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This is my personal workbench inwhich I learned how to create this spring semester at school. There are many features to this bench to the inlays, patternmakers vice, tail vice, that sweet accent of bubinga and the crystalized effect of using chrysacolla. I learned a great deal about engineering and joinery. This is my pride and joy.

medium - beech, bubinga, chrysacolla, petrfied wood, and metal

size - 88 in 35 in 28 in

date created - spring 2009

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It will be a shame to scuff it up with your next project. Great work!
 

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Birdy,
WOW, i love this bench !!! only problem is that i would be afraid of scratching it or getting glue on it. really beautiful job. give us the scoop and more pics on the joinery.
 

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beautifull work !
why sell it ?
the money will soon be gone ,
and so will the bench !
 

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That is a beautiful bench and I enjoy the look that the different woods add to it.

This is a bench that any of us would love to have in our shop.
 

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Great looking bench.
 

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Classical nice looking bench. can you enclose base and sell it for a bartop to a rich patron?
 

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Great bench. What's the turquoise looking stuff on the tail vise
 

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i love this bench birdman, and so do you i know you wouldn't sell it for a million dollars. time to get it dirty and get some new projects rollin.
 

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Wow Steve
Now thats a bench serious work platform its a long term tool for sure.

Hey John if Steves not up for it I'll take that order :)) what are you going to do make 10 of those killer bird houses all at once?
 

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After seeing this bench i,m going to have to raise the price of my birdhouses to $ 50 ,000 a piece .
 

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Stunning bench!
 

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John, you were off by 10k. It's $30,000 not $20,000. So your birdhouse would need to be $60,000. This is definitely a nice bench.
Steve, if you sell this for $30,000 let me know how and where you sold it. I'd like to make a few at that price.
 

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It was $20,000 when i first posted but it went up $ 10,000 shortly after , inflation i guess .
Artist must charge about a thousand dollars an hr ?
I could fill up a shop with nice tools for $30,000 :)
 

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OUTSTANDING BENCH
 

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I must say thats a beautiful and unique workbench, very well done. Now for the price part. Realistically, you would be fortunate and lucky to get that kind of money for this, go take a look at Rj and his work benches in his projects, you can find him in my buddies list if you so desire. You've done a great job on this, and should be very proud of it.
 

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Nicely done! I'd hang on to it - a bench like that makes a great impression on clients for future sales!

Building ourselves some heavy custom made benches is also on my to-do list. Which - as of now I'd have to live to 306 to achieve if nothing else is added.
 

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Marvelous work, Steven, but I think the top is too heavy. Please don't move again for a long time. Godspeed.
 

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Beautiful bench! You did a great job on it. Why would you want to sell it! I think you will regret it someday if you do. I have made some things for me over the years and now wish I had kept them. If you do find someone who is willing to pay that much money for a work bench, build it for them and put their name on it.

God Bless
tom
 

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i dont have the greatest intention on selling it but to get that much money i can make another one if i feel like it. i put over 250 hrs in it an im damn proud of all the new techniques i learned and appilied them efficiently so i dont even have a problem with pricing it at what it is. its art and function.
 
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