Comments on: Out with the Old? Thankfully, Not Yet.

By: dean van zanardi

dean van zanardi — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:34:31 +0000

hey Chris I two would like to have the right/correct dimensions for the ugly work table… any chance u could send photos or cut list…..thanks

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:35:51 +0000

More power to you Jackie! I hope you like the bench. Just used mine yesterday, in fact. So glad I didn’t get rid of it!

Best,

Chris

By: Jackie Nettles

Jackie Nettles — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:50:52 +0000

Chris
I am in the middle of gathering wheels and materil as we speek,but my work bench is going to be made out of 3/4 ” birch plywood, I bought the wheels yesterday and each wheel is rated fo 400 lbs I am inlaying it to the sides of 2×4′s and after I get done with that I am going to install an overhead crane to pick it up, thank for your input Chris I am just a hacker but I do love the wood dust

By: Stafford White

Stafford White — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:20:15 +0000

Chris, thanks for sharing the workbench plans with us. We really appreciate it.

Stafford

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:33:16 +0000

Paulette and Stafford,

Have a look at the new blog post for today, Friday, May 28. I think you’ll like what you see.

Thanks for commenting about this workbench project.

Best,

Chris

By: Stafford White

Stafford White — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:46:44 +0000

Hi Chris…
I, too, would love a rough estimate of dimensions and a few photos. I also do my assembly, gluing and whatever on my table-saw or even on the cement basement floor. Your table looks very interesting, and looks like something I could build. My email is: staffordwhite2002@yahoo.com

Thanks so much for sharing.

Stafford

By: Dale Widel

Dale Widel — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:51:35 +0000

What is a “proper wood working bench” ?
Is it not a tool that helps us build something out of wood ?
Yes, we have those beautiful benches and we have those old benches that we think of as being “proper”, but in reality what works to get the job done is what we need. It looks like you did build a “proper wood working bench” . If it were not, it would not have served you so well for so many years.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:57:12 +0000

That would be perfect, yes! I don’t need formal anything, just general is fine. Email at caseyst@gmail.com Thank you in advance, I really appreciate it!

Paulette

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:15:15 +0000

Paulette,

Would some rough dimensions and a few more photos be acceptable for you? I never actually drew this bench up as a formal set of CAD plans. It was sort of, “build as I went along.” If you’d care to offer your email address here, I’ll contact you that way with more information.

Best,

Chris

By: Paulette

Paulette — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:39:25 +0000

Care to share your “plans” for this? I’d love something like this to put in my shop!

By: John

John — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:16:01 +0000

Sometimes the ugly ducklings work the hardest. My 4×8 out-feed table for my table saws is also my favorite cabinet construction site. The vises on my workbench are nice, and the experience gained from constructing it was great, but I can’t say I would build another one if this one were gone.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:48:16 +0000

Chris, I’ve been holding out for several years now about building a bench in hopes that one day I’ll build a “proper” woodworking bench. Normally my table saw or one of my smaller wall benches suffices but there have been many occassions, especially during glue-ups, when I really need a bigger table. You’ve just convinced me go ahead and build that ugly 2×4 monster and quit waiting. Maybe one of these days I’ll get time to build that dream bench, but this is just silly to go w/o for so long in waiting. Besides, that proper bench will be a lot easier to build if I have a bench to build it on. Now I know what I’m doing this weekend…

Thanks,

Ian