Workbench Class – Day 8 – Top and Legs All Glued Up!

Tuesday, Day 8 of our workbench class: Scraped each piece that was going to be glued on but that couldn’t be easily accessed after gluing. Next we glued on the outside edges of the bench, the end-caps and dovetailed pieces. We constantly double checked to make sure nothing was glued on backwards or upside-down–easy to do with all these symmetrical-looking pieces! It seems like the further along you get into a project the scarier it is to do the next step–I guess because the risk of error is much higher!! After we glued the top, we began planing and scraping all the components for the base in preparation for glue-up. Finished the day by gluing up each leg assembly.

Putting the end caps on

Putting the end caps on

Gluing the workbench legs

Gluing the legs

Hand scraping the legs

Scraping the legs

Workbench tops glued

All together

Moving the top to put the tool well wall on

Moving the top to put the tool well wall on

Hammering the tool wall well on

Hammering the tool wall well on

Gluing the legs

Gluing the legs

Jonathan Schwennesen

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