Guide 67

Workbench with vice

17 – 20 h · 3 weekends★★★materials 195 – 400 €

A 1800 × 600 workbench with an 88 mm top glued up from 14 construction timbers on edge, a front vice and dog holes. The mortise and tenon base comes apart by undoing eight M10 bolts. Bought with a solid top and vice, a bench like this costs 500 – 1 500 €. The guide also has a compact 1500 × 600 bench — the final lesson of the Woodworking School.

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36 pages A4 88 mm thick top dimensioned drawings shopping list

What's in this guide

A top from 14 timbers on edge — glued up in three stages
Flattening the top with a hand plane or a router sled
Mortise and tenon — saw, chop and glue up a square frame
A knock-down joint with an M10 bolt and barrel nut
Fitting the vice with 1 mm toe-in, plus dog holes
Fixing a top that moves 6 mm over a year

PDF, 36 A4 pages to print for the workshop · dimensioned drawings and illustrations · shopping list on a separate page so it can be torn out and taken to the store. You download it right after payment, access is for life.

Before you start building

This guide is informational material, not construction documentation or a professional assessment. Follow the instructions of tool and material manufacturers, safety rules and local building regulations. A piece built at home is not a certified product, even where the guide follows a European standard. Structures that carry people — beds, swings, decks, pergolas, children's equipment — should be checked by a qualified person before use. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for the result of your build, property damage or injury arising from the use of this guide (Terms, section 9).