Beech Wood Workbenches

A new standard in affordable ready-made workbenches! Made from block laminated beech wood, these robust benches offer a solid, heavy duty work surface, two full-featured wood/iron vises and craftsman-quality construction. 33-1/2'' tall. 19-5/8'' wide. Three lengths available. Some assembly required.

A Better Vise... Real undermounted vise assembly — not just a threaded insert. Twin support bars to help eliminate racking Solid steel bars (not hollow) for added strength and stability Both vises include beech jaws and a hardwood handle A Better Bench. Solid beech top and supporting trestle Dowel pin construction Wider feet for added stability Two rows of round dog holes spaced 5'' apart Dog holes on legs to support long workpieces while in vise Four steel-cored round bench dogs Storage shelf with plywood base Measurements: Top thickness: 1-3/16'' Apron depth: 3-1/2'' Height: 33-1/2'' Length and Weight: Small (34814): 52-3/4'' long, 104 lbs. Medium (37545): 60-5/8'' long, 112 lbs. Large (31719): 72-1/2'' long, 124 lbs.

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1) Submitted by Ralph Abraham, from Mission Viejo, CA on 1/13/2010 Customer Rating: I will say at the start, this is a good solid bench and a good value for the price, but you must be prepared to deal with several problems in the assembly. 1. The instructions are just one page on one side and no text. 2. The finish, sprayed with something, possibly a lacquer type sealer, finish is rough, sand lightly with 400 grit. 3. The glue supplied appears to be Elmer's white, replace with a decent glue. 4. Check the vises, one of mine had a lead screw that was poorly machined,"drug" badly on each rotation and had to be replaced. 5. Check the length of the plywood sheet for the bottom of the tray, mine was about 1/8" too long, which prevented the leg assemblies from being pulled into contact with the stretchers. I then had to dis-assemble in order to trim the plywood sheet. 6. The insets to allow access to the nuts on the stretcher bolts are not large enough to access the nut with any wrench known to man. The folks @ Rockler said a wrench was not necessary that the nuts would "dig in" to the wood and secure themselves. Good theory, but it does not work well in practice. Once the torque level rises, they start to spin. I got them tight enough for the present, but if I had it to do over again, I would use a forstner bit to drill a hole through to the outside large enough to access the nut with a wrench. I will probably grind douwn a cheap wrench to hold the nut for now. 7. The dog holes in the bench are not actually 3/4", they seem to be 20mm,about 1mm larger than 3/4" which makes for a rather sloppy fit for a 3/4" round device. May prove to be a bit problematic with later purchases of dog devices. However,in spite of all the foregoing, I do consider it a good product for the price, and money well spent.