Moravian Workbench with a difference ¬ Design v Functionality, by Benc 

Thank you Sir🙏, that is a nice nice comment & great to have the work shown 👍Benc

That’s crazy - I hope you do build one, they’re a great bench, with or without my input. 👍

Thats very generous of you Matt, still can't belieave how well you got an ugly old tusker like me to look, i'd say i look about 10 years younger in vid. 😂😛

Thank you 🙏 Sir, that’s just about the nicest comment I have ever received 👍. Much appreciated Benc

Nice comment- thanks Benc

& thank you Sir, that is a exceptional generous comment, very please you found it useful- big thanks 🙏.

You are of course very welcome to follow & subscribe- We will be putting together several more videos in the next 2 weeks going into the other features we missed out & a more in depth detailing of how it was built and why. With thanks Ben c

Thank you, nice nice comment Benc

Thank you James 👍appreciate the comment. Benc

Thank you Sir, that’s a lovely mean comment to make 🙏

Thanks 👍 super nice comment Benc

Many thanks 🙏 nice nice comment 👍

Nice nice comment-thank you, I like the way you ve thought it out, if you get a chance post a picture of the bench. I’d be very interested. I like the fact you can just grab them & throw them outside to work- biggest + of all. Big thanks for comment 👍 Benc

You are very generous in saying that Sir, I try to do my best, when opportunity arises. I hope you understand & thank you 🙏

With thanks Jim👍- Benc

Thank you Ross, that was a lovely thing to say, but maybe yours will be better. I would very much like to see it when it’s done, but what would be really nice if you ve thought of something different to include with yours. That s why I offen take on projects if there is a slight improvement to be made or you can add something not realised before, it is the essence of the Moravian bench, which that clever man Mr Myles (Will), picked up on. Possibly you could say “this is not the end of the the Moravian, nor is it the start of the end, but it might be the end of the start of the beginning “, 😉😝

@@benconstruct “onward and upward to infinity and beyond” hah! yes it’s become a thing this workbench. Waiting on my book by Schwarz “Ingenious Mechanicks” where he is all over ancient bench’s from Roman/Helenium/medieval to current, but the Moravian has won my heart for all the reasons you state and then some. Sadly I’m just starting a massive house rebuild so can’t realistically put in the time to procrastinate too much over it, if it’s not done by next week, I’ll be in trouble, but when done I’ll post it up somewhere, lumps and all, and let you know. Cheers and thanks again!

@@rossmcleod7983 Thank you Ross ¬Ha Ha, I can well understand the pedicament and will just add that I am still finishing parts off (havent even flattened the top, carving/sculpturing the legs & strechers, not finished with the dogs etc, snag list of 3 full days works yet to be done & have not yet gone near it with the hard wax oil nearly 2 mouths after its general completion), but some recommend not to drill any dogs until you need them¬so maybe necessity will drive your ones completion ;)

Nice nice comment Sir, it is a great bench to work on, I assure you. One of the other reasons i went with the Moravian is i can drop it completely & re-erect it in less than 4 minutes outside under my sun sail¬thus ensuring the best light possible & working outside dust free in the milder mouths here in UK...if we ever get a summer that is (not sure yet if we ve had a week over 20 degrees C yet, & its mid June.) 🙂 Thanks Benc

@@benconstruct Those are certainly additional benefits. Portability, to me, is the main reason for having a Moravian bench. Interesting that you mention your local temps being low. We've had a few days it was in the low 30s, but mostly in the low to mid-20s. Weren't we being promised global warming for decades now? I should know better than to trust those people.

@@jayejaycurry5485 if the scientific bods had a clue-they wouldn’t tell us anyway-not that I don’t believe we ve messing the place up & a change of plan needed. What part of the world are you hailing from if you don’t mind me asking? Greece on the other hand is in a heatwave from what I ve heard…

@@benconstruct Indiana, in the US.

@@jayejaycurry5485 The farming state, that’s nice with the lakes nearby if you care to go fishing. No relation of a bloke called Jones I suppose(Indiana Jones) 😆. Good stuff, I had thought you might be state side. At least you I’ll get a chance to use the bench outside with a proper summer- though as long as it’s not bitter here I have been outside a lot since early April & now I ve got my sun sail up, so whenever it’s below 20 km wind speed- I am out there(showers or not) 👍

Thank you Sir, that is a very generous comment 👍- much appreciated Benc > it might be of interest, I have release a new video going into the design & advantages of using laminates in the build process- link below ⤵️ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JrdXHGjgFEU.htmlsi=nbLDjH0Fc6NfYmx9

