I am thinking, as I work more and more at my workbench (see Updated Shop Tour for pictures), that I will have to build one myself. I am figuring out that certain vices function differently and that I may need to apply different ones to my preferred bench. This picture is close to what I see as most functional to me.
I think that the few things I would change would be the tail vice which I’d like to be a twin crank vice. I’m also wrestling with the notion of having storage or not under the bench. My current bench has storage but the center support is not an option. That all being said, I’m not willing to work on a piece of shop furniture at this point so I’ll put that one off for a while.
I think that my next project will be a standing height small laptop desk for my music station. I may make 2 and have one (or both) have desktops that can be slanted so that I can use one for a music stand. In this type of project, I expect to use mortise and tenons. I also want it to be made of solid wood. I have some nice tables in the room my music station is that I think is made with maple so that may be my wood choice. I may also see if I can come up with a design for a music book and sound equipment stand. My biggest goal with all these pieces is to make them look like furniture rather than quickly put together shop pieces. Tapered legs, mortise/tenon joints and other details would contribute a lot to this.
