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Paul, again, look at the Schwarz books as there are benches on there which use simple joints or are bolted together. M and t can be accomplished fairly easily with a drill, saw and sharp chisel, all of which you should have or can get cheaply. Take your time in planning as there is no point...

I would get both of Chris Schwarz's workbench books from the library before embarking on any bench build. His ideas will inform and (probably) inspire you even if you don't copy any of the benches. Alternatively, a lot of the books are in essay form around the net, so it's worth googling him...

Beautiful figuring in the wood. I think complete contrast is the only way to go. For my money, simple, elegant, thinly-turned black legs would work, with maybe just one bead and cove in the middle of each (I would have three legs I think). Good luck and remember the piccies as you go.

Toby, I forgot to say, great up-cycling and nice tool box!

Although having said that, I've just tried to do it with both yours and my Dropbox urls and it didn't work. I'm not sure why - I thought I had done it in the past from Dropbox (although I use photobucket myself, generally). It might be to do with the length of the URL. Does anyone here use...

Toby, if you go to full editor and put your image URL (that's the links above) between IMG tags (they tell the computer it's an image file) then they will display simply for people within the thread.

Hi and welcome Jan. This website is a fantastic reference for Stanley hand planes; http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html

Ok, you've all convinced me, straight handle it is on this one and then a trip to a scrapyard to try and get a spring - thanks for your ideas. Are the springs easy enough to detach?

Hmmm Matt, that sounds like a good idea, thanks, I'll have a think.

Cheers Keith, I'll think about that. CStanford - you can't beat the bard. 'To and froe'...who knew?

Jacob, of course you're right and I meant froe, not adze. :oops: One of the side-effects of a baby daughter is the inability to tell one word from another (hammer)

I have wanted an froe for ages, but haven't been able to justify new prices. So when Roger advertised the axe heads recently, I jumped at what looked like an froe with a straight handle. They all arrived today (thanks Roger) and I'm delighted. Now, the froe has the handle at 90 degrees to...

If this is still open then; Workshop Heaven Marcros Tobytools... G S Haydon Glynne Mike S Flufflinger Noggsy

You have got yourself a really lovely house my friend. Thanks for WIP.

Krysstel, really enjoyed reading this and that is a really lovely-looking bench. What are your thoughts on it 15 years later? Anything you would or have changed? Was the one vice enough? One of the best bits of Schwarz's bench building book is the retrospectives on the benches after a bit of use.

I've got an Ulmia smoother and I love it. Very smooth moving over the wood and easy to adjust.

Hmmm, aren't the finger grips on the wrong side on the handle? Maybe that's orgonomics for you. At least it's decease-resistant.

Billy, I don't mind you saying at all and I think you might be right. This whole thing is a learning curve for me. And here is the end result; And this is where it will live;

Thanks Mick. BB - that looks great.

Cheers Andy, can't work out if that's more or less than I paid :)