English Workbench - tools needed

‌Well known UK woodworkers like Paul Sellers and Richard Maguire do a great job of showing how to build a

English Workbench - holdfasts

The bench is finished! I am very pleased with the holdfasts, they were made by Simon James and I got

English Workbench - finishes

Tradition has it that you should either use a 50/50 mix of boiled linseed oil* and turpentine or not

English Workbench - fitting a Record 52 1/2 vice

As I mentioned earlier, my brilliant plan of drilling separate holes for the guide rods and screw for the vice

English Workbench - flattening and finishing the top

I have now flattened the top and rear apron – it took about an hour and forty five minutes (for the

English Workbench - roughly levelling the top

I did the initial flattening of the top in about 40 minutes – I used my wooden jack plane to take

English Workbench - mortices for vice and bench stop

Today’s update consists entirely of making holes – hole 1 is for the bench stop, hole 2 (more of a

English Workbench - preparing the top

Earlier today I flattened the undersides of the 3 boards that will make up the top.  It did not take

English Workbench - preparing for the top

Preparing for the top simply involves getting all the parts that receive the top planks flat and level. Here is

English Workbench - glued and nailed

glued and nailed – not a complicated job, but I rehearsed it just in case. What could go wrong I hear