WOW!!  Said he had been working on it for 5 years.  Beautiful workbench though.  No in my roundhouse of ability as of yet but in time.

 

What I require is motivation.  Let us summon one who will endeavor to make such a bench and give us all mere mortals a push to get started.

 

@steven newman  when you getting started???  

All hand tools ! Way beyond my skill and patience. Definitely requires a lot of motivation.

It will take me the rest of my life with hand tools.  I don't get enough hours in the day.  That is a beautiful bench and you wouldn't have to be concerned about it failing.  Yes, I want to see when Steve Newman gets started and finished.  I bet it won't take 5 years.  LOL

32 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

I want to see when Steve Newman gets started and finished.  I bet it won't take 5 years. 

And I bet it won't fit into his shop! Never mind the stairs!!

John

Maybe, just maybe if I started 30 years ago...

1 minute ago, HARO50 said:

And I bet it won't fit into his shop! Never mind the stairs!!

He'd build it and have to leave it in the shop. It would take 3 Gorillas and a small boy to bring it up the stairs.

You guys are putting a lot of pressure on Steve! Like this would be one of those 1 week projects! I think it would take him at least a MONTH to finish this.

55 minutes ago, Artie said:

You guys are putting a lot of pressure on Steve! Like this would be one of those 1 week projects! I think it would take him at least a MONTH to finish this.

 

I'll take that bet and raise you $100 it's less than a month.   

1 hour ago, Artie said:

You guys are putting a lot of pressure on Steve! Like this would be one of those 1 week projects! I think it would take him at least a MONTH to finish this.

..Not if he brought out the power tools.

One hybrid way to do the top is to laminate the legs in 3 layers.   Miter the dovetail at an angle and match to a top lamination. then one cut short, then one cut square   When you glue up the top, just position the leg in its position and glue the top around it   

 

Chris is a friend of mine and he gets down the rabbit holes on certain projects -- tool benches, tool chests, campaign furniture, and now Welsh stick chairs   He's a talented guy that blossomed in his years at PopWood

 

Edited November 29, 20205 yr by kmealy

4 minutes ago, kmealy said:

One hybrid way to do the top is to laminate the legs in 3 layers.   Miter the dovetail at an angle and match to a top lamination. then one cut short, then one cut square   When you glue up the top, just position the leg in its position and glue the top around it   

 

Chris is a friend of mine and he gets down the rabbit holes on certain projects -- tool benches, tool chests, campaign furniture, and now Welsh stick chairs   He's a talented guy that blossomed in his years at PopWood

 

 

 

Have watched several videos and one tool chest series.  Very informative and presented in a way that even my warped and twisted mind could understand.  

I might have missed it, but did he state how much that bench weighs?

4 hours ago, Gunny said:

WOW!!  Said he had been working on it for 5 years.  Beautiful workbench though.  No in my roundhouse of ability as of yet but in time.

 

I think what he meant is that he built it and has been using it as a bench for 5 years, not that it took 5 years to build it.  He did a survey of the half-dozen or so benches in his storefront shop and talked about what he liked and disliked about each variation.

40 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

I might have missed it, but did he state how much that bench weighs?

 

5 inch solid cherry about 6 ft long, then the legs and braces plus the bottom shelf.  ALOT.   

2 minutes ago, Gunny said:

 

5 inch solid cherry about 6 ft long, then the legs and braces plus the bottom shelf.  ALOT.   

In other words "Strip your gears time". 

2 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

In other words "Strip your gears time". 

 

 

You made me hurt my back just thinking about moving that beast.  

Just now, Gunny said:

 

 

You made me hurt my back just thinking about moving that beast.  

Hey!  What were those to round things rolling across the floor? 

1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Hey!  What were those to round things rolling across the floor? 

 

Blew out my neck bolts...  

4 minutes ago, Gunny said:

 

Blew out my neck bolts...  

Called the Doc.