Well done. Making a bench like this to demonstrate the work that would have been done on a bench like this seems like a novel idea these days. Perhaps, along with bowl carving (it seems a bit light for that sort of work) and sawing, you will be able to do medieval woodworking demonstrations, even reenactments at festivals.
Elm is my favourite ‘native’ (let’s not get into that!) wood. Wild wild grain. Chris Schwarz’s work is most interesting and love the blog. But ya can’t be Roy! I’ve spent the last few months watching the available episodes on PBS. There’s a really old one about low benches. Apologies for the flurry of comments:-)
Colt Jansen It’s a Victorian treadle lathe. I’ve had it a few years but it’s had a number of previous owners! I built a pole lathe over the summer (got a video about it on my channel) so that I could turn longer chair parts. There’s a decent article in issue three of Mortise (sic) and Tenon magazine on pole lathes - design and principles rather than one specific type.
Best Access Doors Probably not this year. I need to build a new joiner’s bench but have enough projects on the go that it won’t happen until the spring. I may build a couple of staked benches at Christmas. Thanks for your comment.
I I have watched this video a few different times. This is the first time I caught that on the tenant you turn them down cylindrical to a size that fits into the shaper. I have been sawing to shape and then spoke shave down to something that will fit into the shaper this is much quicker what you're doing.
