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Part of the build, later on, will require me to cut quite a few bearers and notches into the aprons and they won't be visible. That'll be an ideal opportunity to give those tips a go without the guide and see how I get on. Thanks.

True. I have absolutely no clue if it is generally considered a cheat and a sin or if everyone uses them. I'd love to develop the skill to just do without a guide but while I'm using one that's not going to happen I suppose. I have practised on scrap wood but it's a bit like practising...

Now onto cutting out the bottom rails. They went quite smoothly really. The only tough bit I found was the dovetail section. The first couple was very slow going and I found the best way was to be more confident and do long flowing strokes with the chisel. At first, I was taking small bites...

That is a great way of describing it. This is exactly why I wanted to post this build so these mistakes are documented. If I had read your post before starting I would have avoided this cockup. In fact, I've only just realised that. I thought the takeaway lesson was just to do all sides when...

After the legs, it was onto the rails. I'll be totally honest, you would laugh if you only knew how long I spent trying to figure that issue out on the first joint! It was literally the first joint I tried to fit so it was very disheartening. I was shaving minuscule amounts off and it was...

Thanks, Andy. I'm just catching up posting from my notes where I am up to now (not that far really just the trestles almost taking some sort of shape). Another way I think experienced people can be inhibited when teaching beginners is that they don't want to oversimplify something only to be...

I was able to cut around some bad bits to get 4 clean legs. This brings me to cockup number 2. And the worst thing about this one is I had already seen someone else do the same thing... Not squaring the legs. I think it is because that bit is missed off the video series. Every other...

I recently decided to move from an utter noob and upgrade to complete novice by building my own workbench. I was off work due to the lockdown so what better opportunity. The only problem was I started looking on places like this to decide what style bench to build, what material to use, what...

Thanks very much!

Hi, Does anyone know where you would get a nice big wooden vice screw and nut in the UK? I can only find them in the US. I'm checking benches on eBay that might have salvageable bits on. Something like the lake Erie tool works screws in the US I haven't got the tooling or skills to even...