’t have dog holes. I clamp boards to the bench for planing stops or use Paul’s “vice clamp method”. Search his blog for more information. I would not change anything about the bench. The height is perfect and I am 6’. If you have any more questions let me know. I also had another friend from work that built the bench. Good luck.

Thanks very much Vance. I think that is a good suggestion, I will get his book.

-- Randy -- Austin, TX by way of Northwest (Woodville), OH