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[Beachcricket]

Beachy is mine next

It would be but I'm still trying to get my hands on some decent wood for a mallet.

Thanks Colesy. I like making that Edge shape as well, it's quite a simple profile but it balances nicely.

[Ryan]

top work! very impressed with the finish your getting.

Havent you thought about screwing the bench to the wall? Would sort our the movement issue.

[Red Ink Cricket]

top work! very impressed with the finish your getting.

Havent you thought about screwing the bench to the wall? Would sort our the movement issue.

i did this a few months back. got annoyed with ending up the other side of the workshop. works a treat now. doesnt take much

[Beachcricket]

I have, but I want to build an all singing all dancing workbench in time. I can cope for now as I want to also build a case to cover the corner so I can hang my tools up. They get scattered all over the bench and I hate being untidy.

I bought this book by Chris Schwarz.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Workbench-Design-Christopher-Schwarz/dp/1440310408/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331904874&sr=8-2

Very interesting and useful.

[tushar sehgal]

It would be but I'm still trying to get my hands on some decent wood for a mallet.

Thanks Colesy. I like making that Edge shape as well, it's quite a simple profile but it balances nicely.

haha no pressure beachy , i just love reading your posts and like to butt in with "mine next " don't mind waiting...great job..are you branding your bats or thinking about it? I know you had written that at the moment you are only focused on learning but i see these early bats & posts as great collectors items in future

[Ryan]

may be worth scanning and uploading some useful pages? 

[Ryan]

i did this a few months back. got annoyed with ending up the other side of the workshop. works a treat now. doesnt take much

same problem with mine until i screwed it back 

[Beachcricket]

I will be branding in time, I have my labels ready to go but I've had a change of heart and started to question why I'd had them printed.

I doubt my bats will be collectors items, they'll make good firewood once used though.

[Beachcricket]

I couldn't do that to "The Schwarz" as he's affectionately known by some people (Not by me ). His blog is worth reading, Lost Art Press Blog.

He's got loads of videos scattered around the internet and articles on his blog about bench design.

[Beachcricket]

New post on the blog . It's would take me ages to reformat it for the forum as it has a lot of photos.

Hope you guys like it, let me know what you think.

http://wieldingwhitewillow.blogspot.co.uk/


Some photos of the bat once finished.

[Bez013]

Really lovely finish on that bat, like the blog as well!

Keep up the good work.

[StonyFielder]

Fantastic blog mate. Really inspiring!

[Simmy]

sorry but is it just me?

This is my Travisher. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My Travisher is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G551KpNnA0

[Beachcricket]

sorry but is it just me?

This is my Travisher. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My Travisher is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G551KpNnA0

As soon as I wrote "This is my Travisher", I thought of that film and couldn't help myself.

[Simmy]

i thought same obv haha very good write up well worth 30 mins of my time