The most versatile mini workbench I've seen so far. Top of my list to make because it has all those little very functional features. Thanks for sharing!
Adrian you did a amazing job on the new small work bench you seem to never forget all the little touches that make it incredible,thank you for sharing all of your hard work with us,all the best to you and yours
Thank you Ron! This was much simpler in fancy useless details then the previous, but the wood selection also helped more to make it simple and good looking. Thank you! All the best to you and yours too! Cheers!
Besides the fact you build cool stuff, film yourself building cool stuff and edit scenes together that require to REwatch yourself building those cool stuff, i realize you're also a funny guy. This vid is TOP!
A great reason to have a low work bench is that once you decide you need something different, you haven’t invested a lot of money into your old one. Looks like you even harvested your old vice! Great video once again!
Thank you! Yes, true, actually I will build soon, maybe next month a proper workbench, anyway still small, but is taking more to design it based on my needs, and future ones, than it will take the build itself :)
Thank you! Yes, maybe after spending hours and hours, days, doing and editing the video probably you have an urge to speak about it with the peps watching it :))
And it just occurred to me... if I was a bad person, I could keep you tied to this thread for days, weeks even? ;D Don't worry, I'll not do that. No need to reply. Cheers ;)
Am in awe of your craftsmanship and enjoy watching your videos over and over again. Would really like to see how you made your 45 degree shooting board for the building of your keepsake boxes.
Awesome little bench! A very clean looking and well thought out design. I love the sliding dovetail planing stops and the swappable shooting board rail
Thank you Marcelo! Very possible, once I'll make a dedicated sharpening station, one of my next projects here, I'm considering making a sharpening video, like from minimum tools required to almost more advanced stuffs.
Thank you Cris! Ahh, still a lot to work to reach your videos level :) Yes, that jig is very useful. Just that I've made it with 3mm thick strips so I don't have too much intermediate range. 1mm ones will do better, maybe from plastic sheets, similar to the commercial one that Veritas sells.
When you clamp in the vise a small piece, on one side of the jaw, the other side will have no support, so it will bend/twist/rack, so the vise's thread ane rods will break in time. With that you distribute the force equally
Thank you! It's not my own invention, there are several comercial ones, Veritas makes it too, but is very easy to make and very usufull. Indeed I do have a small space, like 3x2m, 10x7ft.., after working before in the living room or the bedroom😀 After I arrange here a bit, I will make a shop tour!
Amazing!...I don't know how you can produce such exquisite work on that very unstable main work bench. Great inspiration I hope one day I might have some of your skill.
Very beautiful. I try to quit making furniture from pre laminated particle boards (parca asa-i zice la pal in engleza) and slowly improve my work with solid wood, not for the money, but for the soul, and your work and videos are really inspiring.
Man this video is all around stunning. I know mine won’t turn out this nice, but I think I’m going to try making one this weekend. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Yes, is mostly for edge planing, but if I keep the stops squared to the side can shoot 90 deg too, but I prefer using the dedicated shooting board, cause here with too much shocks can destroy those sliding dovetails stops
Update 2023. Available also ready made workbenches for sale www.adrianpreda.com/shop There are plans available for sale of this workbench! You can check them out on my store
I bought your plans a week or so ago, literally stumbled into some perfect wood when picking up a used scraper. Bumped into the guy's project wood he was selling (didn't know) and hit a slab of ash, perfect size. Snagged a teak slab too. Gonna mod your plans, add a moxon vise on one side, and the bench will be a little wider (10-11"). It'll have a 7 1/2 " ash centre sandwiched with 1.5" teak, ash feet and probably teak for the moxon and edge planing guide. I'm really looking forward to making this bench. Thanks for the plans and inspiration!
@@sjenmax It isn't finished yet, been spreading myself a little thin of late. Here's a link for a pic I threw together: photos.app.goo.gl/osG49DKipjS6AsKh6 I don't want to make this too complicated, but I want something useful enough for me to be able to work inside without needing to switch to my balcony for single tasks. So far I've been using it to build a Krenov Plane and I've been happy. Notes and to-do: - I have a brass rod coming which I will cut into dogs and add a diy magnetic pop up mechanism. I'm fiddling with click pens to see what will work best; I'm basically going to copy the Lee Valley magnetic pop up dogs as mush as I can. - The vise has been faced with alder (I think, it's a scrap of unknown origin) and leather attached to both faces using 2-sided carpet tape. It's a tiny detail, not really noticeable, but the dog in the vise face is mahogany and birdseye maple, more scraps. - I am trying to design legs that can rotate and be tightened with a cammed lever so I'm looking at the lever and post for front bicycle wheels. The lever would sit recessed in the bottom of the foot, with the post extending up the leg. I think the easiest method would just be to cut the top of the leg at an angle, so that the lever pulls the top slice down and the angle causes it to bind on the walls of the recess. - I need to sort out the moxon and planing guide. I'll likely put them on opposite sides. - The moxon vise needed some thought: I need good screws on a budget. I saved the vise screws from an old Workmate bench; it was far cheaper than trying to source acme threaded rods.
