The workbench is fantastic, my congratulations. I was surprised to see you standing on a ladder to cut the dovetails with a Japanese saw. Haven't you considered placing the piece of wood on a table and, sitting on a low stool, cut comfortably while simultaneously seeing two of the two sides to be cut and facilitating a highly precise cut?
Great job on the bench. A little tip, you should start the mortise by doing both shoulder ends first and then take out the middle, this will keep the shoulders square and true by the wood supporting the chisel on both sides. keep up the good work and stay safe.
Hi Matthew, this is a great video. I've watched it twice now as I do plan on building my own bench in due course. As I have back issues, I have a hydraulic lift designed for lifting motorcycles (also very handy for moving fermenters when brewing beer). I intend to use that for helping to move the bench top pieces. Hopefully,it will work :-) Keep the videos coming. Your honest, calm presentation style makes a pleasant change. Finally, I can echo the great customer service from Tyler Hardwoods. I'm quite lucky as they are only a half hour drive from me. All the best, Mark
Lovely workbench and how satisfying to build something that you know will last your time out and probably another generation or three if looked after. I like the thought that has gone into all the details and particularly the tool well that will accommodate your main tools without compromising the actual work surface. Nice detail. Did you put any treatment, oil, or wax on the beech or is it just left as is? - and how does it hold up?
Thank you. To be honest, the bench has worked out even better than I thought it would. The many different ways of work holding are an absolute god send. As for finishes, just boiled linseed oil, 3 coats and it's held up absolutely fine.
Very nice work! Im keen to see the review of your morticer. Do you also use it as a drill press? If it is suitable for both functions it seems like a good investment for my shop as well.
I think I should probably have asked for help. Lifting them a few times is okay, but when you're doing it all day to get them planed or moving them around to make space for other bits or to access a surface... It nearly broke me. My back was sore for ages afterwards.
For the floor standing machines, I use the Axminster AC82E with the fine filter cartridge, plumbed in with 110 mm waste pipe. For sucking up the waste from the hollow chisel morticer, sanders and other hand tools, the Record Power DX1000.
@@MatthewSmall Thanks for getting back! Whats your overall opinion on the AC82E is it sufficiently powered/effective/noisy? I have tried building my own extractor with a wastebin, 1200w ozito and a 20 quid cyclone off of amazon but it's so bad that the waste from my table saw just sits in the hose itself rather than getting sucked, so now I'm thinking I should just bite the bullet and get the AC82E
@@sebastiangug8284 the AC82E is really quite excellent, though that does come with a few caveats. It uses an induction motor which is loud on startup for about half a second, then it's really quite whilst running. It sucks in 1500 cubic metres of air an hour so is almost double what is required for most machines. Clearing waste from the planer thicknesser is an absolute doddle providing you use 4 inch pipe and keep the internal surfaces of that pipe free from protrusions like screws etc when assembling. It has absolutely loads of suck and that seemed to increase when I fitted the fine filter over the bag type filter. The caveats are: until you cut out the crappy blade guard above the motor, it will block up continuously. Removing this improves performance and doesn't cause any damage to the machine. It's designed to stop you putting your fingers in there, not to stop things hitting the impeller. Perfectly fine to do. The second caveat is that this all depends on the design of the dust collection of the machine it's plugged in to. Table saws are notoriously bad for this as they have gaps everywhere, and because you need to be able to raise and tilt the blade, the blade housing usually isn't sealed. Even with the AC82E turned on and using the blade guard extraction, I still get piles of sawdust under the machine. That's the fault of the saw though, and not the extractor. Honestly, it's worth every penny and if you can afford it, the next step up with the attached cyclone would be worth it too. But if not, the 82 is excellent. It's been one of my better purchases.
@@MatthewSmall Thanks for the detailed reply! I have just put in an order for the AC82E + Cyclone + 1 micron filter, you should get an affiliate deal with axminster/charnwood! Btw if you need help with video editing/web stuff part of your woodworking media projects feel free to ask away, I've been a motion graphics director for ~4 years and now a lead web dev for ~5 so should be able to help :)
Very handsome bench! I like the length and width. It looks awfully strong.
Top work there, real well made bench. Keep up the good work! Subscribed
The workbench is fantastic, my congratulations.
I was surprised to see you standing on a ladder to cut the dovetails with a Japanese saw. Haven't you considered placing the piece of wood on a table and, sitting on a low stool, cut comfortably while simultaneously seeing two of the two sides to be cut and facilitating a highly precise cut?
