It's Done

Well here it is, old frame with a new top and vise.

Looks pretty good, I'm real happy witht he work surface from Johnson's Workbench. The new top is 24" x 60" x 1-3/4". I re-worked the frame to let the top hang over 1 foot on each end for vise mounting and working room. I also lowered it to 32" high which makes it more stable. It will be a bench to sit at to work, rather than stand. I'll have to force myself to set if I have a lot of bench work to do.

The new vise is Woodcraft's small Front Vise. The Vise tail is out of a piece of 1-1/2" hard Maple that J0hnson's had in the Short Board section. Now it time to get to work a a couple of projects that I have.

Been Busy

I spent the day reworking my old bench. I got a new work surface and re-fitted my old bench to a new wood workers bench equipped with a new wood workers front vise.

So far I pretty happy with the way it turning out. Once I get closer to complete I'll post a picture of the new bench. It's been a long day, trip to Charlotte to pick up the supplies, then the day working out the kinks with the old frame.