@01yala there's not much that's changed. I've got 2 feet on it, just teak blocks, while I fiddle with designing the rotating legs. The brass rod never arrived so I've gotta find a different source. And no moxon vise yet. I have way too much on my plate right now so I can't say when I'll make any large progress. Thanks for the interest tho. When I do work on it I'll try and remember to shoot you a reply
@@BenKingEagles I bow. So far the doodles in my head are using milk crates (that, uh, we just happen to have sitting on the balcony) at the base for my {eventual} seated work bench. Create the bench as something that registers off the milk-crates for a tight fit. Make this thing completely portable - i.e. working in deserted office parking lots on the weekends Carry a minimal kit of saws, planes, chisels and such in a re-engineered med sized suitcase on wheels. The table top (with a refurbished vice) can be stored vertically in a closet, with the tool suit-case right beside it with the basic hand-tools to do the job. And if you want to get all fancy... get one of those Jackery-type Lithium Battery systems. Get a portable battery system that can run 120 drill and saw (that way you don't bug the neighbours with sound complaints) Which is also a useful set-up to have at the ready... if you just happen to have friends who live in the country... and you offer to help cook something for supper... Check out Rex Krueger's videos on how to create a 30$ {'Roman} Work Bench". I love it when good ideas overlap. Thank you Youze Tubes algorithm for 'randomly' popping this vid into my eyesight... - Cathy (&, accidentally, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
Another great project and excellent video. Just a quick tip on English usage: the correct expression is “feet” not “feets”. Foot = 1, feet = more than 1. Yes, English is an illogical language. Keep up the great work!
This is what happens when I decide to add the text at 3-4AM, I start to invent words😄 Thanks! I've noticed 2h before launching, after several corrections, but rendering is taking 1.5h so decided to leave it like this, shamefully🙄
Another great video of a beautiful project. I love watching you work. I didn't realize you have an Etsy store. I'm going to go to check it out right now!
I'm a full time RV'er you just saved my "living room" I made a bench inspired by yours. Thank You.
The most versatile mini workbench I've seen so far. Top of my list to make because it has all those little very functional features. Thanks for sharing!
WOW! Knowing you have such a small work space it amazes me what you produce. I can't wait for your shop tour.
Thank you Melinda! Yes, hope by the end of summer to be ready with it.
Now preparing the cutting boards :)
Thanks dude, you're inspiring all guys like me that doesn't have space for a real workshop
Thanks too! Nice to hear that! There is no limit, I did woodworking in the living room, then in the bedroom :) Everything is possible
Adrian you did a amazing job on the new small work bench you seem to never forget all the little touches that make it incredible,thank you for sharing all of your hard work with us,all the best to you and yours
Thank you Ron! This was much simpler in fancy useless details then the previous, but the wood selection also helped more to make it simple and good looking. Thank you! All the best to you and yours too! Cheers!
Besides the fact you build cool stuff, film yourself building cool stuff and edit scenes together that require to REwatch yourself building those cool stuff, i realize you're also a funny guy. This vid is TOP!
Thank you lovely Cristina! Thank you for your nice feedback!
This is one of the best projects I have ever seen on YT. Good work.
Thank you!
Another good example of a less-is-more style. Well done, Adrian!
Thank you Marco!
A great reason to have a low work bench is that once you decide you need something different, you haven’t invested a lot of money into your old one. Looks like you even harvested your old vice! Great video once again!
Thank you! Yes, true, actually I will build soon, maybe next month a proper workbench, anyway still small, but is taking more to design it based on my needs, and future ones, than it will take the build itself :)
This really beautiful tiny workbench and very useful too.. This is real inspiration since i have very low budget for now 😎👍
Thank you! And also for watching! Good luck making one and lots of projects on it afterwards🙂
That is a thing of beauty in itself! I imagine how uplifting must be working with this - creating beauty with beauty. Well done Sir!
