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 Post subject: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:18 pm 
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Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel on completion of my new shop. First up is my general woodworking bench a Roubo bench on the cheap made from pressure treated 6x6 and 2x4's. The leg vice, most expensive thing on the bench is in the mail.

Test fitting the legs

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Finished bench

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These are simple benches I had in my old shop. They were ugly so I decided to make them look better with paint and nice maple ply tops.

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And now I have a nice L-Shaped bench, something I've wanted for a long time now

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Finished Bench

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I hope to be making saw dust by the end of next month!


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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:26 pm 
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Nice and really nice looking shop there. I love the floors, wish I had reclaimed wood flooring in my shop....and windows.....and.....

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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:48 pm 
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Thumbs up on the L bench with three side access!


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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:39 pm 
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First name: George
City: Seattle
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Yeah, that's going to be a nice shop!

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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:35 am 
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First name: Mark
Last Name: McLean
City: Sydney
State: New South Wales
Zip/Postal Code: 2145
Country: Australia
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When can I move in? That is a nice looking space. How can the guitars be otherwise?

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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:55 am 
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I'm in the midst of a new bench myself, not as nice as your Roubo, though. Good work!

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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:13 am 
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I'll have to do a before and after photo thread of building this shop. It's been almost two years, this August, since my wife and I moved to this new house and started on all the projects. Her pottery studio is done and now the guitar shop is just about done. We probably went overkill on it but my philosophy is that you need a nice place to make nice things. The wood floors were 80 years old and unbelievably filthy. I don't think they were ever finished and there was all kinds of stuff spilled all over them and the building must have survived a fire too. After refinishing they are great and comfortable enough on the feet too.


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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
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Would love to see how you cut these!


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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:24 pm 
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James it was done with hand tools mostly and a drill press to drill out and mark the corners and depth. Then using pull saw and back saw to line out the blocks to be removed with a hammer and chisel.


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 Post subject: Re: New Work Benches
PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:00 am 
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Very nice, I like your shop floor also.

I just bought a 1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb off craigslist. The seller was a just out of law school lawyer and he was selling all things electric to buy wood and hand tools to make things. He had just finished a european beech Roubo style bench 17' long with a full set of drawers underneath, all with hand tools, and a two piece top 3" thick 17' long. Beautiful, I would hate moving it [uncle]


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