Surely in this day and age someone can invent a quicker easier system/tool to flatten bench tops 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ great job. Been watching all of the vids in the series
I just saw his latest one as well. I really liked his plug cutter idea. Wish I had seen that a few months ago when I made these, as well as his dog centering / clamping. Both great improvements from his last round and my approach.
Dear Sir, excellent series on building a workbench. I cringed when I saw you using a MIG welder over your lovely wooden clamps. One way to protect things in this situation is to get a sheet of aluminium foil and lay it over. Your wood would then be safe from burns from splatter. Cheers.
More than the dog holes actually. I’ve found that clamping a piece in place works better for me than just resting it on a dog. Sometimes I’ll also do both.
I did put them both through the planet. That was back toward the end of part 2, but that doesn’t make them flat with each other like you’d think. I flatten again here to make one large continuous flat plane. I really only took a little off though. Also, the outer two laminations were added after that point.
They’re ok. I definitely prefer the Jet clamps, but they sell the Irwin at the local Menards, so it has been easy to just “go get a couple” a few times.
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Surely in this day and age someone can invent a quicker easier system/tool to flatten bench tops 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ great job. Been watching all of the vids in the series
I litereally just watched Andy's video on the dogs. I like the continuity..... And your take/adaptations.......
I just saw his latest one as well. I really liked his plug cutter idea. Wish I had seen that a few months ago when I made these, as well as his dog centering / clamping. Both great improvements from his last round and my approach.
simply awesome!
Such a nice bench and great video series. Thanks for the content and knowledge.
Thanks Dave
Dear Sir, excellent series on building a workbench. I cringed when I saw you using a MIG welder over your lovely wooden clamps. One way to protect things in this situation is to get a sheet of aluminium foil and lay it over. Your wood would then be safe from burns from splatter. Cheers.
Very true, but that clamp only cost a few bucks. I’m cool with some splatter burns on it.
Great
Wish you could have gone through more detail on machining for the leg vise.
when am i gonna make an appearance???? 🤔
Beautiful bench, however, I think the “Dogs” were a bit overkill!
If you had to guess, how many hours do you think this project has taken? Thanks again for the video
I didn’t track my hours on this, but if I had to guess, it would be in the neighborhood of 40-50 at this point. That’s just a guess though
Great video. I am looking to build my own bench and have been looking at several build videos. I think your is really informative. Do you have plans?
Yes, I have them on my website. There is a link to them in the description
What species of wood did you use for this build
Hey how long take you to make this workbench?
Incredible bench! I'm building mine now. I didn't see in the video but did you go over all the edges of the finished bench with a 1/8" round over bit?
I used a chamfer bit
with both the dovetail track and the dog holes on the deadman, how often do you actually use the dovetail clamps?
More than the dog holes actually. I’ve found that clamping a piece in place works better for me than just resting it on a dog. Sometimes I’ll also do both.
@@EastOakWoodworking How does it compare to using a holdfast? I’m designing a bench and that’s how I expect to support the piece with the deadman.
Is there a reason you didn't put the tops through the planer to flatten them? What am I missing??
I did put them both through the planet. That was back toward the end of part 2, but that doesn’t make them flat with each other like you’d think. I flatten again here to make one large continuous flat plane. I really only took a little off though. Also, the outer two laminations were added after that point.
Do you like the Irwin clamps? Did you get a deal on them?
They’re ok. I definitely prefer the Jet clamps, but they sell the Irwin at the local Menards, so it has been easy to just “go get a couple” a few times.