# Anarchist Workbench

[Book](https://lostartpress.com/products/the-anarchists-workbench) by By Christopher Schwarz

- Build from leftover pieces of Douglas Fir
- LxBxH 175x62*90 cm
- Weight aprox 90 kg
- Repurposed a very old beech legvise
- Grammercy holdfasts

[CAD drawing](drawing/workbench.pdf)

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## Construction

### Preparing Stock
Glueing pieces together for the benchtop  
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<p> Everything handplaned straigth, flat and true  
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### Replacing broken Stanley Nr 5 Handle
Made new handles from meranti hardwood  
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### Benchtop glue up
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### Flatten benchtop
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### Legs and stretchers
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### Benchtop mortise
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### Assembly
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### Legvise
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### Finishing
Homemade Danish Oil  
2 Coats applied with cotton rags  

1/3 Boiled linseed oil  
1/3 Spar varnish (bootlak)  
1/3 White spirit (terpentine)  
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### Accesories
Clamps and benchdogs
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<p> Pop up morticed plane stop
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