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Classic Project “America’s leading woodworking authority”™ Classic Project In this plan you’ll find: • Step-by-step construction instruction. Workbench and Tool • A complete bill of materials. • Construction drawings and Chest related photos. • Tips to help you complete the project and become a better woodworker. To download these plans, you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer. If you want to get a free copy, visit: http://adobe.com/reader. Having trouble downloading the plans? Right click on the download link and select “Save Target As...” or “Save Link As...” (depending on the web browser you are using) to download to your local drive. Copyright Woodworker’s Journal © 2015 www.woodworkersjournal.com WJC043 ----� ---�•. 1,, . The Workbench he heart and tosoul of a woodshop storage cabinet a separate unit, sized so T is the workbench. A good bench it would nest conveniently under the is a pleasure use. It's as steady bench. Since a good bench is like a fine Two problems exist for many wood­ as a rock, has large clamps, bench dogs piece of furniture, you'II want to take it workers just starting out: limited space that are centered on the clamps, and it with you when you move. The use of lag and the lack of a good bench. It's provides a place to cut, plane, shape, bolts and knockdown hardware makes tempting to just go out and purchase a sand and assemble your work. It has a this possible. ready-made bench, but these have sev­ flat top that is a consistent thickness eral shortcomings. First, good quality throughout, which provides for conven­ European style benches (held to be the ient edge-clamping all around. paragon of bench design) are costly at Next in importance to the workbench about $900 and up, and second, the vises is tool storage. rIdeally, tool storage is an they use are the continuous screw type, arm's reach fom the workbench. My which can be frustratingly slow to use. mobile storage cabinet goes this concept Also, these benches usually don't in­ one better; you can bring your tools right clude a tool storage area below, and at to the work, wherever it is in the shop. typically 6 ft. to 7 ft. long they may be The tool cabinet's top also makes a too large for some small shops. handy extra work surface, set-up table, For woodworkers desiring to make saw horse or seat to rest on. their own bench there's the quandary of The core of this idea was to develop a 1sompact, robust, functional workbench that would fit into the limited space many woodworkers have available to them. Rather than build the tool storage into the bench, I opted to make the the templates with respect to the guide for the 7 ft. long top, you 'II need to the appropriate mortises, then locate and bushings you select. It may seem like increase the length of the back stretcher drill the holes for the bolts and cross extra work to make up templates for the lamination by 2 ft. As shown, the back dowels that anchor the joints. Cut the various mortises, but there are actually stretcher is a sandwich of two solid tenons on the stretcher ends, round the only four different templates required. In maple flanges around a plywood center. corners, test-fit the stretchers in their addition to the template for the tail vise Once glued up it acts as a wooden mortises, and if everything fits, glue and cutout, you 'II need templates to cut the I-beam. The 3/4 in. thick plywood center clamp the legs and stretchers. When dry, 3 3 mortises for the stretcher, back stretcher section fits into /4 in. wide by /8 in. join the leg and stretcher assemblies with and bench dogs (G). deep grooves plowed the entire length of the I-beam back stretcher. Cleats (F) and As shown in Fig. 1, the templates are the 1 1/4 in. thick by 13/4 in. wide flanges. lag bolts are used to mount the top to just sections of 1/4 in. thick Juan mahog- The reason for the I-beam assembly is the frame. that since there's only one back stretcher it must be fairly wide to withstand Cut the cleats to size and bore through racking. If the back stretcher were a for the Jag bolts. Note that the two single solid board we would have to outside holes in the cleats are elongated worry about cross-grain expansion and to allow for seasonal movement in the contraction of the board within the leg top. The cleats are glued to the inside mortise. The lamination of solid stock edge of the top stretchers, a good Jong and plywood is stronger, lighter and grain-to-long grain glue joint. At final more stable than solid stock. The overall assembly be sure to include washers under all the bolt heads to protect the wood against gouging as the bolts are Bill of Materials any plywood. Strips of hardwood fas­ (all dimensions actual) tightened. tened to the templates are used to No. Part Description Req'd. accurately index the mortises on the Size 1 legs. Using a 1/2 in. diameter bit and a 5/s A Top 2 /4 x 24 x 60 1 The benchThe dog Bench system Dogs is simple and 3 3 in. diameter bushing, the template cutout B Leg 2 /4 x 2 /4 x 32 4 unique. It combines the ease of boring a Stretcher 1 1/4 x 53/4 x 181/2* 4 7 for the stretcher mortises should meas­ c /s in. diameter hole with the non­ D Center 3/4 x 9112 x 501/4* 1 ure ·11 /s in. by 57/s in. to yield the l in. rotating feature of the more difficult to E Flange 11/4 x jJ/4 x 501/4* 2 3 cut rectangular through-mortise. As wide by S /4 in. long mortise. Using the F Cleat 1 x 11/4 x 161/2 2 same bit and bushing, a 7 /s in. by 113/s shown in the detail, the square mortise G Bench Dog see detail as req'd 7 3 circumscribing the /s in. diameter hole in. template cutout will yield the /4 in. H Cross-dowel 3/a dia. x 5/a long 1 wide by 11 1/4 in. long back stretcher ( /4-20)* 4 is only 1/4 in. deep. There's nothing mortises, and a 21 /4 in. by 53/4 in. I Vise 4 high x 10 wide 2 sacred about the 7/8 in. hole diameter. I template cutout will produce the 2 1/s in. just find that size handy since I can fit wide by 55/s in. long vise cutout. For the my small bar clamp through the hole and bench dog mortises, switch to a 1 /4 in. use it as a holdfast when I need to clamp 3 diameter bit and a /s in. bushing, and something in the middle of the bench. make the template cutout I in. square to But the primary advantage of using 7 get the /s in. square mortise that accepts shopmade wooden bench dogs as op­ the square upper part of the bench dogs. posed to the purchased steel variety is With all the mortises, use as many * Length include tenons. that you 'II never risk ruining a cutting passes as are needed to get the required edge should the tool accidently hit the depth. With a large router you can easily dog. take out 1 /4 in. of stock at a time, but with a smaller router limit your depth of cut to Locate the holes for the bench dogs about 1/s in. at a time. and carefully bore through the top. But The advantages of the template length of the I-beam assembly for use first make certain that the line of holes is method are twofold. First, hand cutting with the 5 ft. long top is 50 1 /4 in., which centered on the tail vise, and that the last mortises in a hardwood like maple is a includes 1/2 in. at each end for the hole in the line is centered on the front real chore, and second, the router tenons. Round the edges of the flanges vise. This may seem like a small point, method allows you to fine-tune the fit on and glue up the back stretcher assembly. but without this on-center feature you 'II scrap material before making any cuts When dry, cut 1/2 in. by 1/2 in. notches on find it difficult to use the bench dog on the actual project parts. You 'II really the flange ends to create the 1/2 in. long system as it's intended, in conjunction appreciate the advantages of the tem­ by 3/4 in. thick tenon that runs the full with the vises for holding boards. For the plate method when cutting multiple 11 1/4 in. width of the back stretcher 10 in. wide Sears vises I used, the bench mortises, such as those for the stretchers assembly. Round the corners of the dog holes are centered 7 in. back from and bench dogs. tenon to match the radius of the router the front edge of the top, spaced 6 in. With the mortises cut, make the back bit that you used forthe mortises. apart, and the first and last holes are stretcher lamination.
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