The PERFECT Woodworking Workbench // How To Build The Ultimate Hybrid Workholding Bench

hey everybody how's it going my name is Chris and this is my shop partner oats and in this video I'm gonna be building the perfect woodworking workbench before I started this project I ran over to my local hardwood dealer to pick up some lumber and I'll be sharing some really cool info about that later on so I'm back at my shop I got all my lumber sorted out I have my stacks over here they're gonna be for the top over here behind me I have my stacks are gonna make up the legs which I'll rip to about six inches wide and the stretchers to about five inches wide first I'm gonna cut everything down closer to their final length on the miter saw so it's just that much material that I don't have to push through the table saw and we're gonna get started and get ready for glue up [Music] okay so now my bench top legs and stretchers are all cut to their rough length and glued up we're gonna take a couple hand planes now and smooth and flat and all these pieces out I'm gonna cut my bench top to its final length and then we're gonna start cutting all the mortise and Tenon's they're gonna be used to put this massive bench together so it's gonna be a lot of fun I'm excited about this part let's get started [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I want to pause real quick and think Johnson's workbench for sponsoring this video and let you know about a couple really cool things September 7th and 8th this year's Johnson's yearly wood Expo it's an incredibly cool two-day event filled with great deals booth reps from the major brands and a ton of awesome presentations and demos I'll be there both days with this new bench doing a presentation on traditional work benches and workholding so make sure you stop by say hi grab some of the killer deals and if you mention my name at checkout you'll get a free gift now I know a lot of people don't have a nice hardwood dealer closeby or they don't have the machinery to mill large lumber like this so I asked Johnsons if they'd work with me to create some work bench lumber packs for people to order they agreed and we created several options based on the size of bench and species of wood you want they'll straight line and rip one edge mill both faces flat and smooth and then ship it straight to your door ready for you to start building they're also going to waive the milling charges on these packages and give an additional discount if you order before September 8th 2018 there'll be more info on these packs down in the description all right so now I have the top relatively flat I made the legs and the stretchers and I caught all the joinery for those including these grooves for the twin screw vise now I'm going to lay out and drill the offset holes so that I can draw a bore all these mortise and Tenon's I'm going to install the vices make the sliding dead man and then we're going to assemble this giant beast of a bench hopefully it goes well because there's a not a lot of room for error here so let's get started [Music] [Music] [Music] this is a hybrid design of two of the most famous bench styles out there the French roubo style on one side and the English nicholson style on the other side when researching workbenches I really like the unique options that both of these individual bench styles offered but I didn't see any benches out there that incorporated both styles into one so about two years ago when I designed and built my first bench I decided to combine these two benches to give me all of those amazing workholding options and I've absolutely loved using that bench but I kicked myself for not documenting that build so I decided to rebuild it with a few minor tweaks so that can share it with you guys now I created plans for this bench in multiple sizes so that you can choose what size best fits your space and with those plans I've also provided another super detailed instructional video to help walk you through this build step by step I made my bench using hard maple but I designed these plans so that you can also use dimensional lumber like southern yellow pine if you're on a budget I install the Veritas twin screw vise as my front vise and they're quick release front vise as my advice I think these are the best vise options out there because they're not difficult to install and they're incredibly versatile and have the least amount of limitations that you can get with other types of vices these places are worth every penny but the really cool thing about this bench is that you can actually accomplish all your work holding needs without a vise I really like having vices because they give me a lot of extra options and versatility but you could build this bench and start using it while you've saved up to add devices later on I'll be demonstrating that in the presentation I'm doing and I'll also be creating a video in a couple weeks showing the features of this bench and demonstrating its amazing vise --less we're calling capabilities well there you go I hope you enjoyed the video I think the bench turned out amazing if you're interested in learning how to build this bench remember there's plans on my website along with that really detailed video also there's some merchandise for sale over there that you can check out and some other cool stuff and if you like this video and you haven't already please consider hitting that subscribe button let me know down in the comments what you think about this project anything that you might change or things that I missed if you want to support this channel and help me keep making content like this you can maybe go over to patreon and help support me over there so thanks so much for stopping by and watching the video I hope you liked it we'll see you next time

Channel: Third Coast Craftsman

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Id: Va8tlFpnhRg

Length: 13min 10sec (790 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 18 2018