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Thread: Exceptional Oak Workbench
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17th March 2023, 08:57 PM #1
Exceptional Oak Workbench
Exceptional oak workbench from the French Perennese, made circa 1880. The workbench has been shortened over the years to a height of 60 cm. The workbench has a working vise and an iron attachment to fix things on the bench which can also be removed. The bank is heavy and sturdy.
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Sold for a little over $2k,
Personally I think its a thing of beautiful.
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17th March 2023, 11:01 PM #2
It's got the scars to show for its long life and looks like some of the owners did not treat it kindly. Have a feeling that some of that use was not carpentry. Definitely got character.
Regards
John
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18th March 2023, 10:46 AM #3Intermediate Member
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Those rear legs look a little wobbly.
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18th March 2023, 11:37 AM #4
Lovely . Looks like something used for making farm gates or hurdles?
That's like, "How I made my bench with My Axe and Broad Axe "
Also needed, A Brace and bit, for the holes" Mortise chisels and mallet and a saw as well.
Thread is steel so it must have a nut behind.
Any other tools needed ?
Why did the maker put a hole down low . To tie his dog up?
Ive seen a steel ring on a table leg for tying the dogs to.
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18th March 2023, 10:35 PM #5
It was likely taller to start with so that hole would have been a bit above ground. Perhaps it got cut down to remove rotten feet. In a barn with a damp earth floor or something. 600mm would be a tad short for most of us to work at. With the vice and plane stop it started out as a proper woodworking bench but something less refined happened to it along the way
Regards
John
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18th March 2023, 11:38 PM #6
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19th March 2023, 08:38 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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The owner must have been left-handed judging by the worn out top at the left of the bench!
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19th March 2023, 10:32 AM #8
That hole down the bottom could have had something to do with pegging the bottom of the vise leg out to match to distance wanted at the top.
The bottom of the vise leg also looks like it has a patch which may have something to do with that as well.
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19th March 2023, 03:19 PM #9
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19th March 2023, 04:14 PM #10
If a person built a bench similar to that but braced up a bit using the leg vise on the front and a leg vise down the right end for dog holes and built in a line of dog holes to the top it would be a fast way of building a perfectly functioning bench that could be filled in with shelves or drawers later. A bench made from 4x2 Bunnings pine. Even faster and probably more rigid would be a steel welded base with a wood top and same set out with vises. Fill in base later and hide the steel. It could possibly turn a six month to one year build into a month or two.
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19th March 2023, 07:10 PM #11
I didn't know if this thread would be of interest to anyone but clearly it is so here's the rest of the photo's of this beautiful antique workbench.
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I think if this bench could speak it would have an awful lot of tales to tell...