Dear Sir,
A simple yet elegant workbench beautifully executed which I am sure will give the user a life long enjoyment. Kind regards.
Many thanks again for your comment! Yes, hope many lovely boxes will come out from it :)
Always a pleasure my old fruit. keep up the great work. Kind regards
Without a single word. Bow with respect.
It's nice to see a CZcams creator taking the time to reply to each commenter, and answering any questions too. Well done :)
Thank you! Yes, maybe after spending hours and hours, days, doing and editing the video probably you have an urge to speak about it with the peps watching it :))
Thank you for the reply, Adrian. After posting my comment I had a minor panic attack - what if you didn't reply? ;D
Best regards, Gary
Thought that too :) What if I will not reply :) Thanks Gary! Cheers!
And it just occurred to me... if I was a bad person, I could keep you tied to this thread for days, weeks even? ;D
Don't worry, I'll not do that. No need to reply. Cheers ;)
Ideal for boxes
It was a pleasure to see someone pay so much attention to detail. Well done.
Never heard of Iroko wood before. Learned something new!
I love this channel, not just for the awesome work you do but for the sweet tunes.
excellent style, execution, editing, shots etc. So beautiful. Really enjoy your channel.
Thanks for the feedback! And for watching!
Your attention to details and your editing are getting better and better! Loved the outtakes at the end
Thanks Francesco! Yes, I got the taste into this now :) never imagined I would do videography ever :)
Adrian Preda well you never imagined you would be doing woodworking either, right? But you are so good at both!!!
I love this little bench! I’ve seen lots of designs, but this one takes the win for sexiest!
So good, so clever, so perfect. I couldn't stop watching.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Am in awe of your craftsmanship and enjoy watching your videos over and over again. Would really like to see how you made your 45 degree shooting board for the building of your keepsake boxes.
Damnit. I want one and haven't got half the tools required to build it. My hats off to you, that was lovely. Now excuse me while I clean up my drool.
You have done it once again! You are a true inspiration!
Many thanks! Thanks for watching and always commenting!
Adrian Preda talent needs to be encouraged to even bigger greatness!
Awesome little bench! A very clean looking and well thought out design. I love the sliding dovetail planing stops and the swappable shooting board rail
Good job ,Adrian! You video skills and woodworking constantly improved! I like some "behind scenes" at end with DIY slide rail as well.
Thanks Igor! Yes, I will try to add more from now on, there are a lot of these :))
Always a joy whatching you. Will you make a film teaching us how to sharpen planes and shisels?
Thank you Marcelo! Very possible, once I'll make a dedicated sharpening station, one of my next projects here, I'm considering making a sharpening video, like from minimum tools required to almost more advanced stuffs.
Beautiful work and an great idea! I love how it's basically a multi-functional shooting board!
Thanks! Yes, basicaly a shooting board with a vise😀
Very nice little bench! I bet it work good too! Thank you.
Thanks Robert! Indeed, for the size level I do my projects, this is an every task tool.
A perfect example of compactness and functionality.
Thank you for the beautiful work!
Special thanks for the links to the tool used!
I wonder about the table underneath that you work on. You should do a build on that one!! Would love to see. Great update.
You broke the surprise :) Just bought a lot of ash timber to build a proper, still small, workbench :) I believe end of August will be ready
WoW!! That is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!
I just like this little work table awesome job especially making it into a shooting board great idea
Beautiful as always! Your videos are so captivating, don't stop! The anti racking jig is an excellent idea.
Thank you Cris! Ahh, still a lot to work to reach your videos level :) Yes, that jig is very useful. Just that I've made it with 3mm thick strips so I don't have too much intermediate range. 1mm ones will do better, maybe from plastic sheets, similar to the commercial one that Veritas sells.
When you clamp in the vise a small piece, on one side of the jaw, the other side will have no support, so it will bend/twist/rack, so the vise's thread ane rods will break in time. With that you distribute the force equally
Another job well done !! Great way to hide a knot.
Thank you! Haha yes, actually that's the 2nd feet I've made, 1st Ive screwed up and had to remake it, and the knoty one was the only piece I had😁
Your channel and builds really stand apart from some of the other maker channels. You are really inspiring!
Once again you have showed the way,Many thanks Adrian I have got to build one too atb.Baz
Thanks Baz! Thanks for watching too! Make it, cause it's a very versatile tool!