Top stuff lad, keep it up. 👍
Great job on the bench. A little tip, you should start the mortise by doing both shoulder ends first and then take out the middle, this will keep the shoulders square and true by the wood supporting the chisel on both sides. keep up the good work and stay safe.
Thanks for the comment :) I started doing exactly that right after filming the mortice in the video.
That’s above and beyond most work bench’s, 👏🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
Great job, thanks for sharing 👍
Hi Matthew,
this is a great video. I've watched it twice now as I do plan on building my own bench in due course. As I have back issues, I have a hydraulic lift designed for lifting motorcycles (also very handy for moving fermenters when brewing beer). I intend to use that for helping to move the bench top pieces. Hopefully,it will work :-)
Keep the videos coming. Your honest, calm presentation style makes a pleasant change.
Finally, I can echo the great customer service from Tyler Hardwoods. I'm quite lucky as they are only a half hour drive from me.
All the best,
Mark
Ta very much. I'm glad to report that since building this, I've had no back pain as a result of woodworking. My old bench used to cripple me.
That is fantastic👌🏻
A great bench and a great video. Thanks for sharing. And yes I have been inspired to build my own!
Ta very much 👍🏻
Hi Matthew did you build from a set of plans or did you design the bench yourself.
I drew up my own plans for the bench.
Lovely workbench and how satisfying to build something that you know will last your time out and probably another generation or three if looked after. I like the thought that has gone into all the details and particularly the tool well that will accommodate your main tools without compromising the actual work surface. Nice detail.
Did you put any treatment, oil, or wax on the beech or is it just left as is? - and how does it hold up?
Thank you. To be honest, the bench has worked out even better than I thought it would. The many different ways of work holding are an absolute god send. As for finishes, just boiled linseed oil, 3 coats and it's held up absolutely fine.
Beautiful bench. How many hours of labour did it take you to build it?
Ta very much. It took about 100 hours over 16 days.
Very nice work! Im keen to see the review of your morticer. Do you also use it as a drill press? If it is suitable for both functions it seems like a good investment for my shop as well.
How tall should the bench be?
Beautiful bench that mate. But how much have you been quoted for a new back? Haha.
I think I should probably have asked for help. Lifting them a few times is okay, but when you're doing it all day to get them planed or moving them around to make space for other bits or to access a surface... It nearly broke me. My back was sore for ages afterwards.
What do you use for dust extraction?
For the floor standing machines, I use the Axminster AC82E with the fine filter cartridge, plumbed in with 110 mm waste pipe. For sucking up the waste from the hollow chisel morticer, sanders and other hand tools, the Record Power DX1000.
@@MatthewSmall Thanks for getting back! Whats your overall opinion on the AC82E is it sufficiently powered/effective/noisy? I have tried building my own extractor with a wastebin, 1200w ozito and a 20 quid cyclone off of amazon but it's so bad that the waste from my table saw just sits in the hose itself rather than getting sucked, so now I'm thinking I should just bite the bullet and get the AC82E
@@sebastiangug8284 the AC82E is really quite excellent, though that does come with a few caveats. It uses an induction motor which is loud on startup for about half a second, then it's really quite whilst running. It sucks in 1500 cubic metres of air an hour so is almost double what is required for most machines. Clearing waste from the planer thicknesser is an absolute doddle providing you use 4 inch pipe and keep the internal surfaces of that pipe free from protrusions like screws etc when assembling. It has absolutely loads of suck and that seemed to increase when I fitted the fine filter over the bag type filter. The caveats are: until you cut out the crappy blade guard above the motor, it will block up continuously. Removing this improves performance and doesn't cause any damage to the machine. It's designed to stop you putting your fingers in there, not to stop things hitting the impeller. Perfectly fine to do. The second caveat is that this all depends on the design of the dust collection of the machine it's plugged in to. Table saws are notoriously bad for this as they have gaps everywhere, and because you need to be able to raise and tilt the blade, the blade housing usually isn't sealed. Even with the AC82E turned on and using the blade guard extraction, I still get piles of sawdust under the machine. That's the fault of the saw though, and not the extractor. Honestly, it's worth every penny and if you can afford it, the next step up with the attached cyclone would be worth it too. But if not, the 82 is excellent. It's been one of my better purchases.
@@MatthewSmall Thanks for the detailed reply! I have just put in an order for the AC82E + Cyclone + 1 micron filter, you should get an affiliate deal with axminster/charnwood! Btw if you need help with video editing/web stuff part of your woodworking media projects feel free to ask away, I've been a motion graphics director for ~4 years and now a lead web dev for ~5 so should be able to help :)