![]() ![]() ![]() I took a full 1/4 to 3/8" off the top by hand. Added a curved blade to an old stanley 7 plane and started flattening. I followed Christopher Schwarz method for flattening a slab bench top by hand. Dovetails loose and nailed back together. The rebuild started with addressing the top. I recognized the Tage Frid style bench that it once was and decided I had to save this from the bonfire.Ī plan for this style of bench was published in FWW Fall 1976 issue by Tage Frid. This focuses more on the design part while the first two books in the series focus on. I was getting ready to make a split top roubo style bench. .that provides solid information on building and designing furniture. In the ad, he mentioned it would make great firewood. The grandson had been using it for small engine repair. He was pretty sure he had built it shortly after he arrived to Canada in the early 1900's. The grandson had inherited it from his grandfather who was an immigrant cabinet maker from Denmark. I found this bench on Kjiji in really rough shape. Rosewood santos square dogs and leather suede on the vice faces. Base has several coats of oil based poly. The same bench was in a FWW article (Fall 1976 issue and on the DVD). I find that the length and narrow width really helps working around it and opens up lots of clamping options. I made a Frid style bench based on the plans in 'Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Book 3'. Hard maple top is 3" thick by 15 1/2" w by 82 1/2" long. Tage Frid style workbench with hard maple top and the remainder in Douglas Fir. ![]()
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