windfall oregon white oak slab, reclaimed red & white oak lumber, recycled vise.
constructed 2009.
finally a semblance of a proper workbench for my shop. the top came from an arborist friend of mine, it was cut from the log with a chainsaw, ripped to width with a circular saw to establish reference and finished with a handsaw, then flattened and surfaced using an adze and hand-planes.
getting the top ready took a couple of days.
the stretchers are half-lap dovetailed to the legs and fixed with four inch wood screws. there is no glue in any of the joinery. the vise is a quick-release wilcox salvaged from an estate sale.
the legs on the front edge are joined using a rising-dovetail, a self-wedging impossible looking joint without glue. they are flush to the front edge of the bench to facilitate clamping large pieces against the side of the bench.
all the wood for the legs was salvaged red oak from a pallet manufacturing facility in portland.