Narrow Workbenches have a BIG advantage!

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  • Опубліковано 24 тра 2023
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  • @borjesvensson8661
    @borjesvensson8661 Рік тому +83

    Another advantage of the tool well. You have a place to clamp to even if the bench is up against the wall. Not that big a thing but sometimes it helps

  • @Nerdfighter1123
    @Nerdfighter1123 Рік тому +26

    Just bought the plan. Been thinking about building my first bench for 2 years now, and this feels like perfect bench for my shop. Thank you!

    • @tnstef2629
      @tnstef2629 Рік тому +3

      Been watching Rex for years and finally taking the plunge! Have fun.

  • @fredpierce6097
    @fredpierce6097 11 місяців тому +7

    Another benefit…… it won’t involve months even years of skill honing ,tool acquisition and bench building research often required to pull off a Trophy Bench….

  • @fortuner123
    @fortuner123 Рік тому +10

    Also useful for flower arranging and the coffee machine!

  • @joekochinski5591
    @joekochinski5591 Рік тому +8

    I use blue tape on my winding sticks too! I use mdf though for the actual sticks. Cool to see someone else had the same idea

    • @ikust007
      @ikust007 Рік тому

      You can also throw screws :))
      Thanks Rex !

  • @montelott8570
    @montelott8570 11 місяців тому +2

    Another benefit to a narrow top is easily reaching the tool well.

  • @Emily-me
    @Emily-me Рік тому +6

    Couldn’t you make a removable piece that would snap in to the other area so you could shift between the two at will.

    • @aarms21
      @aarms21 5 місяців тому

      I was literally going to say exactly the same thing!

  • @marB84
    @marB84 5 місяців тому +1

    I really like this workbench, but why does no one use plywood for the top? Either stacked 3/4" or one thick piece. It's flat from te get go so no planning is needed.

  • @quncle
    @quncle 4 місяці тому +4

    Nowadays, 65 dollars gets you 2 of those 2x4s, and 3 nails.

    • @lmrk8441
      @lmrk8441 2 місяці тому

      I was going to ask him where he's shopping at.

  • @kjayisme
    @kjayisme Рік тому +2

    Fyi In the text overlay it says "floor plane" when you say fore plane. Not a problem for me because I know what you're talking about but others might get confused.

  • @mr.fahrenheit310
    @mr.fahrenheit310 Рік тому +6

    If you have a chair you couod always drop a 2x8 inside of the tool well?

    • @Depl0rable10
      @Depl0rable10 Рік тому

      I'm not completely sold on this, unless you wanted to plane the 2x8 down the 1/8th of an inch of the base of the tool well, which in that case it would work great but just another thing you need around

    • @dandotvid
      @dandotvid 6 місяців тому

      @@Depl0rable10 hinge it from the back, just a little flip up and fit into the well.

  • @thesinfultictac5704
    @thesinfultictac5704 Рік тому +4

    Ooooo I like it, lookking forward to getting into your book this summer !

  • @DanVogt
    @DanVogt 5 днів тому

    Great stuff. I don't usually buy plans but you deserve all of the support and compensation for the time, passion and generosity you give to our community, so I bought plans and am happy I did.
    Also why did you switch into an Australian accent when you said "...video on the description...". Through me off guard! Lol 😂

  • @douglasbatley1907
    @douglasbatley1907 5 місяців тому

    I never liked the idea of having the tool well in the middle. This is much better.

  • @presidentjoethudbrandon7074
    @presidentjoethudbrandon7074 7 місяців тому

    My favorite work bench at work is probably 40" tall, 20" wide, as a bar for all my clamps and a raises the work piece 3" more to create a gap under it for tools and clamps.
    It's about 6' long so I can walk around it easily.
    For work that requires more elbow grease I use a heavy table with stops built into the top.
    A bigger table isn't always what you need. Sometimes you just need a good height or some weight to it.

