444
Just found this community, here’s my workbench I built! (europe.pub)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Got a mini-lathe for Christmas last year and needed something to put it on. Hundreds of spinning tops and mushrooms later, I’m pretty sure it was worth it. Here’s a couple other things from my lathe.

My first bow turned out pretty nice I think

Mini bat for one of the neighborhood kids

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Self design or copied from existing plans? Do you consider it 'done' or are you still planning to add/modify?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 9 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Just sharing in case you find it useful, but these are the plans I used on my first workbench.

    Final product had a few tweaks but was mostly as-written (I made it four inches taller, used trim screws on the trim, and finished with polyurethane).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Thanks... That looks pretty nice. You said that was your first one... What generation are you on, now? What motivated the change(s)?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Thanks!

    I gave the workbench to a friend when I moved to a new place without a garage, but haven’t made another quite yet.

    Only brought up that it was my first one because I found the plans easy enough as a beginner :).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago (5 children)

    I checked out a few designs and built my own from those ideas. Used some 3d software to build it there first, mainly so I could make sure I didn’t do anything stupid.

    Need to add a vice still but figure it’s mostly done, though I’m already running out of room now. Why? You have some ideas?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (4 children)

    Just curious at this time... my 'workbench' is just a centipede, currently. :) At some point I'll need something more substantial.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago (3 children)

    This was surprisingly easy. At the time I only had a drill and the lathe so I got Lowe’s to cut everything for me. Felt bad asking for that many cuts but they said it was cool.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Nice... What kind of fasteners did you use? Any advice (do or don't do) when I get around to building one? I have a nice contractor table saw and a sliding miter saw, so I can do any cuts I might need.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Truly, the only problem I ran into was imperfect cuts, but it sounds like you have the cutting bit covered. I did like the double 2x4 idea for the legs, made it easy to support the bottom shelf while still be sturdy.

    I used 2.5 inch deck screws for everything except attaching the top. Bought some 1 inch corner braces to attach it to the frame.

    Best of luck when you build yours!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •