I don't do a lot of progress shots on things I work on, mainly because I get too focused on building and forget to take pictures. Here is the base mocked up for my new workbench. All joinery has been cut (mortise & tenon) and everything fits nicely, won't glue it together until I get the leg vise sorted and all the parts come in. Ordered the Yost screw this morning and trying to piece all the parts together to copy @pop-pop criss cross design. Base is all big box store #2 SYP, the stretchers are 2" x 4" and the legs are 5-1/4" x 3-1/2", so the base has some nice weight to it. The top has been glued in two pieces and is made of some heart pine I have had for years (yellow arrow top right)
Still trying to decide if when i am going to leave the bottom natural or I have seen some use chalk paint on the bases and i like that too.
Still trying to decide if when i am going to leave the bottom natural or I have seen some use chalk paint on the bases and i like that too.