Brendon_t Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 On 4/22/2016 at 5:14 PM, Eric. said: Wait, remind me again why this thing doesn't have vises on it? 2 hours ago, estesbubba said: Did you ever get your vises installed? Sorry guys just saw this. The real reason is half way between I'm being lazy and actually am enjoying using the plane stop, dogs,and hold downs. None of which I had ever used before this bench. The other half is time. I have been on a super dry spell of shop time for about 3 months. I made some big changes in my business that currently have me woking a lot more. It'll slow down eventually and the bench will be sexyfied for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I finally remembered to snag a picture of the leg vise installed. It does definitely grab. I can still move a board when clamped but it is pretty darn smooth. I'm I'm the middle of a shop reorganization with the major intention being to get the bench off of a wall and have both sides available. I'm going to try to take a few hero shots when the cabinet project is done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted July 24, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Strangely enough and not at all by design, I am posting the obligatory hero pics of the finished bench, with BC hardware installed, and already many many hour of use on it a year to the day from when I started this thread after an afternoon milling session on the logs that became my bench. . For s's and giggles, the last picture is of my favorite aesthetic thing about my bench. A big bark inclusion that I sealed with epoxy. It's one to the first things people notice. My absolute favorite thing is the dead weight. I never have to worry about it walking away from me no matter what I am doing with it. The work holding is nice, but I'll just state that maybe I don't have enough hours on the vices to really appreciate them fully. The gap in the center is great for clamping options. If I had somewhere to keep it, I would take the gap stop out and leave it out. The shelf below is very handy as I keep most of my most used tools there. Marking and measuring box, sander and paper box, round over routers etc. after wiping it down for pictures, I grabbed my straightedge and confirmed the top is just as flat today as the day I flattened it. That's a good feeling. thanks to all of the guys who helped along the way. There are too many to list but if you're reading still, you probably helped out in one way or another. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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