At least the bench side, anyway. The tailed apprentices are on the other side of the room. It's a mess, usually, and lately I've been converting it over to more of a handtool operation. I built my bench one cold, damp winter in California about ten years ago. It's a hybrid. The back end is pretty much the same as the design Tage Frid published in Fine Woodworking. The tail vice end is my own design. The jaws are maple and the guides are one inch drill rod. The guides run through bronze bearings which are attached to a maple block. The block and the bearings are bolted to the underside of the bench. The shoulder vice is in a profile view here. Not everyone likes a shoulder vice but I find it useful for clamping heavy objects, such as hammer dulcimer frames, while I work on them. This vice is also useful for planing long boards or pieces that extend well below the jaws. It is not a good vice for cutting dovetails because one has to bend too far over the vice arm to get to the work. The planes on the bench are a #5 1/2, a #7, a #4, and a #81 scraper, all pre-war Stanleys.
