my almost finished Veritas bench

[Howard]

Finally! getting close to the end of the project. Have two coats of pure LO and turpentine so far. Next is uncut BLO for a few coats and then two or three more of BLO with Japan dryer. I still have to spring for the Veritas Twin Screw vice. The center trough is Paduak and I intend to use this as well for the vice jaws. The ends are doweled and plugged with walnut for a nice color change. That hard maple lives up to its rep... it was a mother to sand. Ended up using my 4 1/2 plane to get the skirts where they needed to be. I also used the casters from Woodcraft that lock not only from rolling but also from turning. Once locked, it is very solid. A few screw ups here and there but nothing too noticable. It taught me a lot.

[LCHIEN]

wow, that looks really sharp.

[ChrisD]

Howard, you can host a formal dinner on that thing. I'd wait until the vise is installed, though, to facilitate cracking the lobsters.

That is really nice. Great job!

[Howard]

I don't know what the LOML would think about using it for a dining room table. She is still shaking her head about why I needed it in the first place. We know, though, don't we! I'm looking forward to putting the vice on. My current plan is to only have the twin screw. Would you put a front vice on as well?

[JR]

That thing is glorious! What a beauty.

JR

[Wood_workur]

looks really solid.

[GeekMom]

Beautiful!

[wardprobst]

I don't know what the LOML would think about using it for a dining room table. She is still shaking her head about why I needed it in the first place. We know, though, don't we! I'm looking forward to putting the vice on. My current plan is to only have the twin screw. Would you put a front vice on as well?

Depends on your work habits. I use a front vise about three times as much as a tail vise in my work. I ended up building a John White's New Fangled Workbench because of the nature of my work. If you do a front vise check out the Tucker from Lee Valley. Expensive but worth it if you want the best.
DP

[boblon]

Great looking bench. I swear I'm going to get around to building me a better one than the one I have one of these days.

BobL.

[John Hunter]

Looking good.

[HarmsWay]

Wow, that's a beatiful bench Howard!

Bob

[WoodButcher26]

That's going to be a family heirloom. Great looking bench, beats my door on stacks of plastic buckets all to pieces.


Kim

[TheRic]

I don't know what the LOML would think about using it for a dining room table. She is still shaking her head about why I needed it in the first place. We know, though, don't we! I'm looking forward to putting the vice on. My current plan is to only have the twin screw. Would you put a front vice on as well?

Don't want you to get into trouble with her. I will take it off your hands for you, don't worry about putting the end vise on, I can manage that on my own.

[big tim]

I concur with wardprobst, I use my front vise far more often then the twinscrew vice at the end. I put a 2.25" thick jaw(in my case 3 layers of 3/4oak) on the twinscew vice, drilled dogholes in the jaw in line with the holes on the bench and frequently used the vise to clamp larger panels for glue up. Works great!

[Luckbox]

Looks great