Quickie Workbench WIP

[Zeddedhed]

Having cleared out the 'toolroom' (polite phrase for room full of junk, stuff I think I'll need, dark matter and dead spiders) I've decided it needs a decent bench for mounting my Tormek and Brierley grinder.

I also plan to bolt on a Record Engineers vice and generally use it for dirty bash-bashy type work - sharpening and maintaining chainsaws, metal stuff and also a place for my 10 year old to make his Anti Zombie bombs and weaponry.

Now I know that this could result in a deluge of cry of 'WHAT A WASTE' but I have 10 lengths of 95 x 45 planed up Sapele that have been on my rack since a rather enthusiastic over order for a job 2 years ago

I've been saving it for when a job needed it but that job just doesn't seem to come. So to **** with it. A 45mm thick solid Sapele top is in order methinks.

A spare fence post will provide the legs and various bits of random tree wood will do the rest.

I want this done and dusted by tonight so lets get going....

The available Sapele laid out..

Fence post chopped rough for legs

Top boards Domino'd for alignment and glued up with 5 minute PU glue. Plenty of squeeze out.....

Legs planed down and given a rather agricultural chamfering at the foot end

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If I were to go to my builder's merchants and ask for fence posts, I don't think they would be quite so clean.

 

[Zeddedhed]

If I were to go to my builder's merchants and ask for fence posts, I don't think they would be quite so clean.

Mine were not like that when I got them. They were originally planed up about a year ago for a project for the kids a playhouse I believe. I just gave them another quick whizz over the PT to make sure all sizes were equal.

 

[Zeddedhed]

Leg frames domino'd, glued and clamped up.

Bottom stretcher things glued and screwed on.

And there we have it. Not the prettiest bench i have to admit but it'll do just fine for my needs (and the needs of the Anti Zombie Force, of which I am apparently Supreme Commander.)

 

[griggs]

Looks good and solid, just the job for what you want it for.

On a tangent, your work table in the WIP photos has a top resembling the MFT Festool top, but from what I can see from the photos it is your own creation? How did you go about setting out / boring the holes? Thanks

 

[n0legs]

Cool =D>
Dado trunking...... Niceeeee 8)

 

[Zeddedhed]

Thanks guys.

Griggs, the MFT style top was made by a local guy with a CNC machine. Learn from my mistake if you want one - don't get it done in 25mm MDF like I did. Although the holes will take the parf dogs by Veritas you can't hook the festoon clamps through them. Once it gets cut to ribbons I'll get a new one from 18mm.

Nolegs - the trunking is dead handy and so easy to add a socket. The room was originally going to be used as an office for my construction business but then it went spectacularly and decisively **** up 2 years ago and now it's my workshop. Yippee (I think!!!)

 

[n0legs]

Nolegs - the trunking is dead handy and so easy to add a socket.

In years gone past I pushed a friend to have it at his offices.
The times that place has been moved around and altered, he's saved a small fortune in the lack of wiring he hasn't had done. Good stuff, very good stuff

 

[griggs]

Thanks Zeddedhed.

 

[mseries]

Nolegs - the trunking is dead handy and so easy to add a socket.

240V sockets but 110V grinder :?

 

[Zeddedhed]

Nolegs - the trunking is dead handy and so easy to add a socket.

240V sockets but 110V grinder :?

I know , I know.....

It's a leftover from when the building business went belly up. We used to use it on our bigger sites.