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It´s been a long trip to get this done!
Three years ago we had to cut two big trees to make our house, cut then in planks and air dried them. Back then I had asked for a 4" plank from the pine tree to make this bench legs!
The top I laminated from a 2" thick harder wood.
After many designs I came up with this


I already have a low roman bench thats very practical for planning and other stuff. I made this bench to do all the other things.

All the joinery was made by hand tools. Let me tell you this, I underestimated the fisical work involved in making this bench.

The hole bench can be disassemble in less than a minute. It weighs about 80Kg. I plan to have it outside in summer and inside in winter.

The finish was 1:1 tung oil and vegetable turpintine
Hope you enjoy it!

I plan to make some dogholes for the holdfasts and keep on adding stuff to make it a handy little workbench out of it!

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Very nice build, here's to getting years of service out of it!
 

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Thank you SmittyCabinetshop! I hope that many projects will pass over this bench!
Very nice build, here s to getting years of service out of it!
- SmittyCabinetshop
 

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That's a great-looking bench, Diego, and you should get a lot of service out of it. Well done!
 

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Thank you Dave! You´ve been very bussy lately!!
That's a great-looking bench, Diego, and you should get a lot of service out of it. Well done!
- Dave Polaschek
 

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Great work. Stout and collapsible. The dog holes and the vice you have planned will be a great addition and open up many holding options.
 

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Thank you Jamie! Yes! I have a moxon vise already made.
Great work. Stout and collapsible. The dog holes and the vice you have planned will be a great addition and open up many holding options.

- Jamie
 

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Beautiful build. Will last a long time and have many projects coming off it. NICE!!!

 

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Very solid and heavy duty!!!
Great bench and that you built it from trees you had milled is even better.
Excellent bench. Your Low Roman Bench looks great too!
Jon
 

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Nice work. I like the look and the joinery.
 

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Diego, that is quite the bench. Plenty sturdy to build on.

Do the bench hooks work right there as a vise of sorts?

Is that little yellow guy with the blue hat your shop Gremlin?
 

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Thank you TherealSteveN. Yes the bench hooks are there for a "vise" and I added a stop in the top for side planning planks, and its a convinient spot to store the hooks.
That "Gremlin" was a funny joke from my wife, just to make the photos a bit more intresting :)
Diego, that is quite the bench. Plenty sturdy to build on.

Do the bench hooks work right there as a vise of sorts?

Is that little yellow guy with the blue hat your shop Gremlin?

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Yes ! It does not move! Its very confortable for detailed work, I´m 6.2ft so it really helps to have the high top .
The Roman Bench is a very very easy build and you cand do many different tasks on it.
Very solid and heavy duty!!!
Great bench and that you built it from trees you had milled is even better.
Excellent bench. Your Low Roman Bench looks great too!
Jon
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