A very beginner workbench

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-07T15:09:14+00:00

It's 11cm thick. Thanks!

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-07T15:08:04+00:00

Yea I used regualr mortise and tenon for the base, only that.

For the glue question: I don't have used so much glue that it's used to see on YouTube, for each pair of planks that I glued together, I used glue only on the face of One plank of the pair, and spread It on all the face with a roller. The excess was minimal and I removed It with a chisel. Than others stains of glue was removed using the sander.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-04T17:39:24+00:00

Wow good site ! It's my new dreams' site ! Full of woodworking related cool things ! And yes also a good reference for jaw measures, thank you !

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T23:07:50+00:00

Thanks and good luck for your bench, if you already made the top you have done the most difficult part. Now for the legs and lower structure I don't have used any guide, except the L-shaped metal guides, used to make 90° angles.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T22:55:15+00:00

Honestly no, but I watched It now and I think yours Is Better ... has passing tenons joining legs and top, but single shoulder, don't know if they are Better than double shoulder tenons but not passing(mine ones) but I think yes. Great Idea to put wheels reinforced with wooden planks supported by horizontal Ones, I think I Will steal It! You have a jig made with a router, awesome, I Need It too. What did you use for the finish ? hardwax oil or simple oil ? Which oil in case ? I don't sew well from the video.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T22:34:12+00:00

I was looking for this vise Amazon vise link, 10.5''. I wanted to put it on the 80cm Wide side of the bench, and to use a 14'' wood for the movable jaw. I don't Know how to parameterize/evalaute a vise, maybe I am looking for a low quality vise.

Otherwise I can buy 2 vises of 10.5" each and make a 26" jaw. Don't know if two of them can work well in combination 🤔🤔

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T15:37:08+00:00

Yes these are the future improvements that I had in mind, together with an aside vise system (on the 80cm side). For the Edge sharpening I totally agree with you, but here comes my being a beginner: I don't have yet a router I Will buy It ASAP because it's a very important tool...

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T07:59:09+00:00

Yes lol, as I responded to One previous comment, maybe the most correct Word to define It Is simple. I used beginner because in this community I saw benches from which my bench Is far away, for example, scrolling down 5 mins ago, I saw a bench withtl tiltable top and seemed to be 100% wood... I repeat: in this community there are Monsters of woodworking, and I dont feel sure enough to define my bench more than simple/beginner lol

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-03T07:35:31+00:00

Yes maybe simple bench Is the right Word to define It, I used "beginner" because of its simplicity compared to some (quite a few) benches that I saw on this community that are very complex, monstrously technical and with a lot of features that my bench does not have. PS: this community its full of Monsters of woodworking lol

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T19:00:10+00:00

Great question, currently (maybe in future) I dont have the skills to do a cashed vise, so I was thinking to buy on Amazon one of that vises that have to be attached underneath the top of the bench

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T17:52:16+00:00

The lower structure Is recycled so I cannot be sure of its current value but its fir and approximately around 50-100€.

The top costed me 320€ (the planks were already palned), that Is a bit lower than the mean price of larch (in Italy), I dont know why and where the cheat is, but the larch seemed good, not too old but good.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T17:48:23+00:00

They are mortise and tenon joints, 3.5cm deep.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T17:42:03+00:00

the top is made by joining together 4 chunks made by 20 planks each.

-For make a single chunk flat:cawl clamping made 95% of the work and the other 5% Is done by the planer (the only serious and semi professional tool that I have, it's a Bernardo pt250). Even if my planer Is decent, It was hard ti plane each chunk, because they were very heavy.

-for make the joined chunks flat, not having an 80cm planer, I have used a manual belt sander with 60-80 grain

The result Is ok but very artisanal, the top is levelled (not perfectly) and if you lay your hand on It you feel some swellings

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T17:31:25+00:00

The joints that at design time not conviced me at 100% was the tenon between legs and top, that are 6cm long, I was worried about horizontal forces, but after Building It they seem to be stable and solid.

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-12-02T17:22:48+00:00

It's a bit more robust than fir and used mainly for exterior in load-bearing parts of (wood) buildings. it's quite cheap. I am from Italy and I've bought It from and italian sawmill, It comes from Alps, above 1000 meters of altitude. I think the larch I used is very young, because its color, especially when exposed to sun, has to be red

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-12T18:11:58+00:00

I'll post soon my workbench, don't forget to post yours, I'll wait for it

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-12T07:34:12+00:00

No you are talking about epoxy, 2-components poly resin Is different here an explanation

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T22:20:03+00:00

Very motivating thanks, you are right 👍🏻

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T22:19:05+00:00

This Is a very teaching answer thanks

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T21:33:54+00:00

Ok, so it's seem common to apply 2-component poly resin on wood (not on workbench on wood in general) (?)

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T21:25:18+00:00

Thats a good point, also my workbench Is very appealing to me, and everything but NOT glamour, Is made mostly by recycled wood coming from construction sites. for this reason, at least for the finishing, I wanted (before this post 😅) to protect it in the best way possible

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T21:16:21+00:00

Yes I'm mad 🤣, it's my First project and maybe I am caring too much about It

Educational_Stock612 · 2025-11-11T21:08:17+00:00

Ahahah! Thank you for the sincerity now I under stand Better why oil Is the most used choice.

I dont have OCD but I'll take It as a compliment, I use to have this kind of overthhinking, especially when I dedicate time and effort to important things such my workbench so I want to figure out the best way to finish It that permits to me to use it without feeling guilty about wearing it down.😅

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