bp122
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Alright boys and girls!
This is a big one.
Powered by recent redundancy, I have finally admitted defeat and giving up my "big" workbench build project.
It has been a very difficult decision but it must happen.
I embarked on a "make my own bench" journey
Bought Chris Schwartz's Workbenches book and decided on a split top Roubo - just because I liked it.
In April 2021, bought a lot of Southern Yellow Pine, and with the help of @Fidget , I got the pieces to almost final dimensions.
But in the last two years all I could progress on was the legs.
Anyways, I can give full details to anyone who is interested but here is the high level breakdown (in so many ways)
Workbench rough dimensions (1800mm long, 550-600mm deep and around 915mm high)
Timber: (around £500 overall including delivery)
4 x Legs - 100 x 130mm x 920-930mm long
Top bits are 14 pieces, 110mm deep, around 35mm thick - 7 of them make each of the split tops around 245mm wide (wide enough to go on my old planer thicknesser which I no longer have) - I had added some biscuit joiner marks to help align.
4 x short stretchers (laminated with two pieces each, one long and one slightly shorter)
2 long stretchers (enough to leave a 300mm overhang on either side of the legs)
Piece for the sliding deadman
What this doesn't have:
Leg vice chop - Plan was to make this using contrasting bits of laminated wood, but didn't do it
Tail vice - but can easily incorporate it - I was never going to have one
Any bits that are missing, I was planning ion either using some other wood for it or didn't plan on having it (happy to discuss in detail)
Bench Hardware: (Around £140 when bought)
30mm dia, twin start lead screw with a bronze lead nut - super fast travel - for the leg vice (and two aluminium locking collars)
Cast Iron wheel with 30mm I.D (needs to be secured to the lead screw by cross drilling holes through both and using a spring pin - very simple, just haven't gotten around to it - even happy to do it before selling)
Bench Tool: (Around £120 when bought)
4 x forged gramercy holdfasts - 3/4" (never used, just sprayed dust on them for nearly 3 years) - worth £90-£100 including delivery from Germany / US - apparantly the Bees Knees of holdfasts (or so I was told)
2 x Banggood cam-lock holdfasts
Books / Plans:
Chris Schwartz's workbenches book (if interested)
Happy to share the original plan / design I had for this to explain the sizes and proportions.
All yours for ........ £600, collection from HP17.
I understand it might seem like a lot, but axminster sells flimsy workbenches for more than this.
This is a "I need the money" sale more than "I don't need the workbench" sale!
Truth be told, I spent months imagining how it would look when finished, so please take it off me before I change my mind and sell my kidney instead
All you need to do is glue up and cut the joints! (I can see the people laughing now!)
Any questions, please let me know.
This is a big one.
Powered by recent redundancy, I have finally admitted defeat and giving up my "big" workbench build project.
It has been a very difficult decision but it must happen.
I embarked on a "make my own bench" journey
Bought Chris Schwartz's Workbenches book and decided on a split top Roubo - just because I liked it.
In April 2021, bought a lot of Southern Yellow Pine, and with the help of @Fidget , I got the pieces to almost final dimensions.
But in the last two years all I could progress on was the legs.
Anyways, I can give full details to anyone who is interested but here is the high level breakdown (in so many ways)
Workbench rough dimensions (1800mm long, 550-600mm deep and around 915mm high)
Timber: (around £500 overall including delivery)
4 x Legs - 100 x 130mm x 920-930mm long
Top bits are 14 pieces, 110mm deep, around 35mm thick - 7 of them make each of the split tops around 245mm wide (wide enough to go on my old planer thicknesser which I no longer have) - I had added some biscuit joiner marks to help align.
4 x short stretchers (laminated with two pieces each, one long and one slightly shorter)
2 long stretchers (enough to leave a 300mm overhang on either side of the legs)
Piece for the sliding deadman
What this doesn't have:
Leg vice chop - Plan was to make this using contrasting bits of laminated wood, but didn't do it
Tail vice - but can easily incorporate it - I was never going to have one
Any bits that are missing, I was planning ion either using some other wood for it or didn't plan on having it (happy to discuss in detail)
Bench Hardware: (Around £140 when bought)
30mm dia, twin start lead screw with a bronze lead nut - super fast travel - for the leg vice (and two aluminium locking collars)
Cast Iron wheel with 30mm I.D (needs to be secured to the lead screw by cross drilling holes through both and using a spring pin - very simple, just haven't gotten around to it - even happy to do it before selling)
Bench Tool: (Around £120 when bought)
4 x forged gramercy holdfasts - 3/4" (never used, just sprayed dust on them for nearly 3 years) - worth £90-£100 including delivery from Germany / US - apparantly the Bees Knees of holdfasts (or so I was told)
2 x Banggood cam-lock holdfasts
Books / Plans:
Chris Schwartz's workbenches book (if interested)
Happy to share the original plan / design I had for this to explain the sizes and proportions.
All yours for ........ £600, collection from HP17.
I understand it might seem like a lot, but axminster sells flimsy workbenches for more than this.
This is a "I need the money" sale more than "I don't need the workbench" sale!
Truth be told, I spent months imagining how it would look when finished, so please take it off me before I change my mind and sell my kidney instead
All you need to do is glue up and cut the joints! (I can see the people laughing now!)
Any questions, please let me know.
