1/ Good thread! Go read it, and I'll thread my answers here. https://twitter.com/sadmoonanalog/status/1224742187163881473 …
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12/ Do read up about benches IN GENERAL before you pick one. My biggest mistake was building a utility / handman bench with a machinist's vise mounted on one corner, like dad had, and then I ...couldn't figure out how to do woodworking. Later I realized I needed
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13/ a cabinetmaker's bench. This is what the Workbench Book mostly covers, and those are all ridiculously awesome and lasciviously beautiful, and each probably consume $700 of hardwood. I made mine out of cheap lumber for maybe $120 + vises.pic.twitter.com/utoxR8J8Zj
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14/ For tool storage, someday you'll want to build something beautiful. ...and until then, Harbor Freight toolchests are very good and pretty darned cheap. ...and until THEN milk crates and 5 gallon buckets are even cheaper.
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15/ that's enough for now ask me more questions later, if desired
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16/ Every person's first work bench is either (a) built while kneeling on the concrete floor, or (b) build using someone else's bench ...and 'b' is cheating! :Phttps://twitter.com/GregM410/status/1224781849093783552 …
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Thank you—appreciate the info. Always learn something from you
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