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Inspired here I built my first workbench.
I already had a machine laminated spruce slab with pretty raw uneven surface (1m x 2,4m), that served me for years as workbench on wobbly saw horses or scaffold stage. It was intended to be used as a framework slab for my concrete pillar creations, that luckily not happened. I was looking for collapsible but stable base to replace sawhorses.
I followed the Popular Woodworking instructions, but adjusted the dimensions for lumber size available at my workshop. Mind the larch front rail and side rails. All larch lumber comes from my dad, who stored tons of it for decades. Front rail is low, to reach the shelf easily with my tool boxes. There is no upper rail under the slab - perfect for even more room under the slab for vise and boxes. Dimensions (especially thickness of materials) are not much important, as I prefer to scribe instead of measuring and I still do not have thickness planer as of 01/2018. Table top was planed with my grandpa's hand planer and coated with mahogany oil stain, that gives it a stain, glue and water resistance. Workbench is pretty neat and serves as a big party table even with vise mounted now
posts - beefy 8×16 cm dimensioned "offcuts" from lumber yard.
side rails - excess larch fence lumber from my brother.
front rail - larch joist from my balcony with laminated ends.
back rail - 4×20 cm construction grade spruce lumber
90mm bolt screws - for top brackets
wedges - pallet wood
stain - Osmo wax and mahogany stain oil.
glue - warter based D3 grade glue.
I used my plunge saw instead of tablesaw joinery. My combined tablesaw / mitre saw is not capable of angled cuts. D3 grade glue was used for end assemblies. I ran out of nice spruce lumber, so I used pallet wood for wedges. Once hammered together the base is rock solid. I'm Wondering if there is some scale of "solidness". Many workbenches are so wobbly, this one can be strengthened by just 4 good aimed plastic hammer hits.
I already had a machine laminated spruce slab with pretty raw uneven surface (1m x 2,4m), that served me for years as workbench on wobbly saw horses or scaffold stage. It was intended to be used as a framework slab for my concrete pillar creations, that luckily not happened. I was looking for collapsible but stable base to replace sawhorses.
I followed the Popular Woodworking instructions, but adjusted the dimensions for lumber size available at my workshop. Mind the larch front rail and side rails. All larch lumber comes from my dad, who stored tons of it for decades. Front rail is low, to reach the shelf easily with my tool boxes. There is no upper rail under the slab - perfect for even more room under the slab for vise and boxes. Dimensions (especially thickness of materials) are not much important, as I prefer to scribe instead of measuring and I still do not have thickness planer as of 01/2018. Table top was planed with my grandpa's hand planer and coated with mahogany oil stain, that gives it a stain, glue and water resistance. Workbench is pretty neat and serves as a big party table even with vise mounted now
posts - beefy 8×16 cm dimensioned "offcuts" from lumber yard.
side rails - excess larch fence lumber from my brother.
front rail - larch joist from my balcony with laminated ends.
back rail - 4×20 cm construction grade spruce lumber
90mm bolt screws - for top brackets
wedges - pallet wood
stain - Osmo wax and mahogany stain oil.
glue - warter based D3 grade glue.
I used my plunge saw instead of tablesaw joinery. My combined tablesaw / mitre saw is not capable of angled cuts. D3 grade glue was used for end assemblies. I ran out of nice spruce lumber, so I used pallet wood for wedges. Once hammered together the base is rock solid. I'm Wondering if there is some scale of "solidness". Many workbenches are so wobbly, this one can be strengthened by just 4 good aimed plastic hammer hits.
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