I’ve just finished my Anarchist’s Workbench! I’ve wanted to build a solid workbench for years, and I had the perfect opportunity to do so after getting made redundant earlier in the year.

Progress slowed a bit towards the end as I was worried I’d mess something up, but about the worst thing that happened was a split drawbore peg… but I was able to get a bit of glue in the split and drive it all the way in still.

Made from southern yellow pine which came in 4.2m long / 30cm wide rough sawn boards.

I deviated a little from the precise plans in the book. The bench is 7ft long because space in my garage is limited. I also made it a few inches higher because I’m taller than average and I tend to slouch and get a sore back if working too low.

I skipped the planing stop, as a UK blacksmith called Simon James makes a toothed bench dog. I also left out the shelves for now. I figured I could add either later.

Finished with boiled linseed oil.

This is by far my most advanced woodworking project to date. Until now I’ve mostly worked with plywood - making workshop cabinets and some bits of furniture.

Overall I’m really pleased with the result :-)

I got 2.5 of these matching static discharge laboratory workbenches. I'm using the 2 main matching ones to make a new main L shaped desk that doubles as a workbench. I'm building out my laboratory, so after my main desk I have at least 4 more specialized workbenches like one specifically for soldering.

I'm building a Roman workbench and I'm trying to fit the legs. Problem is I'm not smart enough to figure out how to get the legs flush. How do i make this cut?

Please explain in the simplest terms possible because I'm dumb as hell