Sweet Deal on a Workbench!

[Nicholas Carey]

Puget Sound Folk...I just found what looks to be a sweet deal on a right-handed cabinetmaker's workbench on Craig's List at http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/tls/344970067.html

Somebody give it a home -- I'd pick it up but I need a left-handed bench. At $150, the vise hardware would cost you more to buy than this bench does.

6 feet long x 32 inches deep. $150

http://images.craigslist.org/010106010206010300200706048a1b8e7ce4d4854c2f00d38a .jpg

[Lew Barrett]

Sold. The guy built it himself. His wife thinks he's crazy to sell it for $150, and I agreed with her. They're going RVing; no room for the bench. I hope the new owner has fun with it; it looks great. You couldn't buy the wood for that money.

[Kim Whitmyre]

Wow. And I thought I was lucky finding a 1 3/4"x30"x60" strip maple table for $22.50 at the Salvation Army store. . .

[Paul Girouard]

Sold.



Where you quick enought Lew?? Meaning did you buy it??

[Lew Barrett]

Where you quick enought Lew?? Meaning did you buy it??

Nope. I should have made that clear. By the time I saw Nick's post and called, it was gone. Some lucky guy will enjoy a lifetime with a well made bench that is the product of a craftsman's hands. But for now at least, it isn't me.
The guy just wanted somebody to get the bench and to enjoy it.

[james burt]

got a question, just built a bench like this a few weeks ago.
would like to find the vise's he has on the end, where should i start
to look? i live in NC.

thanks

mike

[Lew Barrett]

Woodcraft sells screws and all the parts; others do as well. For a really high end approach, look at the Veritas tail vise. You can also get vises on Amazon, if I recall correctly; Sojberg and others sell the vises as individual parts.

[Kim Whitmyre]

Woodcraft sells screws and all the parts; others do as well. For a really high end approach, look at the Veritas tail vise. You can also get vises on Amazon, if I recall correctly; Sojberg and others sell the vises as individual parts.

I've had the Veritas vise in my shop for about 2 years: waiting for a decent benchtop for install! Since I picked up the aforementioned maple top, the vise will get installed soon! :cool:

[Lew Barrett]

I've had the Veritas vise in my shop for about 2 years: waiting for a decent benchtop for install! Since I picked up the aforementioned maple top, the vise will get installed soon! :cool:

They're a really attractive if somewhat expensive solution. I like the "dual drive" thingy they have that allows you to offset the jaws. Here was a really nice bench, though, for less than the cost of the vise. All that was needed was to be quick on the draw! Sigh.

[Rob Stokes, N. Vancouver]

Grizzly sells some pretty decent maple tops for benches if you want to roll your own.

$150 was WAY too cheap for that bench!

Rob

[Nicholas Carey]

got a question, just built a bench like this a few weeks ago.
would like to find the vise's he has on the end, where should i start
to look? i live in NC.The sort of tail vise hardware needed for the Craigslist bench below:

http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/Woodworking/Clamps/70g0901s2.jpg

can be had from
Woodcraft Supply (http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=305) (West Virginia) -- Two sizes of "end vise" hardware -- one with a 17-1/2 inch screw and one with a 14-inch screw).
Lee Valley/Veritas (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=31136&cat=1,41659) (Canada)
Highland Hardware (http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3770) (Atlanta)
Dieter Schmid (http://www.fine-tools.com/spindel.htm) (Germany)Details on constructing this sort of tail vise can be had from Scott Landis' The Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of Woodworking -- available from the Usual Places.

Fine Woodworking, #162 ran a piece on building a Shaker-derived bench that had details on how to construct this type of tail vise as well. http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignPDF.aspx?id=2839

This web site is also a good resource: http://www.workbenchdesign.net/index.html

[Wild Dingo]

I just completed a new bench... took just 3 days from woe to go with a few interruptions that stretched it over a week...

6ft 6in length x 32in wide x 34in high front of top section 2in thick back section 2 1/2in thick Jarrah... square dog holes in three lanes along the top front set offset to the back two... the back skirt is raised above the benchtop to stop stuff scooting of the edge and down the back... skirt Durian rails Sepiature legs Kapur... weighs a ton! :cool:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p19e77fa61273806f69adb7918d2d55d3/e92cd868.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pedef2aff9f817ebe6ce6f0431089672d/e92cd85f.jpg

Need vices... so thanks for the links through :cool:

oh cost? cheeper than chups... ala free from the woodpile near the shed :cool: cant beat that ;)

[John C. Gresham]

Hopefully when I buy a house (soon?) I'll have somewhere to put a workbench for all the fun little projects I want to do, but don't have anywhere to bloody do 'em in this apartment.

Craigslist is great.

[Don Z.]

It's expensive, but Lie-Nielsen sells great tail vise hardware.


Insert "LN is too expensive" thread here.

[Lew Barrett]

Nice job Dingo.

[katiedobe]

And here I am using my radial arm saw bench as a work bench.
I feel embarassed.

[Paul Girouard]

And here I am using my radial arm saw bench as a work bench.

I feel embarassed.

Jimmy isn't it "bad enought" you've now admittted to owning / having a radial arm saw :eek: :D

The shame !!:( :D

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

I saw Nick's post not long after it went up, I debated in my mind, as I am already overflowing my available storage space. Had to pass. If not, I would have grabbed it. I hate having to make these decisions. First my, I mean, Lew's boat :D, then this bench.

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

Sold. The guy built it himself. His wife thinks he's crazy to sell it for $150, and I agreed with her. They're going RVing; no room for the bench. I hope the new owner has fun with it; it looks great. You couldn't buy the wood for that money.

Wow, I thought it was one of the commercial ones. Considering his WIFE wanted him to save it, you would have thought he would break it down and stash it at a friends.

[Lew Barrett]

I really wanted to go grab that workbench, but in hindsight, I see I was spared. I mean, I don't actually do much work!

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

Somehow I missed your post when I last looked Dingo. Yeah, nice work! Nice color that wood, gives it character.