It's Alive...(cue creepy music and sinister laugh)

[Shamrock]

Well folks I told you it was done and here's the pics to prove it:



an aerial view of the top:wink_smil:


the end vise:


and the coffin vise/crochet combo (with action pics):




I finished it with 2 coats of blond shellac. It then sat for 2 weeks while a built a new lumber rack and moved around half the shop so the beast would fit. It rests nicely behind my new shortened out feed table, which still allows me to cut a 8 ft piece of plywood without it falling off the back yeah!

In use so far it been pretty cool-I've found new clamping methods for allot of things that before would have resulted in prolific use of adult language.

And for those who read my last post I made a trip to Klingspors and now I'm a the happy owner of several boxes of high quality screws starting with 1", going up to 3" in 1/4 increments! No more BORG crap for me!!

Thanks for looking-enjoy

 

[TracyP]

:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

 

[CrealBilly]

man is that sharp :thumbs_up

 

[ErnieM]

Too bad about all those holes in the top. Did you buy the wood at the BORG too? :rotflm::rotflm:

Great job on the new workbench. Use it in good health.

Ernie

 

[DaveO]

I really like the tree carving in your coffin vise...nice attention to detail.

Dave

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

Nice jog. A really pretty and functional looking bench!

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[PeteQuad]

She is a BEAUT! Very nice Mike, it came out awesome. I love the vices and all the holdfast spots.

 

[PeteM]

How about some shots of that new lumber rack.
:icon_thum

pete

 

[WoodWrangler]

Perfect man! That looks great and it's stout as heck! Not sure how you got that HUGE 8' bench to fit in that spot, but you did! Awesome work!

 

[McRabbet]

Beautiful bench, Mike -- My only concern would be the capacity of the end vise and possible racking when loaded off-center -- too bad you didn't opt for the LV Twin Screw one, but it is a bit pricey... Love the coffin vise and its embellishment...

 

[Joe Scharle]

Great looking bench + outfeed table. Good use of space!
One Q though; What's the difference between a knee vise and a coffin vise?

 

[jstraw]

Beautiful job on the bench. The extra touches on the vise look real nice. Looks like a real comfortable bench to use, great job.

 

[paul dyar]

On a scale of one to ten, I would give you an eleven.
paul

 

[cpowell]

Whoa, that's a nice bench! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap I love to look at the design features on new benches. It looks like you put some thought into what you built.

Nice drive by on the small bench plane too! :mrgreen:


Chuck

 

[JohnW]

Awesome bench Michael. You did a real nice job of designing and building it. And you great great grand kids will like using it as well.

 

[Shamrock]

Joe-I think the knee vise is the same thing-the name coffin vise just comes from the shape of the piece.

Rob-I will probably use the LV twin screw on the next bench, this one is just the prototype in true Norm fashion. I'm going to use it awhile and see what I like and dislike and then build another with a few different details out of Euro Beech. David Marks uses a tail vise similar to mine in his bench and that's where I got the idea. As far as wracking I'm going to test the quality of Czech republic construction and wrack it until something breaks:gar-La;.

Thanks all for the positive comments-I can't wait to put it through some real work-maybe in April,