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Here's how the legs will be spaced, overall height will be about 33" tall so that I can get over the bench planes when working the ...

time to get this twinscrew vice in place. Most designs i've seen have tabs cantilevered off of the bottom of the benchtop which accept ...

Yup, spent an evening after work beavering away at the bottom surface of the top now that the glue's reasonably dry. You want this sort...

after repeated checks for gaps and refitting the two sides of the top together, it finally made a strong enough fit that the boards closed u...

Now the delicate act of edge joining these two beefy beams. hoo boy. watch your toes, this is 98" x 24" x 5,1/2" of WATCH Y...

I begin with milling the beam. Had 2 8' sections for the bench top and some left over to attempt to rip for a few sturdy legs. ripping...

Been eyein' a wonderful old timber at the architectural salvage site that i pick through on my lunch hour near work most of the winter. ...