I would love a little mini bench like that! Awesome video
Thank you!
Well I only have one thing I can really say about this project...
Wow!
Perfect Adrian a piece of rubber on the feet for anti sliding
Thanks! Yes, didn't had available any cause I would have glue one underneeth
Bravissimo! !!! Sia per il lavoro che hai realizzato e sia per il montaggio del video... complimenti
Excellent video and process. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks also for watching!
That's just real (woodworking) art ... 🎨 👌 ✨️
Very nicely done. Might even be the inspiration to my next shop build. 👍
Clever. You surprise me with the side shooting attachment. Been following for a good while. Thank You.
Excellent and very satisfying to watch.
You make the nicest stuff.
Thank you!
That thickness gauge is mint!
Wow that vice anti-racking jig is genius!! Thanks for sharing! Also love seeing what you’re capable of in (what appears) to be a small space.
Thank you! It's not my own invention, there are several comercial ones, Veritas makes it too, but is very easy to make and very usufull. Indeed I do have a small space, like 3x2m, 10x7ft.., after working before in the living room or the bedroom😀 After I arrange here a bit, I will make a shop tour!
Amazing!...I don't know how you can produce such exquisite work on that very unstable main work bench. Great inspiration I hope one day I might have some of your skill.
Haha yes :) Just made a new workbench, my last video, if you haven't checked it out
Came out great! Love the craftsmanship and the little details. Awesome mini bench.
Thank you very much!
Very cool. I like the side rail for edging
So well engineered! Simple yet very useful. Amazing job!
Thanks Nikos!
Very nice and simple build. Nice video thanks
Perfect tool for perfect results.
Thanks 👍
Very beautiful. I try to quit making furniture from pre laminated particle boards (parca asa-i zice la pal in engleza) and slowly improve my work with solid wood, not for the money, but for the soul, and your work and videos are really inspiring.
Many thanks! Honored to hear that!
Mi-a parut tare amuzanta paranteza in romana :))
Adrian Preda Sincer sa fiu tot nu mi-e clar care e traducerea exacta la "pal melaminat" :)
:) Cred ca asa, parca am folosit si eu intr-un clip
和洋折衷の素晴らしいデザイン、これは日本の木工細工職人も欲しがりそう。
After seeing the camera dolly at the end, I had to go back and re-watch all your panning shots. Nicely done
A beautiful piece of work!
That is awesome and will allow me to work at kitchen table!
Yes, I've worked with the first version one on a pc desktop in the living room😎
Man this video is all around stunning. I know mine won’t turn out this nice, but I think I’m going to try making one this weekend. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful work
Excellent video and process
Thanks for sharing
Beautiful Mini Bench.
Thank you!
come sempre un gran bel lavoro , complimenti
Molto grazie!
Such a clever build.
Perfect for someone who makes boxes.
Yes, that will be its main job😀
Awesome channel! Really enjoy your work
Many thanks!
This video and YOUR work is JUST BEATIFUL. Thk for sharing and don't stop :)
Sturdy and functional
this is so adorable
Very nice. A lot of great features. Thanks for sharing.
Superb
Very nice, I love it, I have very small workshop and this is great idea, thank you 👍👍
Completely mesmerized to see your craftsmanship. Truly enjoyed this video and the result is beautiful.
Thank you! Glad you like it!
Simple but perfect. Thanks!
‘Tis a beautiful little thing. No doubt about it ⭐️
Thank you, this is just the sort of thing I need
Super. Thanks.
Very satisfying. Great job!
I am in awe, as always - thanks for the video
Beautiful work Adrian!
Thanks Seth!
Beautiful work 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Excellent video and process
Thank you very much for sharing and inspiring
Thank you also for watching!
Beautiful work as always!
Thank you also for watching!
Looks Great! Well done!
Awesome video
Have to include some of the ideas of this video in my workbench
Nice mini bench! Thank you.
Very good. I like the way you added the side rail to make it work like a shooting-board as well.
Thank you! Yes, is mostly for edge planing, but if I keep the stops squared to the side can shoot 90 deg too, but I prefer using the dedicated shooting board, cause here with too much shocks can destroy those sliding dovetails stops
Very very nice Adrian as always .Baz
Thanks Baz! And for the plan too😀
Update 2023. Available also ready made workbenches for sale www.adrianpreda.com/shop
There are plans available for sale of this workbench! You can check them out on my store
I bought your plans a week or so ago, literally stumbled into some perfect wood when picking up a used scraper. Bumped into the guy's project wood he was selling (didn't know) and hit a slab of ash, perfect size. Snagged a teak slab too. Gonna mod your plans, add a moxon vise on one side, and the bench will be a little wider (10-11"). It'll have a 7 1/2 " ash centre sandwiched with 1.5" teak, ash feet and probably teak for the moxon and edge planing guide. I'm really looking forward to making this bench. Thanks for the plans and inspiration!
