Nice work.

In 2020, when we were in lockdown due to COVID and with still 4 years to go before my retirement, I decided to go back to school in order to obtain a certificate of cabinet/furniture maker (2 year-course, 1 day/week). In my younger years i bought and rebuilt my house with the help of my father in law, who was a contractor/carpenter (correction: I helped my father in law 😉). Since I have been working as a corporate lawyer, making something with my hands was very satisfying. So, I decided to go back to school (adult education program), buy some machinery and after 2 years I got my certificate (that was in 2023). This is a good BASIS, but most importantly, we learned how to solve the problems and mistakes. And believe me, I still make a lot of them.😄

@Ian Jenkins I prefer both, although I don't have both of them 😁. When I built my workbench, I thought that a flat surface was more than sufficient. It was/is more a table on casters. However, at school we had a Ulmia workbench with both dogholes, two vises (a front and a tail vise) and hydraulic height adjustment (!!). This bench was a real luxury and a pleasure to work on. Now, answering your question (😉), I should go for both dogholes and (front) vise(s).

Very nice.

Very well done!!

Thanks. But since I live in Belgium (Europe), you may give my $25 giftcard to the 51 st person to join the NWMC. 😇

@Linda Cosgrove Thanks. It was a very straight forward build. The only difficulty was cutting the crosses (half lap joints).