| Blog series by cutmantom | updated 10-17-2012 12:13 AM | 4 parts | 32095 reads | 8 comments total |
Part 1: Traditional Sawbench Build-plans and material
I decided to make something that was for myself, this plan is from popular woodworkingthe material is Douglas fir recycled from packaging used to ship some pvc trim material, it was a 2×6 12 feet long mostly knot free with a little damage from a forklift when i saw this i knew i had to make something out of it
Part 2: Milling parts
The top was glued up and milled to finished size, the material for the legs was also milled for thickness and width
Part 3: Starting to come together
The joinery was cut for the legs and temporarily screwed in place to start working on the stretchers
Part 4: finally done
The sawbench is donethe mortise and tenons were glued as well as pegged the top joints were done the same way, they were dry fitted and temporarily screwed while the mortises were done then the plywood braces were glued and screwed on, the top was unscrewed and removed straight up, then glued and pegged into place it has one coat of some old leftover water based poly
