Outline

Because of all of the photos and drawings contained in the documentation of the building of my workbench, I have broken the topics up into small pages that only cover one specific part of the construction.  Hopefully, this will be more user friendly to those who are connecting to the web over slower dial up connections.

• Introduction
• Outline
• The Design
  • The Top Drawings and Bill of Materials
  • The Base Drawings and Bill of Materials
• The Lumber
• Milling the Lumber
• The Top:
  • The Top Slab
  • The Dog-Hole Back
    • Mathematical Calculations
  • The Dog-Hole Strip
    • Making the Dog Holes
    • Notch
    • Dovetail Pin
    • Gluing it up
    • Dog-Hole Slot Cover
  • The End-Caps
    • Left End Cap
    • Right End Cap
    • Mounting the End Caps
  • The Tool Till
    • Back Apron
    • Bottom Piece
    • Ramps
  • The Bottom Spacers
  • The Front Vise
    • Spacer Block
    • Face Block
    • Boring Holes in Face Block
    • Boring Holes in Bench
    • Preparing the Face
    • Installing the Hardware
  • The End Vise
    • Face Piece
    • Front Jaw
    • Rear Jaw
    • Back Runner
    • Putting the End Vise Assembly Together
    • Fitting the End Vise Assembly
    • Dog Hole Cover
    • Guide Block
    • Bench Runner
    • Front Guide Block
    • Top Caps
• The Base
• Flattening the Top
• Finishing the Top
• Details

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