  • @chriswaters926
    @chriswaters926 Місяць тому

    I made one works great. The tool well is well , full of tools

  • @johnschillo4452
    @johnschillo4452 Рік тому +3

    $65.00 in materials?

  • @JR669242
    @JR669242 3 місяці тому

    If i had a tool well it would look like a landscape taken from Wall-E

  • @supaorigamisensei
    @supaorigamisensei 6 місяців тому

    I had something similar ended up having a block that’d sit in the tool well to assist for those projects that ended up in the well as well

  • @Sideshowbobx
    @Sideshowbobx 6 місяців тому

    Or 200€ with local lumber prices :D

  • @dlzonwlz
    @dlzonwlz 7 місяців тому

    Can you put subtitles on the bottom of the video? They're really distracting

  • @rayrutherford1691
    @rayrutherford1691 4 місяці тому

    Would having a piece of wood that fits in the tool well make a difference when making chairs?

  • @timapple6586
    @timapple6586 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic video!!! Gotta admire a carpenter who wields a plane with authority!
    But those winding sticks kinda look like wood. If so, are they stabilized with PEG or something? I've heard of woodcarvers soaking burls and turning blanks in antifreeze as a cheaper alternative.

    • @winrawrisyou
      @winrawrisyou 3 місяці тому

      If you squared them off after they are dry, it's not a big problem, especially if you choose something nice and stable like clear pine.

  • @ianpearse4480
    @ianpearse4480 Рік тому

    Nice.

  • @scottjohnson684
    @scottjohnson684 Рік тому +3

    There is also an advantage to planning and using a tape measure. Pause it and zoom in. Pressure treated 2x4's are not generally called "minimal timber" or used by "furniture makers"

    • @terencemerritt
      @terencemerritt 6 місяців тому

      Where you see pressure treated at?

  • @TheImmortalTraveller
    @TheImmortalTraveller 7 місяців тому

    You said in another video that you flaten your workbench a couple of times a year, can I ask why is this neccisary? Does it warp over time? I inherited a workbench and its been flat for around ~10 years under light use, whats different?

  • @alexsnow3319
    @alexsnow3319 6 місяців тому

    If you have managed to continue using an adblocker, UA-cam is blocking the description from showing, it seems.

  • @zigsrig
    @zigsrig Рік тому

    Love your videos but the giant text popping up in the center of it is super annoying!

  • @khartoumist1031
    @khartoumist1031 9 місяців тому

    I wish Rex would dress me down Eh fellas 😅

  • @felipecordova6802
    @felipecordova6802 Рік тому

    Pensé que iba a cantar Se Me Olvidó

  • @dawabbitt3079
    @dawabbitt3079 Рік тому

    Headphones set to only 55% - But I scroll down and "THIS is my minimum timber workbench" - I was like "FUCK!" :/

  • @jamesnurgle6368
    @jamesnurgle6368 Рік тому

    it's that still $65 maybe it's my being English coming out but that looks like hundreds XD

  • @SleepLessThan3
    @SleepLessThan3 Рік тому +1

    I must be getting alzheimers, I swear this video was uploaded a month ago

    • @RexKrueger
      @RexKrueger  Рік тому +2

      I promise it wasn't. I just shot it. I do a lot of stuff about benches.

    • @TadTheTinker
      @TadTheTinker Рік тому

      The video you saw last month did involve this bench I believe. In that video he was talking about the tool well specifically. His tool well is open at the ends to make it easy to clean. Him mentioning this and swiping things off the end reminded me of that video as well.
      So while he didn't make this video, he did make one similar.

    • @SleepLessThan3
      @SleepLessThan3 Рік тому +2

      I've been working on a moravian bench this past month, with a custom fabricated crisscross and a bunch of construction lumber

  • @BigSteve215
    @BigSteve215 Рік тому

    This is why I generally don't watch his videos, because he thinks it's good that his winding sticks' lengths are the same as the bench width.

  • @512banana1
    @512banana1 7 місяців тому

    That right there $65 worth of lumber? I thought 65 could get me a bit more 🥲