Project Information
First Workbench build. The bench top is made of Hard Maple with a single stripe of European Beach in the center of each slab. The legs are 5 1/4in. square made of Poplar and European Beach for the front face. The end caps and Deadman are Sapele, the shoe of the Deadman is Ash. The stretchers are Hard maple and European Beach. The bottom shelf is Southern Yellow Pine. All Mortise and Tenon construction doweled with 1/2in. Oak dowel. The top slabs have shallow mortises with matching stub tenons on the legs and lag bolted to the base through the upper stretchers. The Face Vise is a 10in. Yost Quick Release with 14in. jaw opening, 11 3/4in. after the addition of the front and rear chops, throat depth of 6in. The End Vise is a 7in. Yost Quick Release with 8in. jaw opening, 6in. after the addition of the front and rear chops, throat depth of 4in. Overall dimensions, length: 73in. width: 25 3/4in. Top thickness is 4in.