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HacksawJPEG.jpg50's Hacksaw112 viewsMy dad's Craftsman Hacksaw from the 50'sRuby
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100_3283~0.jpg146 viewsThe stationary vice jaw is behind the first board to allow a flush "vicing" surface. I lost about 1-1/4" of capability at the stationary jaw and then 2" more at the movable wooden jaw, but the vice still opens a full 10". The metal jaws are 4" tall, and I made the wooden jaws 5-1/4" tall.
Ruby
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100_3154.jpg156 viewsTop is 28" X 84" X 3-1/2" thick, with no aprons. Very nice to clamp to all around. On a family trip to northern Ohio I found that the local Lowe's carried Southern Yellow Pine framing lumber, which Chris recommended as one possible bench wood. Chris noted that the longest and widest boards are usually pretty nice lumber and darned if they weren't.Ruby
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100_3196.jpg135 viewsBoard jack and face vice combine to hold a 2 X 12 firmly (leftover from the bench top)Ruby
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100_3122.jpg139 viewsRecord vice again. Note the metal stationary jaw worked into the last board of the bench top. I did not surface the bottom of the top - all that glue and extra wood add weight (or am I just lazy?) I did, however, flatten it at the points where it sits on the top of the base Ruby
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100_3151.jpg162 viewsMy first real bench - fake bench can be seen in the background (with one of Scott Grandstaff's wonderful persuaders sitting atop). This is a modification of Chris' French Bench. The differences are mostly in the vises - a metal face vice instead of the hook, and a twin screw end vice instead of the carriage vice.Ruby
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100_3153~0.jpg159 viewsHere is my new bench. It will never look this good again, and neither will my shop - I just moved into a new house and the bench is my first project. I must give mucho credito to Chris Shwarz's Workbench book, and a generous exchange of e-mails. Also, a couple of other galoots gave invaluable advice along the way. I got passionate about this and finished it in about 3 weeks.Ruby
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100_3198.jpg130 viewsWindsor seat in the vice - works just as intendedRuby
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100_3232.jpg134 viewsRound dog showing the bullet catch at the bench topRuby
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100_3153.jpg138 viewsNow I have no excuse to stall on making something. All of the yellow pine cost $190. So with the glue and the bolts on the long stretchers I have about $215 into the basic bench. I paid retail ($230?) for the twin screw vise and $50 for a new-in-the-box Record 52-1/2, and add $20 for vise hardware, so total is $515, with almost 2/3 of that in the vises! AND - I have left over lumber! AND - it weighs about 300 lbs! AND - its exactly what I wanted. Ruby
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100_3155.jpg138 viewsI flattened the top by hand from the rough glued stage in about 2 hours - easier than hauling giant pieces out to the garage to surface them on the p*w*r plane. I used a #5 then a #6 and am very happy with the level (no pun intended) of flatness.Ruby
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100_3157.jpg148 viewsAn array of dogs made by gluing squares of wood onto 3/4" dowels. They stick up from 1/4" to 1-1/4" from the top of the bench. Also shown is an L-V brass guy.
Ruby
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