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Its amazing how much you learn from doing these projects isn’t it. I think you will really appreciate the flush and vertical legs of the new bench, and it should be much sturdier. There’s not much on the Jay Bates inspired design to resist racking. A couple of tightly fitted stretches would sort...

Thank you. It is about 5ft long, full height, and the top surface is about 10” wide. At the moment I am working on a small coffee table using the wood from an old gate leg table that had been discarded. I like hand tool working, and am starting on small projects, maybe a box next. It seems...

Thank you for your kind comments and helpful ideas. It’s about 5’ long, full height, and 10” wide on the top surface - so a bit bigger than a standard sawhorse. I’ll reconsider the bench dogs. At the moment I just clamp pieces of plywood of various thicknesses (depending on what I need) to the...

I haven’t seen this one before, thank you for sharing it. At first I wondered what you meant because it has a vice, no shelf, is much longer, has a tool tray, and looks very flimsy. Then I saw the legs with the asymmetrical setup which is very similar. The tool trench would obviously get in the...

Thank you, I understand now.

This is my first post. I am new to woodworking and want to learn how to design and build freestanding furniture. Thought the first thing I need is a workbench! Here is the workbench I designed for use with heavy duty quick release clamps. I did a lot of research and planning. I wanted something...