@@BenKingEagles Do you have a picture of the finished project? Would love to see how it turned out.
@@sjenmax It isn't finished yet, been spreading myself a little thin of late. Here's a link for a pic I threw together: photos.app.goo.gl/osG49DKipjS6AsKh6
I don't want to make this too complicated, but I want something useful enough for me to be able to work inside without needing to switch to my balcony for single tasks. So far I've been using it to build a Krenov Plane and I've been happy.
Notes and to-do:
- I have a brass rod coming which I will cut into dogs and add a diy magnetic pop up mechanism. I'm fiddling with click pens to see what will work best; I'm basically going to copy the Lee Valley magnetic pop up dogs as mush as I can.
- The vise has been faced with alder (I think, it's a scrap of unknown origin) and leather attached to both faces using 2-sided carpet tape. It's a tiny detail, not really noticeable, but the dog in the vise face is mahogany and birdseye maple, more scraps.
- I am trying to design legs that can rotate and be tightened with a cammed lever so I'm looking at the lever and post for front bicycle wheels. The lever would sit recessed in the bottom of the foot, with the post extending up the leg. I think the easiest method would just be to cut the top of the leg at an angle, so that the lever pulls the top slice down and the angle causes it to bind on the walls of the recess.
- I need to sort out the moxon and planing guide. I'll likely put them on opposite sides.
- The moxon vise needed some thought: I need good screws on a budget. I saved the vise screws from an old Workmate bench; it was far cheaper than trying to source acme threaded rods.
@01yala there's not much that's changed. I've got 2 feet on it, just teak blocks, while I fiddle with designing the rotating legs. The brass rod never arrived so I've gotta find a different source. And no moxon vise yet. I have way too much on my plate right now so I can't say when I'll make any large progress. Thanks for the interest tho. When I do work on it I'll try and remember to shoot you a reply
@@BenKingEagles I bow.
So far the doodles in my head are using milk crates (that, uh, we just happen to have sitting on the balcony) at the base for my {eventual} seated work bench.
Create the bench as something that registers off the milk-crates for a tight fit.
Make this thing completely portable - i.e. working in deserted office parking lots on the weekends Carry a minimal kit of saws, planes, chisels and such in a re-engineered med sized suitcase on wheels.
The table top (with a refurbished vice) can be stored vertically in a closet, with the tool suit-case right beside it with the basic hand-tools to do the job.
And if you want to get all fancy... get one of those Jackery-type Lithium Battery systems. Get a portable battery system that can run 120 drill and saw (that way you don't bug the neighbours with sound complaints)
Which is also a useful set-up to have at the ready... if you just happen to have friends who live in the country... and you offer to help cook something for supper...
Check out Rex Krueger's videos on how to create a 30$ {'Roman} Work Bench". I love it when good ideas overlap. Thank you Youze Tubes algorithm for 'randomly' popping this vid into my eyesight...
- Cathy (&, accidentally, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
An excellent build, very complete for such a small bench! Really well thought out!
Great video
Man, that is beautiful.
Nice work. Enjoyed it
Thank you!
Excellent
Another great project and excellent video. Just a quick tip on English usage: the correct expression is “feet” not “feets”. Foot = 1, feet = more than 1. Yes, English is an illogical language. Keep up the great work!
This is what happens when I decide to add the text at 3-4AM, I start to invent words😄 Thanks! I've noticed 2h before launching, after several corrections, but rendering is taking 1.5h so decided to leave it like this, shamefully🙄
Another great video of a beautiful project. I love watching you work. I didn't realize you have an Etsy store. I'm going to go to check it out right now!
Thank you Leslie! Yes, more to come on the store in the near future. Developing now :)
Saw it was a nice project and liked, but the out-takes at the end with the threaded inserts gained you a subscriber 😂
Thanks! Yes, got so mad about that I didn't put the disassembly of the old planing board in the vid :))
Adrian Preda Haha oh well, I'm glad you decided to show that you are capable of the occasional fumble 😂
Beautiful!
Very nice job!
Thank you!