Workbench in Pine

[Philipp]

Dear all,

here

http://www.woodworking.de/cgi-bin/forum ... read/48921

you can find pictures of my new workbench finally finished. Text is in German, but the images tell all what's important without words. Questions will be answered.

Regards
Philipp

 

[OPJ]

Philip, I think you've done very well.

I like the fact that you've gone for two end vices. :wink: I did the same thing back in the summer. Only complaint I have is that they sag as you open them up or extend them... It looks like you've added a couple of steel bars - do they prevent the jaws from sagging?

 

[Philipp]

Hi Olly,

Thank you for your reply.

The end vise jaws do not sag considerably, the stell bars help a lot here. However, they do twist laterally (as expected) when high pressure is applied to only one side (e.g. the first row of dog holes). Therefore, I will make a wedge that I will stick into the other side of the vise.

The front vise shows a little sag, therefore I will add some guides under the workbenchtop to prevent the steel screws from tilting.

In the future I will add bench dogs (soon) and some device for gluing up panels (maybe not so soon ).

Best regards

Philipp

 

[wizer]

Translation:

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... ad%2F48921

The double end vice in intriguing, but why didn't you just use standard quick release vices?

 

[OPJ]

Tom, I'd guess it has something to do with price? Assuming Philipp couldn't get enough of them second-hand or something? There's also less work involved with fitting those other vices.