Work bench build - picture heavy.

[Nature Man]

I need mobility with my ShopVac. I wheel it around wherever needed. Chuck

 

[Gdurfey]

I need mobility with my ShopVac. I wheel it around wherever needed. Chuck

Unlike Greg, I did leave the wheels on mine. But so far, the majority of the time it stays under the bench.

 

[woodtickgreg]

I’m thinking about the rockler kit as well. I am loving having my shop vac under the workbench and the remote switch

I have one of those kits hooked up to my miter saw. I really like the hose.

 

[woodtickgreg]

I need mobility with my ShopVac. I wheel it around wherever needed. Chuck

I have one for that purpose too.

 

[TimR]

So I had to move this walnut slab to get to the ash. Someday this will be my new coffee table.
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So I'm finally down to the ash. Time to start processing it.
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I snap chalk lines to cut off the live edge and cut the 2" thick material with a circular saw. I changed the blade to a new Freud Diablo after this pic. This wood is really dry and hard.
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I find that two pieces of 2x material bring a singer treadle sewing machine base to the right height of a black and decker workmate.
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As luck would have it, I kept my treadle base and workmate just knowing a use would come with them!

 

[TimR]

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Greg, I tried editing the post but may have just confused things. Just wanted to share that I have the sewing machine base and Workmate too!

 

[woodtickgreg]

Greg, I tried editing the post but may have just confused things. Just wanted to share that I have the sewing machine base and Workmate too!

That's cool brother, I dig the b&d workmates. And now I found another use for the singer sewing machine base, I've got a few of them.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Got another one in the clamps, one more to go and then I can glue the ash on the outsides of the walnut.
Two jointed on 2 sides.

 

[T. Ben]

 

[woodtickgreg]

I worked my butt off today rough processing the rest of the ash for the bench legs and cross stretchers.
Here we go.......

When i was chainsaw milling this log 10 years ago I hit a couple of nails, just cut them out. This tree was in a backyard and it probably had a bird house or bird feeder nailed to it when it was a young tree.

I think i got one good 7" wide board out of this slab. Other side had lots of carpenter ant damage.

This was the last board from the 2 logs, sinc I i was still set up I ripped the wane off and temporarily used it for a miter saw bench, lol.

The 7" wide boards i needed for the rest of the leg and base stock.

I cut the 9' long boards down to 5' and 3'

 

[woodtickgreg]

I worked for 7 Hours today, lots of heavy lifting working by myself. I worked well past dark. Short days kinda suck now.
The reward for my efforts. This is the last of the stock I need.

Scrap for the fire pit. Needs to be cut up yet.

More scrap, lots of carpenter ant damage.

I carried all the wood down to the shop and stickered it to acclimate a bit.

I've got materials to keep me busy for awhile now.

I'm whupped, worked long and hard today. I ain't a young man anymore. Swept up 10 gallons of sawdust, lol. Took some ibuprofen and had a man sized plate of thanksgiving left overs. My body is not going to be happy with me tomorrow, lol.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

I worked for 7 Hours today, lots of heavy lifting working by myself. I worked well past dark. Short days kinda suck now.
The reward for my efforts. This is the last of the stock I need.
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Scrap for the fire pit. Needs to be cut up yet.
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More scrap, lots of carpenter ant damage.
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I carried all the wood down to the shop and stickered it to acclimate a bit.
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I've got materials to keep me busy for awhile now.
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I'm whupped, worked long and hard today. I ain't a young man anymore. Swept up 10 gallons of sawdust, lol. Took some ibuprofen and had a man sized plate of thanksgiving left overs. My body is not going to be happy with me tomorrow, lol.

I hear you about the body, I been rebuilding a shower and it's taking about twice as long as I had it scheduled for. My knees and back are talking to me about why I thought I was still 30.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

How much crotch feather is in that scrap pile of yours? 8/4 ash crotch figure is getting a bit harder to find you know...

 

[woodtickgreg]

How much crotch feather is in that scrap pile of yours? 8/4 ash crotch figure is getting a bit harder to find you know...

Not much if any. This was a very tall and straight tree. The canopy was very high, I didnt get any of that.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

That hump you cut off in the first shot there is what caught my eye. It looked like a branch.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Maybe........

 

[woodtickgreg]

First leg is in the clamps.

3 to go.

 

[Don Ratcliff]

First leg is in the clamps.
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3 to go.
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The age old struggle of a woodworker, not enough clamps and not enough room for the crap you're building.

 

[woodtickgreg]

The age old struggle of a woodworker, not enough clamps and not enough room for the crap you're building.

It is what it is. I make do with what I have. I have more than some and less than others. But I'm always happy to be in my shop. It's not a race when I'm in my shop, I'm under no time constraints and I work at my own pace. And I'm happy to be making something for me that I have wanted for a long time. Right now I have a lot of material in the shop. And a lot of scrap, lol.

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

When I was going to make my wifes table from walnut and curly maple, I wanted to make legs like this but split again and add more walnut. Add another piece of walnut where the red line is. Sort of a cross of walnut.