Our latest Workbench Idea comes from Tom M. from The Woodlands, Texas who has built a modified Nicholson English Workbench with a leg vise. This juggernaut weighs in at around 300 pounds and is solid as a rock. Tom also shows us the various major steps of construction that he used to build this monster bench from planing & joinery of the various wood components through glue-up and final assembly. Enjoy!
This design was inspired by Paul Sellers on YouTube. My version is a bit bigger. I built is using hand tools only – just to see if I could.
The wood materials are Southern Yellow pine construction lumber purchased from Lowes.
The bench is sealed with boiled linseed oil, weighs about 300 pounds and is as solid as a rock. I think it will last.
Regards,
Tom M. – The Woodlands, Texas
Lake Erie Toolworks Blog 
Great job Tom, congratulation. Couple of years ago I built my Roubo, also 300-350 pounds and very solid.
An interesting article on the workbench. Especially I love the photos you shared and I would like to share it with my friends!
Fantastic work on your bench. I just got started looking at this website and all the work everyone has done. You have an amazing table. Thanks for showing
It looks to me like you have some sort of caster or foot on the legs — can you elaborate?
Adjustable leveling feet on the workbench itself. The rollers are on small plywood carts that hold tools that can be rolled underneath the workbench.