Finished my workbench build after a year in progress. Cannot overemphasize how much better this is than the plastic sawhorses I had before. Holdfasts and leg vise are game changers, and I can actually use a handsaw and handplanes effectively.

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Still need to shape the chop, but need a bandsaw for that. Works fine as is for now though.

Looks awesome!

Nice, sturdy looking bench.

I took a class with Roy Underhill a few years ago and he had this really cool, old illustration of a French woodworking shop with those styles of benches lined up. I couldn’t find it right now but I’ll take a look.

Just a classic I guess I’m trying to say.

Ah, here was the illustration I was thinking of.

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I'm a senior manager now as well by the way, maybe we need to rename the bowl to reflect our concentration.

Back on topic, the build is the Anarchist Workbench, from the book by Chris Schwarz. Highly recommend, he goes very deep on bench history and construction, and it's a good read.

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