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hello everyone just thought you might like to see this
it needs final finishing but i need to make a bench for it first
so it can be strapped down
it must weigh at least 30kg (i thought i had made it heavy enough )
but even this near solid twin piped contraption doesent cut the mustard in the weight department
id say theirs a lot of people here that thought of making something like this
but had too much things to do (id be embarresed to tell you how long it took me )

objective : strap down
mission : make bench
basically im going to have four holes for the legs to sit in
and make the bench fairly slim so i dont have to jump up on my big bench
and be tripping over straps

i figure i might as well make a " dedicated semi trad island luthiers only bench "
ive looked at the archives with little results for my needs
im basically lookin for a bench with holddowns for
neck shaping ,thicknessing with hand planes , sanding braces in radius dishes , using shooting boards, binding by gramil

would love to see some of your examples for any of these things
i need a foundation to plan for my needs
any ideas, links ,tips articles would be really helpfull

thanks hope you got at least a laugh out of it
Tomas Gilgunn

just thought you might want another shot