workbench/readme.md

2.9 KiB

Anarchist Workbench

Book by By Christopher Schwarz

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

CAD drawing

Construction

Preparing Stock

Glueing pieces together for the benchtop

#### Handplaned everything straight, flat and true

Replacing broken Stanley Nr 5 Handle

Made new handles from meranti hardwood

Gluing Benchtop

Flatten Benchtop

Legs and Stretchers

Mortice benchtop

Assembly

Legvise

Finishing

Homemade Danish Oil

2 Coats Applied with rags

1/3 Boiled linseed oil

1/3 Spar varnish (bootlak)

1/3 White spirit (terpentine)

Accesories

Clamps and benchdogs

#### Popup morticed planestop #### Grammercy holdfasts