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