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TOOL TRAY

I had originally planned to let the tool tray bottom float in a groove, but I forgot to cut the groove in the rear apron piece before I glued it in… So, I had to glue on a strip for support. The tray is attached to the benchtop with screws in elongated holes for adjustment.

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I included a sliding section in the center of the tool tray to aid in cleanout.

workbench tool tray cleanout

VISE COVER

Next I made the cover for the twin screw vise. As I mentioned above, the stock cover will not fit on my bench, and I didn’t want to buy another one. I decided to make it out of cherry, shaped roughly like the stock cover. To prevent a lot of end-grain showing, I made an octagonal box with splined miters. This was covered with a beveled split panel, drilled out for the vise screws.

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custom cherry twin-screw vise cover

I think it turned out OK.

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6 Comments

6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Travis // Apr 12, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Monty,

    I am getting closer to finishing my bench. Before I drill holes for the bench dogs I wanted to know where you got yours. I never tire if looking at your bench.

    Thanks.

    Travis

  • 2 Monty // Apr 13, 2008 at 5:29 am

    Thanks for your feedback! The bench dogs I used for the front vise are the standard 4-3/8″ long round bench dogs from Veritas. I picked them up locally at the Klingspor woodworking shop.

  • 3 Doug Robbins // Jul 20, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    I tried to watch your videos but was unable. I thought your bench was fantastic but would have liked to watched the videos

  • 4 Monty // Jul 21, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Glad you liked the bench. I don’t host any videos on this site, so I assume you must be referring to the Canterbury Workshop videos. If you’re having a problem seeing their videos, you might consider notifying them (their site says you need to use IE 6.0, which I don’t have any more). I hope you get to see those videos – they’re pretty good.

  • 5 Paul Frederick // Feb 6, 2009 at 6:50 am

    No joy here either for the Canterbury Workshop videos. I have Firefox web browser. Your site works fine. I really need to get around to making a new bench for myself. Maybe the third time will be a charm for me?

  • 6 John Jagerson // Feb 28, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    I love your bench. I came to the same conclusion that you did about a good flat clamping/working surface improving your WW experience. However, I have never done something this amazing. Can I ask how much you think it cost you in materials to put this together?

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