Work bench

[Native Leather and Wood]

I've been using this little setup for a while. It's nice and sturdy and everything is close. The tabletop is 3/4" MDF very dense and takes dings and cuts well.

[JWP]

I'm building a new bench as we'll. what should I be paying for that 4"tooling slab. Right now I'm getting one for 175 bucks

[dirtclod]

I'm building a new bench as we'll. what should I be paying for that 4"tooling slab. Right now I'm getting one for 175 bucks

Go to Enco's website and look under surface plates. They have them on sale pretty regular and sometimes with free shipping.

[Colt W Knight]

Harbor Freight sells a pretty nice oak work bench with a solid wood top, side vice, and drawers. I actually have two of these benches. They work good for cutting leather because they have a solid wood top, fairly long, and have plenty of storage.

[JWP]

Thank you Sooo much for the info gang. Saved me work AND money. Much appreciated.

[JWP]

I recently went to my local grave marker guy who had quoted me $175 for a 3 inch slab. This time it was the grave marker gal who gave me a grave marker for 75 bucks because it was ugly. She told me that when they get them they have to be to a certain quality or they just throw them in their bone yard. No pun intended. So if ygour ever looking for a new slab and don't mind that all the colors aren't perfect, ....we'll it saved me a $100 bucks and she told me it's not uncommon.

I also acquired some rivets,snaps, and misc supplies from some one who was into leather many years ago. What I noticed was that they were of a much higher quality than what I have been buying from most of the vendors I know that are.available today. I would gladly pay more for this type of quality if I could find them. Are they out there anywhere?

[Bob]

I felt it was time to upload a couple pictures of the bench. It's been finished for years now, was just stumbling around here yesterday and found this post I started a few years ago. Here's what I've come up with.

[Chris B]

Thats nice Bob!!! What did you use for the top?

Thanks,

Chris

[J Hayes]

I felt it was time to upload a couple pictures of the bench. It's been finished for years now, was just stumbling around here yesterday and found this post I started a few years ago. Here's what I've come up with.

Wow, nice! Looks as if your splitter slides out so you can put iy away when not in use, am I correct? What splitter is that anyway? Also like the use of the magnetic tool holders.The bench itself is beautiful as well.

Jeremy

Edited January 18, 2014 by J Hayes

[Bob]

Yes, the splitters comes out and there are other boards with different tools that also fit in that spot. A rounder for one and also a pinking machine as well. I think the magnetic tool holders work well for many things. Clearly not all tools though. It wasn't that expensive to build either. I hired a local fella with some skills and we used birch because it's plentiful around here and looks nice. I like having all the drawers for storage.