Hi Gary & thanks for that, several have said 👍pleased see the new video with no music on a slightly different topic. Link below ⤵️ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JrdXHGjgFEU.htmlsi=D_je62Tm_SMAzvm1 Hope this is better-there will further improvement s aswell. 👍Benc

Thank you - Benc

Fair comment, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea to to have background music 👍

Thank you Mike👍lovely comment. Benc

Thanks for that, real nice comment 👍, case of me carrying on in chaotic way behind the scenes (not enough prep done), & from both points, the the camera guy getting to know the product (only got to see an hour before he got started filming), with to many side distractions going on & only a few hours to make 5 different videos about the table, he was a cool customer believe me. (Slightly different for me as well-first time I managed to get someone on the other side of the camera, not just me videoing myself off a mobile phone). He got the brief of making the bench look well & would definitely use him again, great guy to work with. We will improve I assure you. V please you like it anyway & do take your point. 👍

Hi, sure the best ones I ve found are the ones linked directly under my bench dog video ⤵️ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mqmXt-YgYSA.htmlsi=lcuITxk6tYpovqdd ⤵️ -These are not only the best, but the video goes through 3 different types I have used & why they are(link directly below in comments)

Thank you Kevin 👍Ben c

Appreciate the feedback-will take note 👍Benc

Yes, sure. There is approximately 100 mm on the legs(4 inch) with the bench height top off worktop 840mm(33 inch), with stretchers having only 40mm(1.5 inch) in them. (Bench thickness being 3.5 inch) 👍Benc

That’s a good question Tom, and to give you first an idea of cost, for 5kg of EL2 laminating epoxy (supplied by Easycomposite s in uk) =£110- approx. (Only used 1/2) & it’s possibly less than $US 100- in the states. It’s a similar grade epoxy as your better known marine West system or SP. & i believe actually made in 🇺🇸 US. So there is an additional cost, but this pales in significance to the assured quality of the bond & its strength. Some people don’t like using it, because a careful mixing regime & temperature controlled environment is required to ensure its best capability’s. And there is a little bit extra time to prepare the resin, ie it’s not something you can just squeeze out of a tube. This really where the cost lies, that said once your used to dealing with it, the quality assurance additional strengths it brings to the table, that goes with it when used correctly, to my mind is worth the effort. Please see the new video being released today which talks about the lamination effect on a workbench. Thank you for your comment Tom & maybe give me a comment after seeing that one. 👍 Benc

I use West and have used Mass and SP in the past, so not afraid of playing with epoxy. The EL2 you used is intended for fibre and cloth lamination. Not to say it won't work with wood but I guess you thickened it as well as colouring it black? BTW I'm in the UK.

@@tomedom5107 no additive Tom, other than the prescribed pigment to use + you might have a good argument on your hands if you chat to them over at Easycomposites (Staffordshire way), if you were to suggest sp or West were better than their stuff with wood, but they are a great little company you can call & chat to them anytime about uses or technical stuff. They are really helpful. The main thing I know about the EL2 is, it is recommended for use with wood bonding or lamination purposes & the only reason you might not use it for finished surface coating purposes, which you can do, is they have a better one (XCR) for that, which has ridiculously clear clarity properties & only 15% more in cost. If something’s good Tom, I have no problem at all recommending it or them, link ⬇️ www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/cart Follow their guides on how to use, & you won’t go wrong 👍

Or see my new release this morning about the properties of laminating with regards to workbench construction ⤵️link below; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JrdXHGjgFEU.htmlsi=cT-CiA5QlcsoDNNA

Thank you, good to get the feed back & your not the first to mention it, please try this one below ⬇️ with no music(I am thinking to re-release it again without the music)? 👍Benc ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vvwRvdDNV_g.htmlsi=6GG4kbyGg4J9JOhU

Thank you Mike-maybe try the new video with none⤵️link below; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JrdXHGjgFEU.htmlsi=4loq9ZhYZ37cvA_b Hope it’s of interest 👍

Nice one ☝️🤭😆😆😆

@@benconstruct sorry

@@albatros1752 no problems . I sincerely hope you don’t use anything like that, as it was ment to be a new design😆😆 leave your comment up, I had good chuckle & there’s nothing wrong with a bit of spice. 🤣

Apologise there Paul, it seem like it was a good format at the time, but several people have mentioned it & hope to improve- try the video about why it’s good to use laminating solid wood in a bench build(no music in this one) & some of the things I talk about in it, are very relevant to this bench. (I will send you a link, if you want, but it’s in my RU-vid channel @benconstruct released only 3 or 4 days ago; titled “workbench build Why it’s good to use laminates”. Thanks for feed back anyway Benc

Link; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JrdXHGjgFEU.htmlsi=5yXGfI806Co6L1m4

Thanks for feed back Sir-will take note👍 Benc